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[Silver Arrows]

The real problem isn't your people disproportionately dying, it's my fear of someone calling me a racist! #alllivesmatter

Truly, reverse racism is the worst thing to happen to the white race.

 

[EdibleKnife]

But we gotta argue for BLM though like all lives are getting killed in these ridiculous ways.

Yep. Mysteriously calls for BLM to stop protesting on roads or yelling at candidates is absent when the shit actually hits the fan as though maybe the thing BLM fights for far exceeds the minor annoyances people seem to take umbrage with. #AllLivesMatter hashtaggers are gone too.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

They used military grade rifles on the sleeping couple. Is that standard fucking procedure?

There's a war going on outside no man is safe from..you can run but you can't hide forever.

 

[Measley]

I could have sworn that the cops initially said that the couple fired on them first, which made them fire back and kill them.

However, now it turns out that the cops outright lied about that and just shot then while they slept? That's insane!

 

[DrForester]

What did the cops do for nearly an hour? Have a hard time believing they were on a megaphone talking to these two without them waking up.

Did they quietly get into murder formation?

 

[The Faceless Master]

I REFUSE to believe that there is not more to this story.

My belief in the inherent good of humanity REQUIRES that there is more.

some people just aren't good people.

 

[gohepcat]

I'm confused. It says they are asleep when police arrived.

How are we getting to they were asleep when they were shot?

 

[Tesseract]

So...charges?

Or do we have to protest, riot, boycott, sit in, block traffic, and disrupt society before that happens?

People bitching about being 5 minutes late for work? This is why. Because NOTHING comes of these stories until black people make a story out of it. If this isn't picked up on CNN...it'll disappear within a day.

yolo

 

[psynergylover]

Damn....7 children's lives are changed forever

 

[Brinbe]

Sad as fuck... Simply sad. Those poor kids.

And absolutely nothing is happening to those wretched cops. At worst they'll skate by with some paid vacay.

 

[EloquentM]

I REFUSE to believe that there is not more to this story.

My belief in the inherent good of humanity REQUIRES that there is more.

Not trying to be an ass but I wish I had that privilege.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

It was in the NBC news report:

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...ce-shooting-asleep-mayor-butts-369902981.html

Gotta love the photos used and the irrelevant to their deaths mention of some unrelated charge to solidify the "they were no angels" angle.

:|

 

[EdibleKnife]

I'm confused. It says they are asleep when police arrived.

How are we getting to they were asleep when they were shot?

They might have woken up, but if they had woken up and did something to provoke the officers, then the police force is being particularly dodgy about that point. So either they were asleep when they were shot or they woke and still seemed to do nothing that justified this response since they aren't really clarifying.

 

[TheFatOne]

I REFUSE to believe that there is not more to this story.

My belief in the inherent good of humanity REQUIRES that there is more.

How fucking naive. Must be nice living in the world you live in.

 

[Pulka]

What about when the people with police badges are the murderers? These cops should all be in prison immediately.

I don't disagree at all.

 

[ISOM]

Alllivesmatter though.

 

[King Mystery]

Shot while unconscious in a car? Geez. And people said I overreacted when police stopped me. Each time you interact with them, it's like playing Russian roulette.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

I REFUSE to believe that there is not more to this story.

My belief in the inherent good of humanity REQUIRES that there is more.

Was there more to Tamir Rice's story? Where was the inherent good of humanity on that day?

 

[GaimeGuy]

So what, they went out to have fun, probably got a little too tipsy, responsibly decided to take a nap instead of driving, and got murdered over it?

Most likely.

The sad thing is, if the cops learned about that, the driver would be going away for DUI. If I were a cop, in that situation, I would offer to drive them home, thank them for recognizing their impaired state and pulling over before they hurt anyone, and let them know that they shouldn't let it happen again.

That's what a cop should be. Not someone who fishes for people to incriminate themselves. Not part of an institution which tears families apart and wrecks lives because people stumble along the way of trying to be a good, law abiding member of society. Songs like "Fuck the police," drawings like the one by that child with the cops killing black people, those are symptoms of a police force that is not acting as a force of good, that has earned the distrust of a community.

