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[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

Man this country doesn't give a single fuck about us. We're literally worth nothing to them.

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[Mariolee]

There's got to be a bit more to this story. There just has to be. I've seen the other articles posted here too. It's just insane to think of how incompetent many members of law enforcement can be.

 

[Kitschkraft]

I think the tipping point is coming.

It better be...

These cases just keep piling up and piling up...open season on young blacks for police departments across the fucking country.

 

[Vermillion]

Oh hey guys, Saturday in America. How's everyone else doing?

 

[Angelus Errare]

His life was worth a candy bar. SMH.

 

[Black Republican]

Get over it blacks

 

[kame-sennin]

I think the tipping point is coming.

What would that entail?

 

[mr. puppy]

Get over it blacks

?

 

[timetokill]

oh, gee, I really hope the cops at least returned the candy bar

 

[ISOM]

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The dude's name is black republican i'm not even sure if he's trolling.

 

[enzo_gt]

This really is just a worst case scenario come to life, right down to running over his memorial. Holy shit.

 

[alstein]

Just saw a lot of people on my twitter feed RT the picture of the boy. Terrible news. And I echo the idea of Ninja Scooter, police should wear some cameras on their bodies all the time so that they can't do stuff like this without getting penalized accordingly since then there would be evidence if something similar would happen again.

It's going to take more than some tweets to solve this, it's going to take something that puts a scare into white America, or at least the police, such a jury acquitting a cop killer on grounds of self-defense, or worse.

 

[block tower]

Get over it blacks

smh.

 

[Buzzman]

It's going to take more than some tweets to solve this, it's going to take something that puts a scare into white America, or at least the police, such a jury acquitting a cop killer on grounds of self-defense, or worse.

 

[Log4Girlz]

The very best career move a murderous racist can make is become a police officer.

 

[thesuperfunk]

SMH

 

[Kyuuketsu_Night]

The very best career move a murderous racist can make is become a police officer.

Pretty much.

I wonder just how many of these guys are members of the kkk.

 

[Casimir]

Pretty much.

I wonder just how many of these guys are members of the kkk.

Considering the KKK is a shadow of its former self, especially compared to its height in the 1920s, and the negative imact mere membership can have it's highly unlikely that they are members.

 

[Trojan X]

Facts so far seems to be the following:

* Kid put up his arms. Kid was unarmed.
* Kid flee the scene away from the Police. No physical contact was made.
* Police's life was not in danger
* Police opened fire several shots
* One shot caused the kid to fall down to the ground.
* Police continued to open fire.
* Kid pronounced dead.


This is murder.

 

[JohnDoe]

smh.

The dude's name is black republican i'm not even sure if he's trolling.

?

He was being sarcastic.

 

[Onemic]

Kid brought it on himself. That's why you don't run away from police. If he was actually clean and had nothing to hide he wouldn't have ran.

 

[Blablurn]

Facts so far seems to be the following:

* Kid put up his arms. Kid was unarmed.
* Kid flee the scene away from the Police. No physical contact was made.
* Police's life was not in danger
* Police opened fire several shots
* One shot caused the kid to fall down to the ground.
* Police continued to open fire.
* Kid pronounced dead.


This is murder.

the fuck

 

[jts]

Today's society just doesn't have what it takes to take it to the streets. Some soft protesting then this case will eventually fade away and that's the end of it. Then later something at least as fucked up happens again and the cycle goes on.

 

[Eidan]

Today's society just doesn't have what it takes to take it to the streets. Some soft protesting then this case will eventually fade away and that's the end of it. Then later something at least as fucked up happens again and the cycle goes on.

Hashtag movements.

 

[ICKE]

Kid brought it on himself. That's why you don't run away from police. If he was actually clean and had nothing to hide he wouldn't have ran.

Lets also not forget that there are a lot of dehumanizing stares going on in the community now, hopefully police acts appropriately and safeguards people from the mob.

