Rush to Judgement - Atlanta
So does someone want to tell us exactly at what point it became legal and proper to fight, disarm and shoot things at the police? Because we must have missed that over the last fifty years. And get a load of what Atlanta has decided all on its own:
- A TALE OF TWO INCIDENTS by The Atlanta DA's Office and the Atlanta Mayor.
Incident 1) 5 Atlanta Police Officers fired last week for using a taser to remove two college students from a car. Officers were fired because the Atlanta District Attorney's Office deemed the Officer's use of the taser was DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE.
Incident 2) A suspect who failed a field sobriety test and deemed Driving While Intoxicated resists arrest, fights with police, steals the officers taser (robbery) and escapes. During the pursuit, the suspect turns and fires the taser at the officer's head and was shot and eventually dies. The Atlanta mayor calls for the Officer to be fired because he used deadly physical force against a taser.
BURNING QUESTION: Why is using a taser considered Deadly Physical Force when it's used by a police officer but not Deadly Physical Force when used against a police officer by a suspect?
The mayor of Atlanta has unilaterally put the taxpayers on the hook for monumental judgements....in favor of police. Hopefully, they win big and retire in style.
Labels: dumb ideas, out-of-state
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
154 Comments:
You just know when this moronic DA explains it the explanation will make no sense to anyone except the moronic protesters.
Pretty easy to figure out. Nobody in Atlanta gives a fuck about the cops, so they can do whatever they want against us.
It's getting to be too much. I'm not huge on conspiracy theories but it's becoming believable that its like a well orchestrated thing to collapse society.
Defund police people say who you want a social worker to come and talk some sense into the offender? We have CIT and all that usually you have to use some kind of force regardless.
The Big Question Is?
Will this restart the shitshows nationwide?
A lot of areas are already all looted and burnt out. Are Downtown Chicago and the neighborhoods restored and restocked? Or are the criminal looters going to have to go farther afield to find loot worth stealing.
If I owned a business, I would be taking precautions right now, if not last night after seeing the Wendys. Move the cash and good stuff out, board it up. Decide if I had enough friends and family to go Roof Korean for 96 hours, or just hope and pray they leave you alone again.
District Attorney for Atlanta appeared on CNN Sunday and said the officer could be charged with murder or felony murder and that those were the two charges they are considering. Also said the body cam video was revealing because we heard the very first statement the officer made, which was “I got him”. DA says the officer said nothing about needing to save his own life. So what? Probably the most adrenaline fueled event that has ever happened to the Officer in his lifetime and the DA concludes this is evidence of murder? Why in the hell is the DA even being interviewed on television? Why isn’t a DA spokesman giving a statement saying the office is in communication with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations and will review all witness accounts and videos? The next day the DA sounds like the decision to charge has already been made.
What a dick. First guy to throw you under the bus and then run you over. F U, new Chicago motto. No longer My Kind of Town.
In light of recent events that have taken place around the country, we have returned to 12-hour days and days off cancelled until further notice.
We continue to closely monitor events around the country that could potentially have a ripple effect here in Chicago. As such, we have increased our operational posture to ensure we are as prepared as possible to maintain the safety of our city and residents.
I also know you have endured some difficult days recently, and that your job is dangerous and difficult. I know how hard you work and the risks you face, especially over the past two weeks. Thank you for all you continue to do to serve and protect our city.
Please stay safe and look out for each other.
David O. Brown
Superintendent of Police
Heh...
Atlanta's mayor and district attorney playing
legal "Musical Chairs" like this with a civil
litigation toilet nets nothing but a lot of shit
on the floor and a taxpayer funded clean-up...
Strip them of immunity and destroy their lives
with ruinous punitive damages just like what
happens to Policemen.
Justice.
Right?
Atlanta corner has ruled the death of Rayshard Brooks
a homicide. (That was fast. Toxicology usually takes at least
a week.)
Man that officer hit the lottery!!! I’m sure he will need a head doctor over this shit!
Wendy's will most likely NOT rebuild at the University Ave
location that was torched. Just to send a message.
It would just be a symbolic target even if they did.
The land is too small for a park, so what do you think the City
will do with it?
I hope the police back off and let Atlanta burn worse than the last visit by Sherman.
yeah, Graham V. Connor, 400 U.S. 386 (1989)
Hope they go for it and win big time.
You can see where this is going! The Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard (Democratic) criticizes the Atlanta Police Officers handling of the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks by saying, “He did not seem to present any threat to anyone.” He said that charges against the police officer that could be considered later this week could be; murder, felony murder and voluntary manslaughter. The following is a short snippet from a story that appeared in, Law.com, Daily Report and dated June 10, 2020 giving some insight into Paul Howard.
“Howard has been criticized by Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers over his decision to charge six police officers for the violent arrest of two Atlanta college students who were tazed and pulled from their car during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Howard, in turn, accused the IBPO of “being out of touch with reality” and engaging in a politically motivated plan to influence Tuesday’s primary in order “to end police prosecutions in Fulton County.”
Howard’s campaign also has been challenged by accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation raised by two women who worked in his office—claims he has denied. He is also under investigation by the state ethics commission over alleged campaign financial disclosure law violations.“
As you can see the Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields who criticized Howard Is the same Chief who just resigned over the Rayshard Brooks incident. Rather curious! Was she told to resign? There seems to be a pattern and practice with the Democrats who are controlling the major cities and that is they are now in the rabid mode to destroy police officers and police departments at any cost. The extreme left has taken over the Democrat Party and they have weaponized Antifa which has weaponized Black Lives Matter. Be extremely careful out there as you may think you are doing the right thing but it later blows up in your face.
Crazy that this mayor is a front runner to be Biden's running mate. Can you imagine if she gets the nod and Biden wins?
“CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Lori Lightfoot took part in a special town hall on CNN Sunday night for an in-depth discussion on police reform and racial justice.
The mayor said the time for talk is over.
“We’ve been working on reform issues for a number of years now. We have to accelerate the pace of that, and really give voice to the pain and the anguish that we’re seeing out on the streets every single day,” Mayor Lightfoot said. “People are sick of rhetoric. They’re sick of talk. They want concrete action.”
Oh the pain and and anguish! Do you think she is speaking of the pain and anguish of the police officers working 12 to 14 hour shifts, getting pelted with rocks and bottle, being verbally harassed? No, she is sowing the seeds of racial disharmony against her own police department. Stay safe and perform accordingly.
BREAKING:
Stock Futures Plunge as Coronavirus Cases Soar
-Thanks to the protesters
Riots in a Pandemic. Twenty-Something Pretzel Logic.
Why all those backpacks? Diapers and bricks.
Agree
Policing as we know it over???