People criticize the police force because they don't want to be neglected by society. not out of hatred, but a yearning for love. So when a community riots, when people block highways and light rails, it needs to be seen as a cry for help, not a crime to be elimited through negative reinforcement and punishment.

 

[Dan]

I'm confused. It says they are asleep when police arrived.

How are we getting to they were asleep when they were shot?

1. Couple is sleeping in a car
2. ???
3. Couple is shot dead

So far, the closest thing to explanation for step 2 is the mayor seemingly speculating that "obviously at some point they were conscious because somebody felt threatened."

 

[Saint Gregory]

It was in the NBC news report:

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...ce-shooting-asleep-mayor-butts-369902981.html

This is incredibly sad but I still laughed out loud at the "the police have to finish their investigation before commenting further" quote at the end of that video. How is it appropriate for them to be investigating themselves in this case?

 

[grimmiq]

1. Couple is sleeping in a car
2. ???
3. Couple is shot dead

So far, the closest thing to explanation for step 2 is the mayor seemingly speculating that "obviously at some point they were conscious because somebody felt threatened."

Step 2 will likely be explained by them shouting or sounding their sirens, the couple jerking awake, you know, as you do when you're awoken by loud noises..Then being shot to death.

 

[Dan]

Step 2 will likely be explained by them shouting or sounding their sirens, the couple jerking awake, you know, how you do when you're awoken by loud noises..Then being shot to death.

That's what I guessed earlier, yes. Cops finally see movement in the car and quickly react.

 

[Breads]

Why are cops so god damn jumpy? How often are they attacked/ shot at really to justify all of the hand waiving of the murders they commit?

 

[ryutaro's mama]

This is incredibly sad but I still laughed out loud at the "the police have to finish their investigation before commenting further" quote at the end of that video. How is it appropriate for them to be investigating themselves in this case?

From their standpoint, completely appropriate. I don't think most of the public disagrees either which is the tragic part.

 

[Broseybrose]

1. Police create situation
2. Police escalate situation
3. Police shoot 2 human beings to death in order to de-escalate the situation...

 

[GK86]

This is incredibly sad but I still laughed out loud at the "the police have to finish their investigation before commenting further" quote at the end of that video. How is it appropriate for them to be investigating themselves in this case?

Step 2 will likely be explained by them shouting or sounding their sirens, the couple jerking awake, you know, as you do when you're awoken by loud noises..Then being shot to death.

Someone said they heard the cops giving an order for them to exit the car, and then a few seconds later the cops opened fire. I wouldn't be surprised if that was when they woke up.

 

[theignoramus]

This is incredibly sad but I still laughed out loud at the "the police have to finish their investigation before commenting further" quote at the end of that video. How is it appropriate for them to be investigating themselves in this case?

If that couple had done anything so utterly damning as to warrant their summary execution, I feel it would have come out at this point. The shooting was last Sunday. These goons are trying to concoct a bullshit story to cover their ass.

 

[MIMIC]

After admitting that the couple was asleep, Butts quickly defended the officers, noting, “Obviously at some point they were conscious because somebody felt threatened.

wut

where's that Winnie the Pooh image

Oh here it is. Fucking

 

[theignoramus]

Why are cops so god damn jumpy? How often are they attacked/ shot at really to justify all of the hand waiving of the murders they commit?

Because they are inherently suspicious of black people and quicker on the trigger as a result.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

They likely called the police themselves. Think about it. Both single. In their 30s, with 7 kids combined. Sounds like a nightmare! The dude had already been convicted for unlawful possession of a loaded firearm in public. They made a pact, pretended to sleep, and let things play out exactly how they expected. Seems like a classic case of suicide by cop..

 

[TheAbsolution]

They didn't fucking knock on the window? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

 

[Inquisitive_Ghost]

My belief in the inherent good of humanity REQUIRES that there is more.

Humanity isn't inherently good, it's inherently variable. Pure probability would get you occasions where all the negative points cluster and awful outcomes occur. Add conditions on top of that like racism, etc., that increase the frequency of the negatives, and you're even more likely to get clustering of those points and therefore more horrible outcomes.