Spoiler

This was an act of insanity, how are these officers trained? Are they sent out as if they were in Fallujah? People criticize Russia for becoming more totalitarian but over there people are not executed for stealing candy and trying to flee. Actually there is no other western country where this would be allowed to happen other than US. Times have changed though. I remember 15 years ago when my father took his dead car battery, found the nearest police car and knocked on the window while shouting "HEY GUYS CAN YOU HELP US OUT!". The officers freaked out but who knows what would have happened today.

 

[fabricated backlash]

Today's society just doesn't have what it takes to take it to the streets. Some soft protesting then this case will eventually fade away and that's the end of it. Then later something at least as fucked up happens again and the cycle goes on.

You get the positive feedback of having done something without actually having to do something.

 

[minx]

Curious what the officers story is here since he was running and was shot in the back. Will reserve Judgement until all the facts come to light.

Just to let people know various departments are using cameras on glasses or on their chest ala "End of Watch" . It will become the standard soon enough just like cameras in squad cars.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Facts so far seems to be the following:

* Kid put up his arms. Kid was unarmed.
* Kid flee the scene away from the Police. No physical contact was made.
* Police's life was not in danger
* Police opened fire several shots
* One shot caused the kid to fall down to the ground.
* Police continued to open fire.
* Kid pronounced dead.


This is murder.

Based on what we know so far, this is awful.
What the hell kind of cop was this, and what kind of institution has this happen so much?

 

[Axial]

Kid brought it on himself. That's why you don't run away from police. If he was actually clean and had nothing to hide he wouldn't have ran.

Let's assume he did commit a crime and was fleeing the scene, shouldn't the well trained law enforcement officers try to apprehend the suspect first, instead of killing him? Since when did it become standar MO for police to shot fleeing suspects(assuming they're not armed)?

 

[block tower]

Kid brought it on himself. That's why you don't run away from police. If he was actually clean and had nothing to hide he wouldn't have ran.

your logic amazes me, simply astounding! what other nuggets of wisdom can you share with us?

 

[freddy]

Most of the police videos I see these days coming out of America the police act as if they are in the military. I know anything can happen and America can be a violent place but living in Australia, I'd be horrified if police reacted by pulling a gun out the amount of times I see it happen in America.

 

[I'm an expert]

Not commenting on the events, but watching the news site video the first thing that pops out at me is every one from the neighborhood - black, every single person in uniform in the video - white. Correct me if I'm wrong. I wasn't looking for it, just noticed mid-way through and then by the end I was like.. hmm.

 

[djplaeskool]

God.
Damnit.
All.

Kid brought it on himself. That's why you don't run away from police. If he was actually clean and had nothing to hide he wouldn't have ran.

I'm going to blindly assume that you're joking and move on.

 

[You Know Nothing]

Kid brought it on himself. That's why you don't run away from police. If he was actually clean and had nothing to hide he wouldn't have ran.

Are you for real?

If someone unarmed is running away from you, you are not in any danger whatsoever. Shooting someone repeatedly as they run away is cold blooded murder. Point blank.

Ask yourself if the kid had been white would this have happened? You know damn well it wouldn't have. The police would have chased him down and apprehended him. But he was black, and now he's dead.

 

[Shadybiz]

Ugh, this sucks so bad.

Police need to be mandated to wear google glass or something so we can figure out WTF they are doing in situations like this.

Absolutely. Wasn't there a county that put lapel cameras on their officers, and saw a massive decrease in the amount of citizen complaints?

 

[The Cowboy]

Today's society just doesn't have what it takes to take it to the streets. Some soft protesting then this case will eventually fade away and that's the end of it. Then later something at least as fucked up happens again and the cycle goes on.

I know its a different society (as we don't have all armed police in the UK), but for example in the UK a few years back someone was shot and killed by police (1 of the very few police killings), it resulted in mass riots across the country that cost a fortune (over 200 million in damage).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_England_riots

I really don't know how it would turn out in the US though, with your police force being armed (and apparently very trigger happy) it could lead to disaster.