Maybe We should Ask CMDR Sneeling Who always Advocated strong Control Tactics at The Academy?
Police Officers using tasers is considered deadly force, simply because they're brutes; cops. 😑👮
If suspects do the same, they're lnnocent and defending themselves. 😑
the coppers were white?
Damn Right I would sue the stupid city run by stupid politicians!
Sounds like what our idiot Mayor would say because she hates her own Police!
Just like Chicago the city of Atlanta has failed leadership.
What a surprise, another democratic run shit hole city hanging the police out to dry for doing the job. These democrats are always looking for a scapegoat to blame for their failed policies (sound familiar leadfoot and prickster)
the moral of he story? DON'T DO ANYTHING!
Can someone please explain to me why cops in these big liberal cities are still doing police work? For crying out loud! Sit in your car and do nothing! Make a point...
So how many times has Atlanta burned now?
Just asking if property values continue to fall.......
This is what it will come to:
https://youtu.be/2-V2arHXwq8
Win big and get the fuck out of Atlanta and Georgia. They only exempt the first 40k of retirement income there. TN,MS,AL, FL, is where it’s at.
One other thing, any time a police officer is dealing with an offender there is always a weapon present. If the police officer should get over powered the offender can take the police officers weapon. So in this case if the taser struck the police officer there is a good chance the offender could chance disarmed the police officer It is a shame that we are being called the problem. 25 yrs CPD can't wait to get out. God help us all in BLUE!!!!
Did you see the Atlanta DA on MSNBC, said those officers could of treated Brooks like a human being, parked his car for him and called him a cab or an Uber to take him home. That would have been the just and humane thing to do.
When all this reform is over officer will no longer be allowed to make traffic stops, it will simply be write down the plate and send them a ticket for the infraction, just like the red light cameras. There will be no searching cars, stoping cars for any reason whatsoever, which will make the anti-chase folks happy.
I can’t wait for the Tuesday after 4th of July weekend when the murder rate skyrocketed and Lari and Brown hold their press conference and blame the murder rate on the police and Brown says we failed again. If we aren’t still in 12 hour shifts with days off cancelled, he’ll say there weren’t enough police on the street again.
How can they want to defund us, yet at the same time apologize for not having enough of us available???
Spent a few years on CPD then left for greener pastures at Homeland Security, the Atlanta DA used to run the legal training section and teach the majority of the legal, use of force, 4th Amendment, etc classes at FLETC, where the vast majority of federal agents, Deputy marshals, ICE officers, border patrol agents, and just about every uniformed federal officer receives their training.
"Will this restart the shitshows nationwide?
A lot of areas are already all looted and burnt out. Are Downtown Chicago and the neighborhoods restored and restocked? Or are the criminal looters going to have to go farther afield to find loot worth stealing"
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Little OT, but here's what looks to be the first returns on your question.
Well, IF what we are seeing from the financial reports trickling in from just the 1ST quarter of 2020 (and this is just from the effects on the COVID-19 lockdown; does not take into effect the riots & looting), - IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD for 'restore & re-stock' option.
Here's the link to the article: https://wolfstreet.com/2020/06/14/an-epically-bad-week-for-us-brick-and-mortar-retailers-and-landlords/
Short Takes are as follows:
01 Re-opened stores (B&M; Brick & Mortar) aren't producing (revenues) compared to last year.
02 eCommerce is increasing on a much greater scale.
03 You don't invest money (remember, the investment taps are now severely limited) in areas where the returns on investment (ROI) are greater elsewhere.
04 If you are a C-Suite level player in these retailers, you better have balls made out of pure Titanium to take the beating you are going to get IF you restore & re-build your B&M locations over investing in eCommerce. Don't care how 'woke' your sorry ass is.
Lori LightGroot can most likely kiss the Mag Mile away. Potentially a lot less shopping (read: Looting & pillaging) options available in Chiraq. You can guess what that's going to mean.
IF I'm in progressive enclaves like Oak Park and/or River Forest, I'm starting to look elsewhere. Just sayin.
The officers should sue for damages. Their work environment has become hostel to their employment, and make request for monetary remuneration in lieu of job restoration. Then retire to a great red state.
If you think that going to jail and being sued by the victim's for all you have is winning the lottery, then sure.
It's going to be interesting to watch Vice President Keisha "double-dipping" Lance Bottoms getting sued for defamation.
We need to have some sort of protest , block the streets , burn a Wendy’s or start some looting down on Michigan Ave. only then will we get some response .
I believe this incident helps LE and hurts the protesters. The general public knows policing is ugly and uses of force are ugly. To me, this incident is a clearly justified police shooting. I think most members of the public believe it's a good shoot too.
People who view the video and aftermath are realizing the 'protesters' aren't really concerned about inequality or injustice - they are only concerned with how much free stuff they can get. The majority of the public are seeing evil for the first time - and they're scared.
ANTIFA is desperate, BLM is desperate, these rioters are desperate. And, desperation is a stinky cologne.
Disarm all the police and issue them silly string, and a de-escalation handbook. Then ask all people to turn in their guns. That should fix things.
One conservative talk show host mentions that
several cops reviewed that video and said it was
a "good shoot," meaning the Taser could have disabled
the cop allowing the DUI suspect access to his firearm.
Thus, he feared for his life. This, from an extremely
unpredictable suspect who smiled at police, was being
cooperative up to a point, then violently resisted arrest
and fought with two officers.
Thankfully I retired a year ago ... the current demonization of police is unimaginable. This is not the police, nor the society I remember just ten years ago.
The proliferation of radical actions, similar to Chairman Mao’s culture revolution, or ISIL destruction of world heritage sites, by what we now call “Generation Z”
Greta Thornberg started the landslide .... she is the incestuous offspring of George Soros ....
- Prince Valium
Stray fetal, retire ASAP.
The mayor of Atlanta and our Mayor BugEyes share many things in common.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
1:18 AM
Is that you, David O'Neal Brown?
Charlie posted here a few times.
Thanks for writing.
Hey Dave, did you really bolt out the back door of T. Tower?
You can level with us, man.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/are-tasers-too-deadly-be-called-non-lethal-flna8C11077668
Well they have this wrong about the Taser being
non-deadly. Used against a cop, his weapon can
be removed from his person and used against him.
That's a big ouch if I ever heard one.
And this suspect was extremely unpredictable.
First, disarming smiles. Then actually taking a Taser
and pointing it at the officer.
It became ok once we let the demoRATS control the narrative and start infiltrating the upper echelon of the department.
EVERY single incident where they claim excessive force/murder could have been avoided if the OFFENDER had just complied with legally justified lawful orders. From laquan to rayshsrd ! But I never here anyone pointing out that fact or the fact that all their encounters were due to the OFFENDER's actions Not from bored white cops just deciding to fuck with someone.
