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Does the fact that police shoot and kill unarmed black men for valid reasons, often, invalidate those many times that they have killed unarmed black men when other means less than death were available?
I see this statement all the time... with no explanation.
What "other means" are you referring to?
You can spout all the nonsense you want, it doesn't alter the facts. This guy was a criminal, he pointed a gun at police, they shot him which he deserved. That's it and all you obfuscation is not worth a bucket of warm spit. His actions are indefensible and people rioting in support of him is also indefensible and contemptible.
It doesn't alter those facts. You are absolutely right.
But people were not rioting in support of him. They were rioting against police getting in a shootout with him in their neighborhood. If you have read my past posts, I think the whole BLM movement is misguided and doomed to failure and gutting the very neighborhoods they claim to defend. But to say that anyone "rioted" in support of the person shot is wrong.
(Especially considering that most of the "rioting" last night was white anarchists, not black residents.)
ST. LOUIS —
Officers arrested at least nine people and deployed tear gas amid protests in St. Louis over the death of a black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by police after he pointed a gun at them, the city's police chief said.
Chief Sam Dotson said at a news conference late Wednesday that a group of protesters who had blocked an intersection threw glass bottles and bricks at officers and refused orders to clear the roadway. Police initially deployed smoke canisters in hopes of dispersing the crowd but later resorted to tear gas, Dotson said. Those arrested face charges of impeding the flow of traffic and resisting arrest, he said. A vacant building and at least one car were burned.
The demonstration was one of several Wednesday after the killing of Mansur Ball-Bey of St. Louis. Tensions were already high after violence erupted during events marking the anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old fatally shot last year by a police officer in nearby Ferguson.
Earlier Wednesday, two police officers serving a search warrant encountered Ball-Bey and another suspect at a home in a crime-troubled section of the city's north side, the chief said. The suspects were fleeing the home as Ball-Bey, who was black, turned and pointed a handgun at the officers, who shot him, Dotson said. He died at the scene.
Both officers, who are white, were unharmed, according to a police report.
Police are searching for the second suspect, who they said is believed to be in his mid- to late teens.
Dotson said four guns, including the handgun wielded by the dead suspect, and crack cocaine were recovered at or near the home, where illegal guns were found during a police search last year.
Michael Brown was shot while attempting to take the gun of a Police Officer and then refusing the orders to 'stand down" ..... he attacked the Officer instead of following orders.
The Meyers kid shot at an Officer 4 times before the Officer returned fire. Both of these were in St Louis - the "peaceful protestors" Rioted, Looted and Burned. Now we have yet another shooting of the same type in the same City - the "peaceful protestors" are demonstrating for Anarchy. The New Rule when it comes to Black Criminals is just let them do the Crime and leave them alone.
They sure know how to pick their "Heros" -- nothing but Criminals with records, stolen guns, drug convictions.
I see this statement all the time... with no explanation.
What "other means" are you referring to?
like waiting for backup!!!
Here is the thing. Their defense is usually "I feared for my life", which is subjective. Some people are scared of spiders, some people are scared of heights, some people are scared of snakes, some people are scared of black men. Ones level of fear is not an OBJECTIVE criteria to take a persons life....even if the person has a criminal background. Not all crimes are the same.
Now, as long as some of you nimnods on here know the difference between rioting and demonstrating. It was probably some of these rioters that disrupted the peaceful demonstration in Ferguson.
The cops have a target rich environment. Why don't they clean up the mess?
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