villa4europe Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, wazzap24 said: it's murder. Nothing else, but straight up murder. I thought the Eric Garner video was bad, but this is another level of awful. i wont post it here but watch the walter scott video its **** ridiculous also recommend fruitvale station, good film Edited July 7, 2016 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) I don't get it he was pinned on the ground then they put about ten rounds in his chest and they are still yelling at him to get on the ground he's not going to get up and run away is he rediculous Edited July 7, 2016 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 7 minutes ago, AshVilla said: I don't get it he was pinned on the ground then they put about ten rounds in his chest and they are still yelling at him to get on the ground he's not going to get up and run away is he rediculous They tased him too. It's bonkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will87 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I can understand they're super vigilant and on edge in a country where so many of the population have guns, but some of their actions you just cannot excuse or begin to understand, does taking a life mean nothing to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 A man who was allegedly pointing a gun at someone, a man who refused police orders, a man who allegedly went for a gun whilst being restrained. .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 "Allegedly" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Just now, Keyblade said: "Allegedly" Well I watched the video and the one police officer yelled 'he is going for the gun.' Now if it was some ruse for the watching public I will hold my hands up. If not, then **** him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Just now, rodders0223 said: Well I watched the video and the one police officer yelled 'he is going for the gun.' Now if it was some ruse for the watching public I will hold my hands up. If not, then **** him. They yelled "he's got a gun" which they should have supposedly known if they were called because he was 'waving' it around. A gun which they later removed from a cargo pant pocket which they had to open before removing. It was his right pocket too and it's clear from the videos that his right arm was by his side and not even moving during the incident. This is without even going into how he could have possibly pulled out his gun with 2 cops sitting on top of him and being just tased. "He's got a gun" is a standard cop euphemism along with "my life was threatened" which will no doubt surface in the coming days. You don't have to even pull out your gun as the incident which happened hours later in Minnesota showed. Yelling he's got a gun is not that far from a ruse tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 38 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: A man who was allegedly pointing a gun at someone, a man who refused police orders, a man who allegedly went for a gun whilst being restrained. .... That's the thing where I think you can relate it back to training when you watch the video the first cop tries to take him to the ground by almost rugby tackling him at the waist, they then struggle, eventually throwing him to the ground, both policemen are then more interested in pinning him to the ground than they are restraining him, putting their hands and knees in to his head and forcing it against the Tarmac, a policman then says "he's got a gun" which means they're searching him before he's restrained, they don't cuff him first, they don't try and control his arms or his movement, why is the instant reaction to him having a gun to then pull theirs out? Why didn't the officer who found the gun remove it? When he then struggles or does even reach for a gun why do they shoot him 5 times? With a pause between the shots too... it's **** awful policing, they should never have put themsleves in a position where he could go for his gun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 8, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 8, 2016 13 hours ago, rodders0223 said: **** him. How long have you been a cop? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 I feel sorry for the decent police officers out there. If there is a actual crazy black killer that is actually dangerous armed with a gun they might be scared to shoot him because of repercussions like this. These guys should be thrown in prison for this heinous crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Five Dallas police officers have been killed and six wounded by sniper fire during protests against the shooting of black men by police, authorities say. Police are in a stand-off with one armed man in a multi-storey car park. Three other people have been detained. Gunfire broke out at around 20:45 local time on Thursday (01:45 GMT Friday) as demonstrators marched through the city. The protests were sparked by the deaths of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36742835 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThunderPower_14 Posted July 8, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2016 I'm a Police Officer in Australia. We sit around gobsmacked at some of the Police shootings over there. It's such a shoot first culture. It's obviously an extension of American's gun problem but in so many of these cases, the guy could have just been tackled and pinned down. You've got a numbers advantage, control his arms and cuff him. Terrifying culture over there. I've never even considered drawing my gun (or any of my other tac options, for that matter) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted July 8, 2016 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2016 1 hour ago, ThunderPower_14 said: I've never even considered drawing my gun (or any of my other tac options, for that matter) Even for one of those big spiders? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 1 minute ago, NurembergVillan said: Even for one of those big spiders? It just makes the bastards angry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 8, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2016 Just heard something astonishing - They arrested some bloke thinking he might be a suspect. Turns out he was just a random member of the public... walking down the road with a rifle slung over his shoulder... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Just heard something astonishing - They arrested some bloke thinking he might be a suspect. Turns out he was just a random member of the public... walking down the road with a rifle slung over his shoulder... Who even does that???? Edited July 8, 2016 by Seat68 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Who even does that???? He must be a white guy if he's still alive 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Just now, Seat68 said: Who even does that???? Americans. I've seen posts around, mostly on YouTube admittedly, stating that he shouldn't have resisted arrest with a gun pointing at his head especially knowing he had a gun in his pocket. As if that is an offence for which the acceptable punishment is death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 This is why I could never live in the states, their laws on guns are madness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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