But that's not what this is about. They aren't looking for peace, logical solutions or even equality. The agitators behind the riots, looting and anti-police movement are using any and all of these situations as tools in their effort to destroy the country they hate !
What makes me sick to my stomach is all the liberal, Trump-hating sheep within our own department that buy into this BULLSHIT. All the idiots taking a knee against themselves and the idiotic bosses talking shit about our Pro-Police President like lt margolis in the deuce who take their knees in private !!!!
Then we have the Arabian store owners protecting their stores and then they are questioning why they have all the security, why everything is locked up they want everything removed the simple answer is because you steal whatever is not nailed down! It’s not racism when it’s realism stores open in your neighborhoods and what you do as you ruin them completely, you look at the huge Walmart that your people burned the store according to the Alderman was already wanting to close due to the extremely high theft rate, now that it’s burned out, God willing the investors of Walmart will not reopen that store!
The mayor is demanding that Walgreens and CVS re-open any other stores re-open so people can have a place to shop, animals have more respect for things in their purview, you’ve hurt the people in your community especially the senior citizens who need to get their prescriptions refilled quickly and are able to walk to such stores.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-george-floyd-arab-american-businesses-chicago-20200615-uoyfmycn55eodfcjhhjfqnxepq-story.html
Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) just called, they are very upset that DUI is no longer "a thing" for "the denizens of the ghetto". They want you to know that due to Atlanta's scumbaggery, they don't want their kids to be Cops anymore because they won't be allowed to enforce the law.
Distance is the only answer. Life is short. Fuck those liberal Jagoffs.
Retired CFD here..Isn't that self-defense on the part of the fired officer ??
Since Obamma election and how proud Michelle is of America for electing him the black community feels they are above the law. They no longer answer to law and order they can say and do whatever they want. Blacks and whites who are quick to condemn the police need to walk a mile in their shoes and see all the drama they face, the disrespect, the physical abuse, working 12 hour shift, cancel days off, politician not caring about what your family goes through just what they want. Police officers are treated like shit by the mayors who pander for votes, and could care less about your mental health just the criminals rights to punch the police. Mayor's like ours don't deserve the air that I breath she is a self center racist piece of shit who because she is black can say and do what she wants to hurt the boys and girls in blue with no repercussion. When the contract is finally settled she will have try and strip every protection that we have and give a 2% raise because she will cry poor mouth after she gave everything away. If that happens than it is time to strike fuck the law stating we can't strike if the teachers can we should be able to we are better than them considering the product they turn out. STAY FETAL
Is there a limit on how much money and ct we can make per period. I don’t want to find out that I’m not getting paid or comp time.
Get over it, "It's Over !"
Stop proactive policing !
No signed complaints from a citizen,
No Arrest !
Not even in the case of George Floyd were complaints signed by the caller/store owner before his death.
The case of the DUI in Atlanta would have been considerably different had he been told to call someone to pick him up.
DE-ESCALATE !
Remember, you're best tool in police work is
Discretion.
Leave your pride at home.
Please !
All of this will only help former Vice President Biden become President in November.
Cops are not even third class citizens. What about this officers administrative rights?... trampled on and tossed out the window.
We’re sacrificial lambs to be fed to the BLM etc. groups.
Talk about ass backwards : what’s right is wrong and what’s ALWAYS been wrong is now right.
The dipshit, racist mayor asked why the officer didn’t just let him go? Really? No I mean it Really?????
We’re doomed..... we’re never gonna make it.
I have to say, if officers in the city of Chicago are still chasing down parasites for the littlest of crimes and breaking their heads open just to get a CB number is shameful. I really don’t know how many more cops have to be fired or incarcerated before you idiots realize that you can go to prison over the smallest mistake. Please stop putting your hands on people and making traffic stops, they are nothing but trouble for us. They do not want us to be the police. Answer your jobs, protect your partners, and go home safe!!!!
"Judgments in favor of the police" what the hell are you smoking. There will be huge judgment to the guy the cops killed but never to any police for any reason. The entire system in a democratic controlled city is heavenly slanted against the police. Dream on.
Minneapolis Minnesota
Seven Minneapolis Police Officers have left, and seven more are following them out the door,
https://time.com/5853472/minneapolis-police-officers-quit/
Does not mention how many are suddenly retiring too? Last I heard it was 46 new retirees.
Democrats live by two sets of rules. One for you and one for them. Would have thought by now after 90+ years of being the Chicago Democratic Machine you would understand it. Do as the order not as they do. That is all you need to know.
"Howard’s campaign also has been challenged by accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation raised by two women who worked in his office—claims he has denied. He is also under investigation by the state ethics commission over alleged campaign financial disclosure law violations.“
Let me guess from "content of character" . Paul Howard is black.
I am not a police officer. I find it very troubling that a new part of the false narrative that police officers kill blacks at an alarming rate has become even more absurd. Do we now call for the immediate firing of an officer who uses deadly force without all of the facts? Since when does a mayor of a large city call for firing an officer who made an obscene gesture or who used a gay slur? How does the DA in Atlanta rush to judgement based on a 2 dimensional video clip? How does the First Deputy of the Chicago Police take at face value the word of race hustler and race baiter like Bobby Rush when officers respond to looting at his office. Citizens need to wake up when it comes to “police accountability”. We are all accountable. Let’s just be truthful first. Perhaps our mayor will refocus her anger not at a few isolated incidents but at herself and her new hand-picked superintendent who has no clue and had no plan for the protests and subsequent looting of the city. Maybe it’s just easier to blame the police and not hold yourself accountable madam mayor.
What race can't be civil and cannot obey, and thinks they are above the law? Lori Lightweight knows. Her cabal staff protects the criminal elements of society, example Jessie Smellit.
It's amazing how a certain segment of society wants to live as if no rules or laws apply to them. From a CNN articles this morning, one of the advocates for Mr. Brooks suggested the police should have let him run away and sleep it off. This is so illogical. I'm dumbfounded by the rush to judgment reactions. Without any sort of review, without due process, without a fair and just trial, certain segments are calling for the officer to be jailed. The officer was already fired, the day after the incident, and the police chief resigned. Of course, we all know this was reactionary to try to reduce the riots and burning in Atlanta and has no basis in due process. The officer was 100% justified here in what he did. We live in the Twilight Zone.
It’s a damn shame what’s going on. Law and order is gone and lack of respect thereof, by a small group of agitators that are being praised by these city officials.
There’s a common denominator among the leadership and elected in many of the cities and departments experiencing riots and civil disruption, it’s not just pasty empty sack men.