 

[ICKE]

I know its a different society (as we don't have all armed police in the UK), but for example in the UK a few years back someone was shot and killed by police (1 of the very few police killings), it resulted in mass riots across the country that cost a fortune (over 200 million in damage).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_England_riots

I really don't know how it would turn out in the US though, with your police force being armed (and apparently very trigger happy) it could lead to disaster.

That wasn't a protest against police brutality, that was a bunch of fucking chavs stealing consoles, games and just destroying shops owned by their neighbors for the fun of it. It was actually a showcase for what is wrong in our modern society, there are not enough people who really care about improving their community but would rather wreck it should the opportunity arise.

A better example would be the Tunisian revolution after what happened to Bouazizi but we don't really have citizens who are really willing to question the status quo and provide alternatives. Even nationalist right-wing groups are better organized and motivated but even they are just lashing out randomly without any real purpose.

 

[Can Crusher]

There's so many police men in the U.S that I guess statistically it's impossible to avoid nutcases.

 

[The Cowboy]

That wasn't a protest against police brutality, that was a bunch of fucking chavs stealing consoles, games and just destroying their own communities for the fun of it. It was actually a showcase for what is wrong in our modern society, there are not enough people who really care about improving their community but would rather wreck it should the opportunity arise.

Yes it ended up that way, but the 1st riots started due to the shooting and it spread off from it - all of the riots from that are a direct cause of the police shooting someone (if it hadn't of happened, the riots would never have started).

It was more of a point of people taking to the streets though (which is something the poster said todays society doesn't have what it takes to do), but as said: we don't have loads of armed police over here, so i would hazard a guess that people would be more inclined to do this as there is less fear of being shot.

 

[Maleficence]

As long as Americans continue to believe they live in the best country on earth shit like this and healthcare and education etc will really struggle for effective change.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Get over it blacks

Thank you..this story was killing me, and you eased my pain just a little with this. Folks, this is terrifying. Hands up running? Shot in the back? For some fucking candy? Forget being called negro or black..we should just be called prey. Hunted to feed their bloodlust.

We don't know all the facts? You fuckers should be ashamed of yourselves if that's the thing you want too cling to. What about what IS known? Does THAT seem kosher to y'all? Let me stop..

 

[SliceSabre]

As long as the cop says he thought he saw a weapon he'll get off scott free.

Must be nice to have such an effective get out of jail free card.

 

[AlimNassor]

Uhh you dont shoot running suspects. Unless they were armed or had just murdered someone. My father was a cop said if he did this he would have been arrested, this was cold blooded murder.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

I'm sure the alleged candy bar was actually a pasti dipped 45 caliber Glock with a Babe Ruth sticker on it like one of their rap cars.

 

[siddhu33]

As long as the cop says he thought he saw a weapon he'll get off scott free.

Must be nice to have such an effective get out of jail free card.

Nah, they'll have to also find an FB post of the kid making gang signs or some shit...then they'll say how scared they were...they'll get off and the kid will probably posthumously be convicted of assault

 

[dejay]

Where does lifting a candy bar from a convenience fall on this scale?

Diabetes kills. The kid was clearly a pusher.

 

[AlimNassor]

Umm, that guy brandished a knife at officers, and he had another knife on him. Plus we don't know what was going on prior to the film starting.

Oh wow a knife amazing! I don't care if the guy was firing a fucking assault rifle, the cops are not judge jury and executioners.

 

[Emerson]

Oh wow a knife amazing! I don't care if the guy was firing a fucking assault rifle, the cops are not judge jury and executioners.

Are you actually saying that police should not be authorized to use deadly force against a person firing an assault rifle?

 

[dejay]

Oh wow a knife amazing! I don't care if the guy was firing a fucking assault rifle, the cops are not judge jury and executioners.

To be fair they were neither judge or jury.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Sigh. Another day here in America.