Sister of black man killed by police says he was unarmed (death, taser)

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

It seems offensive to dead man who, as anyone can see in the video, was in fact a big, scary looking dude.

No he wasn't.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by whogo

The sheep are.

LMAO...terrible.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by whogo

So you admit no proof started the protests.

I said nothing of the sort.

Let's face it all credibility was lost with the Martin and Brown fiascoes and there is no getting it back.

And yet, we are starting to actually hold the police accountable for their actions. In the past without video this would have been a case where the "scary black man" went for our guns....or tried to run.

[whogo]

Originally Posted by pknopp

I said nothing of the sort.

So what was the proof that started the Ferguson protests?

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by whogo

So what was the proof that started the Ferguson protests?

Decades of lies, beatings and deaths.

[Seacove]

Can you imagine being black in Oklahoma and afraid your car will break down because the police might just kill you instead of helping you?

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

It seems offensive to dead man who, as anyone can see in the video, was in fact a big, scary looking dude.

He was a pastor on his way home from class at a community college. His offense was breaking down while black.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Originally Posted by Seacove

Can you imagine being black in Oklahoma and afraid your car will break down because the police might just kill you instead of helping you?

I'm sure lots of people are imagining this now, which is part of the problem.

He was a pastor on his way home from class at a community college. His offense was breaking down while black.

I see no reports that he was a pastor. His father is. He is described as a "singer" who was taking a music appreciation course. He appears to have been shot because, for unknown reasons, he did not follow instructions from officers who had their guns drawn.

[notmeofficer]

Video Shows Terence Crutcher Lower His Hands Before Being Shot By Tulsa Police – Bearing Arms

[katygirl68]

Originally Posted by pknopp

You have it backwards. Citizens have been killed for decades......it's only with the proliferation of video that people have been able to prove it. Once proven and still excused is what caused the protests.



And Buford Pusser.

I am sure people have been killed for decades before video, but the woman cop seemed scared she couldn't see his hands. I saw a better video that showed him reaching into his vehicle with four or five cops pointing guns at him. Why would he do such a thing? I don't understand why people can't just keep their hands in the air and survive the encounter, then make a big stink about it later. I would like for cops to be less scared, and the innocent people who fear police to be less scared.

I don't know what the answer is. It seems to me that this stuff was not happening as often back when I was younger. The cops didn't immediately begin shooting when someone didn't even have a gun in his or her hand. I think that there were even more incidents where armed suspects weren't fatally shot like they are now.

The cops are jumpy. There are so many guns on the streets that they think everybody's got one these days. Maybe it's the 24/7 news shows increasing the fear (on both sides).

[whogo]

He was pretty stupid which seems, with the possible exception of the Castille shooting, the one thing all these "victims' of police shootings have in common.