US police thread

[Caracus2k]

Imagine if the races were reversed here.

There's no need to the same people in these forums have been told time and time again that white people are more likely to die than blacks in the US when you simply control for one of the most relevant factors in police contact deaths (being arrested for a violent offence).

It's simply that the media and activists concentrate on blacks killed by the police in the US for their own ulterior motives.

And this case doesn't (currently) appear to be like the case involving Jacob Blake as in the Blake case the cop has been re instated after the investigation cleared him of wrongdoing.

 

[StriderX]

It might help if there was a groundswell of anger at the way that police act in the US, but then how could some people pretend to support the police out of sheer opposition if that were the case?

Honestly if the activists that usually turn up to BLM events would also protest apparently unlawful shootings against other groups (disabled persons, homeless, precariat America in general), then I think it would be less abrasive for folks who see there's an issue and are put off by the transient politics that surround the movement.

 

[The Running Man]

FYI, just in case you did not know, he is an ex cop.

Wait, what??

I was told that all police are white supremacists, dragging innocent diverse citizens off the street and literally killing them to death?

 

[VincentHanna]

Well whoever told you that is a ******* idiot.

 

[The Running Man]

Well whoever told you that is a ******* idiot.

Yeah thats what you get for reading the bbc and blm newsfeeds I guess.

 

[deuse]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1382401624996515843

 

[dowie]

Well whoever told you that is a ******* idiot.

So basically a high portion of vocal Antifa/BLM types then.... "ACAB", calling the cops is "white supremacy", black Americans attacking Asian Americans is "white supremacy" etc..etc..

 

[2004typer]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1382401624996515843

That is absolutely terrifying, but goes to show what the police in the USA are up against.

 

[Skunkworks]

Well whoever told you that is a ******* idiot.

But what about all the systemic systems of systemicness?

 

[omnomnom]

That Adam Toledo video. Just wow. That's indefensible.

 

[The Running Man]

That Adam Toledo video. Just wow. That's indefensible.

When asked during a Thursday news conference at City Hall, Mayor Lori Lightfoot declined to say whether videos she has seen show the 13-year-old with a gun in his hand.

Police have said a 9MM Ruger was found along a fence next to where Toledo was shot

Anyone know what a 13 year old was doing with this guy?

Ruben Roman, 21, now faces felony charges of reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, as well as child endangerment and violating probation, Chicago police said.

Nearby surveillance video captured the moment Roman fired shots at a passing vehicle while Toledo stood by his side on the corner of 24th Street and Sawyer Avenue early on the morning of March 29, according to prosecutors

 

[Skunkworks]

It's not that cut and dried.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1382798141141897216

We're talking tenths of seconds plus reaction times. But hey, seems like a good excuse to go on a smashfest.

 

[The Running Man]

It's not that cut and dried.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1382798141141897216

We're talking tenths of seconds plus reaction times. But hey, seems like a good excuse to go on a smashfest.

Sadly looks like another gangbanger.

 

[omnomnom]

Jesus Christ. Police officer asks him to put his hands up...he does as requested and bang shot in the chest. Trust the usuals to defend that. Just wow

 

[Malevolence]

Why is nobody asking what a 13 year old was doing mooching about alleyways at 0240 with a gun?

 

[omnomnom]

Why is nobody asking what a 13 year old was doing mooching about alleyways at 0240 with a gun?

What he's doing at 0240 isnt relevant. He was asked to put his hands up and he did. Simple as that

 

[The Running Man]

What he's doing at 0240 isnt relevant. He was asked to put his hands up and he did. Simple as that

Well he also had a gun in his hand and could be placed moments before at a shooting and also chose to run from the police carrying a 9mm ruger.

 

[omnomnom]

Lmao the cop asked him to put his hands up, he clearly complied, he's then shot dead within seconds of the initial request.

Give over.

 

[Malevolence]

 

[The Running Man]

The officer called for medical assistance and started performing chest compressions on Toledo, who died at the scene, authorities said.

The teen's right hand tested positive for gunshot residue, according to Murphy. Fired shell casings from near where Roman fired shots matched the 9-millimeter handgun that was recovered near Toledo, prosecutors said.