 

[old manatee]

They likely called the police themselves. Think about it. Both single. In their 30s, with 7 kids combined. The dude had already been convicted for unlawful possession of a loaded firearm in public. They made a pact, pretended to sleep, and let things play out exactly how they expected. Seems like a classic case of suicide by cop..

:V

 

[Aztechnology]

Why are cops so god damn jumpy? How often are they attacked/ shot at really to justify all of the hand waiving of the murders they commit?

You have a bunch of Psuedo militaristic people wanting to feel that sense of power that comes with wearing a badge or being in a military organization (After actual service or in lieu of it). They then behave like a military group even though they shouldn't be given the capacity to do so.

Spoiler

Just my personal opinion, not based on any fact other than observation and from people I know who are in law enforcement.

 

[Silver Arrows]

They likely called the police themselves. Think about it. Both single. In their 30s, with 7 kids combined. Sounds like a nightmare! The dude had already been convicted for unlawful possession of a loaded firearm in public. They made a pact, pretended to sleep, and let things play out exactly how they expected. Seems like a classic case of suicide by cop..

unfortunately gordon, that's probably the narrative they are going to run with

 

[Aselith]

Sounds like classic passive resistance in the parlance of our old buddy Patrol.

 

[SeanC]

Maybe I'm mishearing it, because I watched the video twice, but didn't the witness say she heard the cops yelling at the couple then a few seconds later open fire?

Or did she stumble on the tail-end of the yelling after the alleged 45 minutes?

I feel like the 45 minutes they're talking about is them all arriving/gathering/discussing/jerking off and then yelling for a few seconds before opening fire.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

Maybe American cops shouldn't be allowed to carry guns. Jesus christ.

 

[EarlyEarly]

Sorry but I'm confused about the gun in the car. Was there actually one that police somehow saw? Was there a rifle propped up in the back of the vehicle or something? I don't know how you can see two sleeping people holding a gun.

 

[Baron Aloha]

They attempted to rouse them to "de-escalate" the situation. How about they just leave these 2 people be? There wasn't a situation until they arrived on the scene.

 

[VariantX]

What does this have to do with anything?

Not a fucking thing. Gotta throw some kind of dirt on people tho.

 

[Sojgat]

After admitting that the couple was asleep, Butts quickly defended the officers, noting, “Obviously at some point they were conscious because somebody felt threatened.”

This is a whole new level of pathetic.

 

[elrechazado]

Maybe I'm mishearing it, because I watched the video twice, but didn't the witness say she heard the cops yelling at the couple then a few seconds later open fire?

Or did she stumble on the tail-end of the yelling after the alleged 45 minutes?

I feel like the 45 minutes they're talking about is them all arriving/gathering/discussing/jerking off and then yelling for a few seconds before opening fire.

The cops in Cleveland yelled at tamir rice three times in the .01 milliseconds between when they slammed to a stop a few feet from him and began firing. The point is, cops have physics defying powers of time dilation.

 

[HawksWinStanley]

No but I mean what are you doing for 45 minutes in a 'standoff' with people that are asleep.

Like how did that happen.

Nobody knows yet. There's clearly more to the story here. Too many huge holes in the timeline based on what little is mentioned in the article.

 

[Sulik2]

This shit makes my blood boil, what the fuck is going on these days?

Don't cops get the idea that they can't get away with acting this way in this day and age? most cops are decent and good people but the few sour grapes of the lot are just disgusting.

They get away with it all the time. That is why this sort of thing keeps happening.

 

[Dice]

Please wake me from this nightmare country.

 

[Nikodemos]

The cops in Cleveland yelled at tamir rice three times in the .01 milliseconds between when they slammed to a stop a few feet from him and began firing. The point is, cops have physics defying powers of time dilation.

dey time shaperz.

 

[Parallax]

dey time shaperz.

Its to combat our natural jutsus

 

[Ponn]

No, someone felt threatened because that person, and the police department, are so poorly trained they can't differentiate between people sleeping and an obvious threat.

These idiots would probably shoot a decaying corpse if it seemed "threatening".

Dehumanizing snore?

This story is so absurd I just can't even formulate a real thought about it except how stupid and tragic.