Very poor decision making, moody and manic knee jerk reacting, placating the hostile restless with autonomy including restorative justice narratives. What’s the point of having rules, curfews, colonial laws when police are not allowed to enforce unless the person is cooperative and non combative. The point being these elected don’t want police except to protect themselves and their homes.
Angry Toad Larri is on the verge of instituting her own version of reforms crafted by an angry bunch of twisted citizen groups. All this everyday crime and violence is happening in greater numbers the last year with Larri, SpecialEd, Hash Brown, KmmmFxxxxup, Prickwrinkle, Evans, JB Pigz, Durban’s, and many others. The goal is to maintain a steady disorder and still they failed because it’s getting even more out of control than they like. So blame the police that they’ve hogtied.
Who’s minding the law abiding anymore?
Is it too much to ask to have the freedom and safety to go outside, walk their dog, let kids play in a park, go to school, go to church, come and go to work at any hour?
Elected officials are allowing all this crime and disorder to go unchecked by vilifying the police. That being said, who thinks Michigan Ave Gold Coast merchants are going to want to remove the plywood anytime soon?
To go out there and arrest in certain hostile areas is going to very difficult, and I’ll expect the timid will sacrificed for the activity these department merit hacks demand.
Stay fetal - No chasing - No encountering - No looking for anything but lunch and two personals.
I would love to be there. ATLANTA: ok, $10 million dollars. POLICE PLAINTIFFS: ok $10 million per officer.
Years ago in Chicago there was a case where an offender threw a knife at an officer. It missed. The officer responded with deadly force. The officer was charged. The theory was once the knife was thrown, it is no longer a threat. Once a taser is fired and misses it is less of a threat.
https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1969/41975-5.html
Why anyone white officer would anything proactive against a black offender is beyond my comprehension in todays day and age
The only way to deal with this , is immediatly call for black officers to handle the threat let them handle them end of story! Who are
they going to blame then??? They have drawn the line in the sand, let them handle them , no other solution!
As things are now, if I got a call, I'd show up, say hello, how is everyone? and remind the victim/complainant that "we don't do that anymore", say have a nice day, and 19Paul.
Welcome to New World Order......IF you allow it. Keep voting Democratic and put a noose around your necks........
The Chief in Seattle was very impressed with the 60,000 claimed marchers yesterday. Perhaps someone can explain to "Chief Many Many" that there are 10 times that many people in the area that are NOT impressed with the 60,000 marchers.
Here is the entire Body Cam Video of the 1st Officer that arrived on the scene. It's from 11Alive, I assume an Atlants News outlet: Rayshard Brooks shooting police bodycam footage YouTube, 43:01 long.
I watched the whole thing and these two Atlanta Cops could not have been more polite and professional. The fact is that dude (Brooks) was so drunk he passed out while the 1st cop was there. And all through the encounter Dude could not recall something from a few seconds ago, like how he got there, how the car got there, or instructions from both cops. Things had to be repeated three or more times, IMHO the cops had the patience of Job.
Note this Body Can Vid doesn't show the struggle, chase, or shooting -- it seems to have got knocked off the 1st cop's uniform. The action ends while the DUI Certified Officer (2nd cop on the scene) is trying to cuff Brooks. That's when the shit-show starts.
Bottom line, I don't see any way that any DA could even think for a second that this was anything but a Justified Shooting and a Justified Homicide (all Killings are 'Homicides' right?).
In conclusion, the way that dude Rayshard Brooks acted throughout this encounter, there is no way to rule out what he may have done if he incapacitated that officer with the stolen Taser -- like taking his sidearm and shooting him.
Please guys & gals, Stay Safe out there. Every two-bit chucklehead out there is after you.
So there's finally a public sector union woke progressives don't like...the cops.
Great video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=DSV_vW76yBc&fbclid=IwAR2obAQuW4DUIF9RZOhXNcAl8ajYBtS3bXqXP3SImIZhf0c0k_oV5jiGzrs&app=desktop
At what point do we consider this Democrat-led rioting, traitorous behavior and arrest them? for a trial by the people, with a gallows in front of City Hall? asking for a friend...
Only if the criminals were charged as fast. 🤔
District Attorney for Atlanta appeared on CNN Sunday and said the officer could be charged with murder or felony murder and that those were the two charges they are considering. Also said the body cam video was revealing because we heard the very first statement the officer made, which was “I got him”. DA says the officer said nothing about needing to save his own life. So what? Probably the most adrenaline fueled event that has ever happened to the Officer in his lifetime and the DA concludes this is evidence of murder? Why in the hell is the DA even being interviewed on television? Why isn’t a DA spokesman giving a statement saying the office is in communication with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations and will review all witness accounts and videos? The next day the DA sounds like the decision to charge has already been made.
6/15/2020 01:11:00 AM
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That's WAY too easy. Gotta make 'em tougher.
That's because the decision to charge HAD already been made. It was made as soon as the ethnicity of the cop and the BG were revealed.
BG is allowed to use any force necessary to escape. It's the new new.
Get out of this job NOW ! And don't use the pension as an excuse. You won't get one, or if you do, it will have no resemblance to what your benefit table shows today. The pension system makes the Titanic look like a Sunday cruise. There are other jobs out there. Don't stick around until some mope takes your house and your savings. Get out.
In local shithead news, I hope everyone views the recent traffic stop video from our own local Illinois second city - Aurora. Here is a link to the story from ABC Channel 7 with the video embedded:
https://abc7chicago.com/aurora-police-release-dashcam-video-of-traffic-stop-arrests/6248198/
I’m not police and I have nothing but sympathy for all you officers who have to deal with morons like these two in the car. Make sure the watch around the 12 min. mark when the female passenger is screaming at the top of her lungs “I can’t breathe,I can’t breathe” when she clearly was breathing fine and nothing was being done to restrict her breathing. I did notice that some of the other Chicago media like WGN only put part of the video in their story on this and did not include the audio. They described the woman as “saying” she couldn’t breathe. No idiots, she was screaming it like a friggin banshee for no good reason at all.
The good news is this was in DuPage County so hopefully these two mutts will be fully prosecuted. Imagine if this was in suburban Cook County like Schaumburg. Crimeasha would have already refused to prosecute and dropped all charges and would already be negotiating the settlement to pay these two losers.
From my understanding; a CNN camera crew was chased away from the scene. Their camera destroyed. From what I understand, two "white girls" set the "Wendy's" on fire, and it burned to the grown. From what I have seen on the news, and at ground level, there are a lot of "white kids" attending and even leading the "protesters"? at these "gatherings".
What's up with that ? Do "blacks" need "leadership"?
