He is a gang member, was attempting a robbery, struck a Police officer and tried to take his firearm.....Yeah, we need people like this

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Not to mention that it took an entire department six days to release this latest version of alleged events despite the uproar down there.

Fish gonna swim, birds gonna fly & liars gonna lie imo.

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He also was 18 years old. People can grow up and evolve into better people, unlike you, you trolling racist fucktwat.

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Steve is not intelligent enough to understand the "larger picture" and how giving laissez faire authority to police officers is not a good thing for society. He lives in a small, pathetic little world. There are many people like this in the world, unfortunately.

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Yea, pretty convenient.

Well, I think the cigar story can be easily checked right?


And now there are witnesses saying there was a struggle thru the window of the cop car. That was not confirmed before.


But let's not get it twisted. This kid may have stole some blunts and tried to run from the cop. Doesnt matter. Cant shoot em.

I agree, and regardless of the outcome, I am glad that it has generated discussion regarding the militarization of local police departments and the role of police in communities. It is a conversation that needs to be had.

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You say I live in a SMALL pathetic LITTLE world. Then you say unfortunately, there are many people like this. How do MANY people like this, all fit in a small, little world? Maybe you aren't intelligent enough to have recognized the hypocrisy involved in your post? Perhaps you need to consider that it was people far more intelligent than you, who decided that giving Police officers this authority was appropriate. The fact that you don't like them having it, is insignificant.

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Again, let me know when we get something out there about the shooting of this kid, and not him horking some cigars from some midget's quickie mart.

It doesn't take a psyops expert to wonder how much of this is tactical distraction from the actual issue(s).

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Because of the superior firepower that many gangs had in shootouts with Police in the past, it became necessary to beef up the firepower that Departments could bring to bear. Now many departments have a decided upper hand in a potential conflict with even well armed gangs. This is how it should be.

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Japan has a population of 127 million people. 8.4 million people live in NYC. I'd say you can fit lots of people in small, little areas.

No one gave police this level of authority. That's the entire point.

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Except....they havent been given that authority.


Big swing and miss there, Stevarino

If the guy was a drug kingpin or mob boss who had just robbed a bank, and shot and killed five people, it still WOULD NOT justify a cop shooting him in the back. Deadly force should only be used if the cop's life is in danger. That is why we have due process.

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Or there is an immediate threat to the public.

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The court system can barely get capital punishment fulfilled on convicted murderers, and we're moving away from the death penalty altogether. If the courts cannot even figure it out with respect to when a criminal should be put to death, how can we trust cops making snap judgments on the streets?

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Oh absolutely, if the guy is carrying a gun and firing at others, deadly force seems appropriate. My point was that the kid's prior history has zero to do with the justification for shooting him in the back.

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@jaketapper: 'Ferguson cops charged a man w/destruction of property for bleeding on their uniforms after they allegedly beat him'

http://t.co/kxL6byNqVR

Normally I'd say this can't be true but with these cops nothing surprises me anymore.

I haven't been following this, seeing as I was on a tropical island for the past two weeks, but one of my life rules (there are several), is "put your hands on a cop and there is a decent chance you get shot". Not saying right or wrong, just surprised so many people don't know this little survial tip.

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Regardless, law enforcement should not take on vigilante justice. We all know the reality of how hot head cops act, especially towards young black men. It doesn't make it right. We have a huge cultural/social issue going on.

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Perhaps your generally amusing albeit trite dumbfuckery is better placed in other threads.

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Is borrowing magazines from the quickie mart another perk police get? Or is there FREE HUSTLER and OUI FOR TEACHERS DAY too?

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Amazing that Americans who so value free speech, freedom of religion, gun rights, are so willing to give up other freedoms. Forget due process, protection from search and seizure (spying, cameras, etc.), ok to torture alleged terrorists, endless detention at Gitmo. My goodness. These are basic values we should fight to protect. Bill of Rights stuff. We are above all this.

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Stop yourself ...

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Despite it being written about Stalin, Communism, etc., Animal Farm turned out to be a fabulously prescient commentary on the Boomer generation.

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You seem intent on glossing over the kid striking the Officer and trying to take his firearm. I wonder why you seem to want to overlook those things......

The fact is, if he shot the kid (whether in the back or not) and the kid was unarmed, the officer violated policy. It is policy that you do not use deadly force on a subject unless he poses an immediate threat to you or another (the public). I have no problem with what he did. But it does strike me that he is likely to be found in violation of departmental policies.

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Because it never happened, dumbass. There are plenty of witnesses who don't know each other telling the same story. The only ones who are saying what you keep repeating are the cops.

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