Personally, if I were "black" I would be insulted by all the patronizing being done by these "white" "hipsters" "anarchists"
Years of government failure in Democratic run cities & states is driving this strategy to demonize, defund, and declare war on the police. Its an excuse to cover their failing policies of buying votes through appeasement. To anyone who doesn't clearly see this you are either naive, stupid, or lying to yourself.
Years of stripping policing powers in the name of reform have led to a disconnect between respect/fear for police power and criminal behavior. Cops are told to stand down against kids robbing stores, no car chases, no batons, no force. Where did they think this was going to lead?
And why even bother arresting someone if the courts don't prosecute and there's no threat of jail time? The Progressive Democrat politician is endangering public safety with these policies. And for what? To get re-elected. And its working for them, so they aren't going to change.
I don't wear a bullet proof vest, strap on a gun, or carry around 20lbs of equipment on my job. But I know to respect the person who does.
And I also know when the police go away, my world becomes a dangerous place.
Maybe people need to be taught how to respond to police or what the consequence will be. Make it part of Home Economics class, or is that gone to?
Allow me to answer. When the perp is black, no amount of force is necessary. Dark skinnned latins, gays, liberal women as well. However, a white conservative, a redneck, Trump supporter, in fact any non liberal white person, then you can beat them like baby seals.
Things could always be worse. Biden could be looking at Lighthead as his running mate. They'd make a nicely balanced pair.
Is there ever going to be a “conversation “ with the “community “ encouraging individuals not to break the law. Not to break the law while under the influence of narcotics, dangerous drugs or alcohol. And not to resist a lawful arrest by a Police Officer. It would just make any situation much more safe for all involved. But, I suspect that it is just too much to ask.
Watch the Atlanta tasing video. If you think that is appropriate police work maybe you are in the wrong line of work. Police are not supposed to be escalating things when tensions are already high. It may not be "fair" and it might be arguably "legal" what was done but it is just plain bad judgement.
I’ll make sure to take a picture of the use of force module and later explain how the offender is armed becoming a ARMED ASSAILANT. Do not tell me a armed assailant with a taser does not require deadly force to subdue. What should I do? Let him tase me and disarm me for my firearm to become a roaming offender with a gun? Fuck no. This is just another circus act to “protect” people from the “community” to create crime. That’s fine, make no mistake the officer will win this court case and become a rich man. Stupid ass mayor, stupid ass community, and the joke of a society that protects hoodtrash. Everyday when I think this country can do better, it just gives another blanket of protection toward the criminal. Do not vote these hoodtrash politicians into office.
Are they going to have a “just wing’em” policy? How about bird shot?
Atlanta corner has ruled the death of Rayshard Brooks
a homicide. (That was fast. Toxicology usually takes at least
a week.)
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The guy died from bullet wounds fired by a human being. That makes it a homicide regardless of what the toxicology report says. It is not necessarily a crime. Just a death at the hands of another.
The next day the DA sounds like the decision to charge has already been made.
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A day or two is usually all it takes to decide to charge a run-of-the-mill criminal. Why should it take any longer in this case?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Atlanta corner has ruled the death of Rayshard Brooks
a homicide. (That was fast. Toxicology usually takes at least
a week.)
6/15/2020 01:33:00 AM
In high-profile cases it usually gets a priority.
Crazy that this mayor is a front runner to be Biden's running mate. Can you imagine if she gets the nod and Biden wins?
6/15/2020 02:32:00 AM
Biden cannot wait to get all handsy with the Groot and smell her freshly coiffed hair! Then the Groot would demand he be impeached and fired for sexual harassment and she would become the President of the United States of America! OMG! Nightmare! We are truly living in Bizarro World.
But there is a chance we could be totally done with this psycho Groot. Say Biden chooses her and they lose? She would become nothing more than the answer to a trivia question. Could we get that lucky? Please Lord, please!
Agree
Policing as we know it over???
Maybe We should Ask CMDR Sneeling Who always Advocated strong Control Tactics at The Academy?
Good for him. Send him back to the academy to implement that as it appears new recruits come out with a different understanding
Nobody cares about facts it's all about political goals, don't be sacrificed, the Atlanta guy should of just fell down with a bogus back injury n gone on medical that's how to handle that.
There is no rush to judgement
You are the police, whatever you did was wrong.
See, no rush, just the new thinking.
Wendy's will most likely NOT rebuild at the University Ave
location that was torched. Just to send a message.
It would just be a symbolic target even if they did.
The land is too small for a park, so what do you think the City
will do with it?
6/15/2020 01:41:00 AM
It will become the Rayshard Brooks Drive-Through Memorial Monument with him interred umderneath the base of the towering structure approximately where the previous drive-through window was located. It could be open 24 hours a day. Seems fitting.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
BREAKING:
Stock Futures Plunge as Coronavirus Cases Soar
-Thanks to the protesters
Riots in a Pandemic. Twenty-Something Pretzel Logic.
Why all those backpacks? Diapers and bricks.
6/15/2020 03:06:00 AM
Be ironic if all the protesters got COVID and their parents locked them in the basement..
This DA doesn't care about justice, like every other Democrat all he cares about is getting reelected. If he has to wrongfully imprison cops to win the election he will. The national fop needs to attack this guy at every level.
Of course this is a Homicide. The man dies at the hand of another and not by natural causes. What the Einstein medical examiner left out is this will be a JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE. Especially when the offender is being chased by the officer and he fires the stolen Taser at the cop. No one is looking to gloss the actions of the offender except these store front Black SJW lawyers who are looking for a big pay day from that Ghetto Lottery check.
General Sherman has risen from the Dead and has agreed to finish the job he started in Atlanta.
The mayor of Atlanta was on the news condoning drunk driving saying the officer should have let him go after he failed sobriety tests
Pandering cost money yo'.
This job is DEAD. The people have made their choice, and we owe it to them to provide them with the type of service they've asked for. Cut your paper and code your jobs, family. No less and CERTAINLY no more. They have made a bed they aren't in any way prepared to lie in.
I'm also going to say something to us younger folk out there right now.. STOP. Stop doing it all-- the foot chases, the "following" of cars, the ISR's, everything. Put your livelihood, safety, and the value of us sending a unified message before your fuckin adrenaline fix. It's time we all do it. We owe it to each other.
Watched the whole video. Officers were polite and professional. Rayshard Brooks took it from 0 to 100 when the cuffs came out. Probably talked his way out of trouble many times in the past. Still had a long arrest record. Read he was let out of prison like many others because of the covid. Hope the officers get a ton of money for all this grief.
I can't find any source where the Atlanta DA says using a Taser is deadly force.
Stop the insanity !!!!!
I’ve heard nothing but absolutely ridiculous statements from her since the incident occurred.
She must have a room temperature IQ.
She could just be dumbing down her statements because of the crowds she’s pandering to but I doubt that.
I think she’s probably really that much of a dim bulb.
If the offender was Caucasian do you think everyone would be wondering why the police couldn’t just let him go??
Classic case of terrible timing. Officer must be prosecuted or city might burn. Fetal policing is order of the day. No contact with any for any reason, see something turn away, suspect something run the other way. Not right at all but given the climate in country now your every move is watched. Be careful what you do. No proactive policing is wanted in Democratic cities so give them that. Go thru the motions file the paper and move on. Not sure rushing to next 10-1 call a great idea. Let someone else be first.
How can this superintendent know how hard this job is
Letsseethe video was. He or was he not in trump tower. Where is his cell phone on that day and time
Of the riots
It’s out there but he avoids conversation about this
Everyone tweet the president ask him to give up the surveillance footage
We all want transparency
He failed. He failed. Went to opposite way Officers calling for help. If he was a recruit and did this. Would be fired on the spot
How is this any. different
Please tell us
In watching the video, it looks like BROOKS turns & fires something directly at the officer. At that point, the officer appears to holster a weapon (taser), transition to his firearm, & immediately return fire. So I’m assuming this officer was in fear for his life after a violent confrontation with the offender. He was likely unaware of what type of weapon the offender had gained access to during the fight with him & his partner. He likely believed it was his partner’s gun. Doesn’t matter if it was a taser or a gun fired at his face literally point blank; it was a good shoot. But if it was the partner of the cop who’s taser was taken, he likely did not have the time to decide if the weapon being used against him was a gun or a taser, making the case for the officer being 100% in the right even stronger.
That's why this shit is so screwed up! They talk about equal fair justice but that's a lot of crap! They don't care about justice for all just for certain people of color! Grrrr makes so angry! They care more about criminals! I will listen and be sympathetic when they start cleaning their own houses and own their systemic genocide of their own people!
Watched all the available footage regarding this incident. Officers were completely justified. How about don’t fall asleep drunk behind a wheel of a motor vehicle in a restaurant drive through, don’t resist a lawful arrest, don’t attempt to disarm a police officer, etc. Good job getting a combative drunk off the streets!
Whatever happened to the black police officers that shot the white guy in the back inside the subway? Exactly...
If I'm a rank and file member of the Atlanta PD, I'm starting to wonder why I'm paying union dues.
PS: I hope these guys (from both incidents) sue Atlanta's eyeballs out. And win....bigly.
There was a case last year in Eugene Oregon where a suspect grabbed a taser from the officer trying to arrest him. The suspect then shocked the officer with his own taser. The officer somehow managed to get to his own firearm and shot and killed the suspect. The city government of Eugene Oregon did not fire the policeman. The city officials ruled the shooting justified.
The future and reforms these thugs and anarchists want is a future where black criminality is left completely unchecked. The problem is violence in and from the black community, NOT the police. It's time for some honesty in this discussion, the race discussion that the left doesn't want to have.
If that taser had found its mark, that would’ve incapacitated the LEO and provided access to a deadly weapon (sidearm). I think these social justice warriors need to go through tueller drills and play out what can happen in the blink of an eye before they condemn anyone’s actions.
Any Atlanta cop that does ANYTHING is a fool. If someone needs to be arrested, call the mayor and let her do it.
We are living in a modern version of 1939 Germany and the Democratic Socialists are just rehashing the playbook. Police Officers are unfortunately the newest scapegoats to a violent and driven evil movement. People had better wake up.
So this will be the death of tasers as a police tool?
Perhaps because you can't shock someone with a taser from 50 feet away.
"Obey the Law!" - Chris Rock
If you do not realize what the Democratic machine is doing, YOU ARE AN IDIOT! The Democrats want nothing more, than to take down a civilized society! The only answer to this, is for the law abiding citizens and Police to forcefully remove them. So, what is your thought on this?
Heard that Rayshard Brooks flipped out when they tried to cuff him because he had been released from prison early due to Covid-19, and realized he could be sent back to finish that sentence if he went down on the DUI. Well, the choice he made certainly prevented him from getting Covid.
Using a Taser vs a red zone on the body *could* be considered deadly Force, situation and policy dependent.
I don't understand why upright,Constitution supporting law enforcement officers do not move from these inner city hellholes and go to live in a small rural county in a state where you only investigate a couple of burglaries a month, catch a few speeders each evening, and get the dui drivers who leave the local VFW club off the road each weekend.
Yes the pay is a lot less, but so is the stress and the cost of living. You could probably buy a nice house in a red state outright for the money left over from the sale of your home in a blue state. But, if you decide to do that, you better do it quick since I suspect the property values in blue states are about to drop pretty fast.
Oh,and only law abiding cops should do this. We don't need jack-booted thugs, just mainly peace officers to man the traffic as the buses enter and exit the three or four schools in our county each morning and afternoon. Plus you may have Friday night high school football traffic duty occasionally. LOL
mayor foot new there could be riots on may 30 and did nothing. these riots were an organized event and the foot did nothing. the foot was advised by none the then jamal green one of her trusted advisors.
In other news, a very vocal, homeless black female BLM member, 19 years old Oluwatoyin ‘Toyin’ Salau, was found dead in Florida. And guess who the suspect is? A black male. She had tweeted earlier that she was molested by a black man. I'm surprised they were even allowed to arrest this innocent black man. Sounds racist to me. This story will be forgotten about and buried very soon. The hypocrisy is deafening.
Wish Biden would hurry up and pick a VP - the Atlanta's mayor audition today along with the race to the bottom by others is disgusting. Only good thing is that they will be quoted later and there will be no one who chooses Biden because of those quotes. He already has all the people who want to destroy the country in his corner.
A progressive Dem I know actually said to me "why didn't the cop just shoot him in the leg?" She must be listening to Biden's advice on how to police.
Yes the officers were in the right and where did that get them? Wake up!
Its time for white cops to work in white areas and black cops work in black areas and Hispanics in Hispanic areas. This would immediately deescalate those police shootings based on different races and promptly cause Loevy and Loevy to retire.
The "devoted family man" apparently had at least seven convictions including cruelty to children, family violence battery and false imprisonment - presumably against a family member, not to mention obstructing the police.
All Blue Shirts / POs on all Watches nationwide should not report to work on 4th of July weekend...
Let give them a taste of a defunded police departments.
Not sure rushing to next 10-1 call a great idea. Let someone else be first.
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1) Get off the job if you think it's okay to respond to a brother's/sister's immediate emergency in a leisurely fashion to protect your own potential future distress.
2) Get off the job if you can't recognize the simple concept that it might be YOU calling the 10-1. I hope it never occurs, but I take comfort knowing that you will be able to understand the slower response while your life flashes before your eyes.
Police are being used as human shields by corrupt politicians. Police are being trained and ordered to commit unspeakable and unconstitutional criminal acts. For a very long time this qualified immunity inventionshielded coos from the Right and Proper individual prosecutions of those officers who violate criminal 18 242 and civil 42 1983. But No more! And Rightly no longer so. Officers are to be shielded from mindless nonsense and fake, fraudulent and especially vicious and malignant lies, but then SO IS EVERYONE ELSE.
I call for Police, all Law Enforcement, to operate only on Warrants. I demand it actually. I ask for officer safety, I ask for safety for the accused i ask for safety for All!! In deed I ask for respect for the Rule of Law as well as the EQUAL application of it.
Please reread our Constitution and our Declaration of Independence, the document that our Constitution rests upon. Please arrest the Traitors, it is your job. It is literally Your Job to do so.
He failed. He failed. Went to opposite way Officers calling for help. If he was a recruit and did this. Would be fired on the spot
How is this any. different
Please tell us
6/15/2020 04:05:00 PM
Say what you want about Cline and McCarthy but they didn't run away.
Shocked but not surprised by the mayor's rush to judgment. As an attorney she should know better.
I discussed this with three attorneys who have reviewed use of force: former Cook County ASA and now a defense lawyer, retired Wisconsin DA (ex-cop) and a former federal prosecutor. All three said exactly the same thing: can't rush to judgment without the investigation being complete. Brooks resisted arrest and fled, making him an escapee, and, having stolen the Taser by use of force, he also committed a robbery. While being chased on foot he stops, turns toward an officer and deploys the Taser at him. (Had the officer shot him at this point it looks like it would have been a clean shoot. The Taser is a less, but not non, lethal weapon. The officer could have been neutralized and his gun stolen had he been hit.) Brooks is now running away with his back to the officer and gaining some distance. He appears to be swinging his right arm backward toward the officers and at this point he is shot. The videos we've seen do not show the ground view of the officers and any review has to be on the basis of what a reasonable officer would have done under the same circumstances and not Facebook Monday morning quarterbacking. We don't know the status of the Taser (the officer probably is in the best position to know this). Without more the experts who have had to make these reviews say they can't say what the mayor said without further investigation. If Brooks could have deployed the Taser and disabled an officer it would likely be justifiable.
Great response from commissioner Bernard Kerik, in defense of officers.
Bottom line, I don't see any way that any DA could even think for a second that this was anything but a Justified Shooting and a Justified Homicide (all Killings are 'Homicides' right?).
In conclusion, the way that dude Rayshard Brooks acted throughout this encounter, there is no way to rule out what he may have done if he incapacitated that officer with the stolen Taser -- like taking his sidearm and shooting him.
Please guys & gals, Stay Safe out there. Every two-bit chucklehead out there is after you.
6/15/2020 10:24:00 AM
I see how he can get convicted, if the officer is crazy enough to go with a jury trial 12 angry blacks and or "woke" (and likely sexually frustrated) white woman would gladly send him. If he pulls one of the black activist in a robe for the bench trial he is done as well.
11::48am Biden isnt considering Lightfoot you genius, hes considering the Mayor of Atlanta.
Aurora is in Kane County. It is more liberal than DuPage County but mostly normal people live there
Atlanta PD needs to Blue Flu that mayor. If any police officer is looking for ANY backing from a democrat politician then they are insane! The only dem politicians that were crying were the ones getting thier cities looted and burned. There was no outcry from the usual suspects to stop any looting. Pelosi and Schumer were as quiet as mice. I hope the Republicans remember and run with this...
I know nothing about employment law in Georgia or any contract for the Atlanta police. So, I do not know what the options for the fired officers are. But, it seems to me that there is no just cause standard in that city where the mayor can fire an officer overnight without a hearing or a chance for a real investigation. Will they get their jobs back? I don't know. Will any prosecution be successful, again, I cannot predict that. But, I do know a few things; a prosecution will cost the officers dearly even if they are found not guilty. Their career is over and the legal cos will be huge. If found not guilty it would be in their interest to find employment elsewhere and avoid the damaged work environment. Who is going to take the job of police officer in Atlanta, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Seattle and now Chicago? You would have to be nuts
Anonymous said...
Watch the Atlanta tasing video. If you think that is appropriate police work maybe you are in the wrong line of work. Police are not supposed to be escalating things when tensions are already high. It may not be "fair" and it might be arguably "legal" what was done but it is just plain bad judgement.
6/15/2020 11:15:00 AM
Go back to your basement. Its easy to criticize a video. The video doesn't depict everything. How many times does a police officer have to order you to stop and get out of the car?100 times? Gtfo
You know I have NEVER heard 1 BLM or other political activist say, Don't resist arrest. Never will happen, but they know that is the reason these encounters turn deadly
Stirring the pot closer to home. Check this out from our brothers at Aurora PD. At least they seem to have some backing from their department and city.
News piece regarding the dust up with two "citizens" over the weekend that did not end well for the "citizens."
Kudos to the coppers who displayed a lot more patience than most of us would have had.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/aurora-police-release-dashcam-video-of-traffic-stop-arrests
or
https://tinyurl.com/y75kdml8
26 years and a pension - thank God!
Atlanta corner has ruled the death of Rayshard Brooks
a homicide. (That was fast. Toxicology usually takes at least
a week.)
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If the death isn’t accidental, natural, suicide, or undetermined, it is a homicide.
Little OT, but here's what looks to be the first returns on your question.
Well, IF what we are seeing from the financial reports trickling in from just the 1ST quarter of 2020 (and this is just from the effects on the COVID-19 lockdown; does not take into effect the riots & looting), - IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD for 'restore & re-stock' option.
Here's the link to the article: https://wolfstreet.com/2020/06/14/an-epically-bad-week-for-us-brick-and-mortar-retailers-and-landlords/
Short Takes are as follows:
01 Re-opened stores (B&M; Brick & Mortar) aren't producing (revenues) compared to last year.
02 eCommerce is increasing on a much greater scale.
03 You don't invest money (remember, the investment taps are now severely limited) in areas where the returns on investment (ROI) are greater elsewhere.
04 If you are a C-Suite level player in these retailers, you better have balls made out of pure Titanium to take the beating you are going to get IF you restore & re-build your B&M locations over investing in eCommerce. Don't care how 'woke' your sorry ass is.
Lori LightGroot can most likely kiss the Mag Mile away. Potentially a lot less shopping (read: Looting & pillaging) options available in Chiraq. You can guess what that's going to mean.
IF I'm in progressive enclaves like Oak Park and/or River Forest, I'm starting to look elsewhere. Just sayin.
In this vein - a couple guys I work with do off-duty security at a big box retailer here on the west coast. At the outset of the Wuhan Flu, the retailer went to walk-up only. They are a couple doors down from the most stolen from Home Depot in the western U.S.
Since going to walk up only, handing merchandise out a window once it's been paid for in advance their theft rate has dropped to zero. The store is basically a giant warehouse now, guarded by armed security. Anyone wants to buy something, they're handed a menu at the door. Once they select, it's brought up and they pay for it. The retail theft has gone to zero. They're thinking about duplicating this with all their stores - secured merchandise, customers don't come in the store.
Oh, and my friends have run off multiple homeless, pro shoplifters, druggies, etc. who insist they need to go inside to "look at things in person."
A Taser is an instrument assigned for use only after the person carrying the Taser is trained to use it safely.
This "bad guy Brooks" after breaking away from the police with a Taser, in hand, aimed and fired it as a handgun while aiming at the upper torso of the officer chasing him.
It's deployment certainly did threaten the officer with great bodily harm.
..."bad guy Brooks" was not unarmed.
That Taser, in "bad guy Brooks" untrained hand my well have struck the officer in the eye.
In a split second the officer dropped his Taser and used his firearm to protect his life.
Excellent job by the police in an incredibly dangerous flowing situation.
The threat to the officer was only a few feet away.
He did not fire until fired upon.
Good work.
11::48am Biden isnt considering Lightfoot you genius, hes considering the Mayor of Atlanta.
6/16/2020 05:20:00 AM
Guess again Einstein. The Groot is also in the mix. From the sjw crowd's viewpoint, recent optics show the Groot looking better and better than Keisha Lance Bottoms. Plus, Groot is more qualified than Bottoms, Demmings and the gap tooth from Georgia.
And, if you have not noticed, the Groot is the only one of the LGBTQ crowd in the competition from the African-American potentials.
11::48am Biden isnt considering Lightfoot you genius, hes considering the Mayor of Atlanta.
6/16/2020 05:20:00 AM
Hey idiot, compare the Groot to Bottoms in every category and you will see why the Groot is in the hunt. The Groot is truly the dark-horse, but she fulfills Biden's self-imposed requirements and then some. The Groot might be the August Surprise.
Say what you want about Cline and McCarthy but they didn't run away.
6/16/2020 02:40:00 AM
McCarthy chose to stay with the troops. Cline only stayed because he can't run unless he smells meat on a grill.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
11::48am Biden isnt considering Lightfoot you genius, hes considering the Mayor of Atlanta.
6/16/2020 05:20:00 AM
Guess again Einstein. The Groot is also in the mix. From the sjw crowd's viewpoint, recent optics show the Groot looking better and better than Keisha Lance Bottoms. Plus, Groot is more qualified than Bottoms, Demmings and the gap tooth from Georgia.
And, if you have not noticed, the Groot is the only one of the LGBTQ crowd in the competition from the African-American potentials.
***
Who cares, he’s not going to get elected.
Lucky for him if he remembers when election day even is!
The Atlanta shooting was a justified use of lethal force against an assailant.
I'm not a LEO, but I've trained under one of the leading lawyers in self-defense law.
Lets do a quick rundown, the five tenets of self-defense and how they fit into the Atlanta shooting.
Innocence - The officers were doing their duty, responding to a call. This clearly falls under lawful conduct of a police officer.
Imminence - The threat was immediate once the cuffs came out, and the perp wrestled with the officer, grabbing at his belt for a weapon.
Proportionality - The officer had no way of knowing exactly what was being aimed back at him. Its a split-second decision in a adrenaline-filled moment. As others have pointed out, a Taser is just as bad as a gun in this scenario since the perp could use it to obtain his primary firearm. In this case, the use of lethal force is justified.
Avoidance - Being in pursuit and putting your life on the line is unique to law enforcement. To this end, it wasn't a matter of "letting him run off" as the officer didn't know what weapon the perp had, and what he'd do with it if he had made good with his escape. At this point it was on the officer's shoulders to counter the threat to himself and the public at large.
Reasonableness - It was a reasonable view from the officer's eyes that the perp was going to use force, and that required a lethal response. Given the short timeframe from when the perp raised his weapon to when the officer fired, the officer clearly perceived the gesture as a threat upon his life and reacted according to his training.
Again, there was no way the officer knew what weapon was being brought to bear upon him.
That's how I see it. Perhaps the DA will learn that trying to persecute a cop doing his job isn't as easy as he thinks it is.
DA is charging felony murder against officer and second aggravated assault for stepping on the individual.
HEATHER MAC DONALD IS A FRIEND OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAS BEEN RESEARCHING DEPOLICING SINCE OBAMA'S WAR ON COPS BEGAN IN 2008.
Repudiate the Anti-Police Narrative
Comments submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives in response to the Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices
Heather Mac Donald
June 10, 2020
Shifting police funding to social services will not solve crime. For decades, New York City was the welfare capital of the United States, spending one-seventh of all government welfare dollars. Crime continued to rise. Crime started falling in the city only when the New York Police Department adopted the data-driven policing that has now become the norm across the country.
But the most urgent task before this committee is to repudiate the narrative that law enforcement is infected by racism. The atmosphere in which officers are working is becoming more vicious and volatile. The attempts on officers’ lives, some successful, that we have seen in the last two weeks will increase. And under the pervasive charge that they are racist, officers will back off of proactive policing in minority neighborhoods. The victims will be overwhelmingly black.
In 2015 and 2016, when officers also retreated to purely reactionary policing, an additional 2,000 black males died, the largest two-year increase in homicide in half a century. Harvard economist Roland Fryer, University of Utah law professor Paul Cassell, and University of Utah economist Richard Fowles have recently documented what I have called the Ferguson Effect: the sharp rise in crime during episodes of pervasive anti-cop rhetoric and depolicing.
READ AT:
https://www.city-journal.org/repudiate-the-anti-police-narrative
Just remember Rodney King.
If the officer is found Not Guilty in State court.
DOJ will go after him for causing violation of rights by taking a life.
Alfred S. Regnery17 Jul 2013
After four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted by a jury in Ventura County in the Rodney King case in April 1992–and after the infamous L.A. riots that followed had settled down–the George H.W. Bush Justice Department indicted and tried the four officers on civil rights charge.
read at: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2013/07/17/george-zimmerman-the-rodney-king-case-and-double-jeopardy/
DA is corrupt
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/horowitz-atlanta-da-leading-rushed-prosecution-six-cops-gets-just-36-first-round-election/
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