Police abuse
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Take away the cops guns, pepper spray etc and see how brave they really are...Give Peas A Chance…0
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It would be a human rights violation to send American police out to do their job without the weapons and tools they absolutely need to survive.
Besides, it isn't the weaponry that makes shithead cops let their shit shine, it's the impunity.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
Here's the story that lends evidence to the notion that police must be given the latitude to defend themselves when threatened:
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/07/15/weymouth-police-officer-michael-chesna-fatally-shot
If the situation had a different outcome, meaning the suspect was shot dead after hurling rocks at the fallen officer, this forum would be alive with people crying 'back the blue' and all the other classics.
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Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Here's the story that lends evidence to the notion that police must be given the latitude to defend themselves when threatened:
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/07/15/weymouth-police-officer-michael-chesna-fatally-shot
If the situation had a different outcome, meaning the suspect was shot dead after hurling rocks at the fallen officer, this forum would be alive with people crying 'back the blue' and all the other classics.
As to what you mentioned TB, I think you are right. It's hard for a normal citizen to understand the complexities of situations like this and how one mistake could mean an officer is incapacitated and unable to stop someone from taking their own weapon and using it against them or someone else. In another reality, there is public outcry for an officer shooting a man holding a rock. I really believe that all of the criticizing and scrutiny can affect an officer in the heat of the moment to reconsider whether their is justification for using deadly force and in this case, that cost two people's lives.
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Crickets.
http://m.cnn.com/en/article/h_9e2ed612a2c457f274962c4a859ba87b
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/09/amber-guyger-police-officer-named-in-dallas-fatal-shooting-shot-suspect-in-2017-report.html
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Halifax2TheMax said:
Is this a 'policing' incident?
She was off duty and entered the wrong apartment after her shift. She shot a guy thinking it was a home invasion. And now... she's rightfully being charged with manslaughter. This was not an on duty officer abusing her position of power. This was an idiot that is facing charges for her idiocy.
I think that in Texas, there might be a few people from a number of professions who might have done the same thing after moronically forgetting which apartment was theirs."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Halifax2TheMax said:
Is this a 'policing' incident?
She was off duty and entered the wrong apartment after her shift. She shot a guy thinking it was a home invasion. And now... she's rightfully being charged with manslaughter. This was not an on duty officer abusing her position of power. This was an idiot that is facing charges for her idiocy.
I think that in Texas, there might be a few people from a number of professions who might have done the same thing after moronically forgetting which apartment was theirs.
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Halifax2TheMax said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Halifax2TheMax said:
Is this a 'policing' incident?
She was off duty and entered the wrong apartment after her shift. She shot a guy thinking it was a home invasion. And now... she's rightfully being charged with manslaughter. This was not an on duty officer abusing her position of power. This was an idiot that is facing charges for her idiocy.
I think that in Texas, there might be a few people from a number of professions who might have done the same thing after moronically forgetting which apartment was theirs.
My gawd man... look who your country elected as its president. If it's slim pickings for your president... it's really really lean for selecting police officers.
You can be as critical as you want, but if this is all the news related to police abuse... the cops have had a good month.
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Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Halifax2TheMax said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Halifax2TheMax said:
Is this a 'policing' incident?
She was off duty and entered the wrong apartment after her shift. She shot a guy thinking it was a home invasion. And now... she's rightfully being charged with manslaughter. This was not an on duty officer abusing her position of power. This was an idiot that is facing charges for her idiocy.
I think that in Texas, there might be a few people from a number of professions who might have done the same thing after moronically forgetting which apartment was theirs.
My gawd man... look who your country elected as its president. If it's slim pickings for your president... it's really really lean for selecting police officers.
You can be as critical as you want, but if this is all the news related to police abuse... the cops have had a good month.
But I also think the personal attacks may not be. Have you never tried to open the wrong car door? Everyone has. Does that make you an idiot?
It sounds stupid at first, I agree. But when you read the details she lived there about a month. It seems plausible that she got off on the wrong floor by mistake and went to where her apartment would be.
I dont know what the apartment building looked like, but many are just like hotels. Once you get off the elevator it all looks the same.
I think she should be charged, but I dont think that represents any sort of slim pickings based on 1 incident, that actually probably happens all the time (without a shooting).0 -
mace1229 said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Halifax2TheMax said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Halifax2TheMax said:
Is this a 'policing' incident?
She was off duty and entered the wrong apartment after her shift. She shot a guy thinking it was a home invasion. And now... she's rightfully being charged with manslaughter. This was not an on duty officer abusing her position of power. This was an idiot that is facing charges for her idiocy.
I think that in Texas, there might be a few people from a number of professions who might have done the same thing after moronically forgetting which apartment was theirs.
My gawd man... look who your country elected as its president. If it's slim pickings for your president... it's really really lean for selecting police officers.
You can be as critical as you want, but if this is all the news related to police abuse... the cops have had a good month.
But I also think the personal attacks may not be. Have you never tried to open the wrong car door? Everyone has. Does that make you an idiot?
It sounds stupid at first, I agree. But when you read the details she lived there about a month. It seems plausible that she got off on the wrong floor by mistake and went to where her apartment would be.
I dont know what the apartment building looked like, but many are just like hotels. Once you get off the elevator it all looks the same.
I think she should be charged, but I dont think that represents any sort of slim pickings based on 1 incident, that actually probably happens all the time (without a shooting).
Walking in and saying, "Oops. Sorry" makes the person careless, but okay. Walking in and killing a man makes the person an idiot."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Thirty Bills Unpaid said:mace1229 said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Halifax2TheMax said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Halifax2TheMax said:
Is this a 'policing' incident?
She was off duty and entered the wrong apartment after her shift. She shot a guy thinking it was a home invasion. And now... she's rightfully being charged with manslaughter. This was not an on duty officer abusing her position of power. This was an idiot that is facing charges for her idiocy.
I think that in Texas, there might be a few people from a number of professions who might have done the same thing after moronically forgetting which apartment was theirs.
My gawd man... look who your country elected as its president. If it's slim pickings for your president... it's really really lean for selecting police officers.
You can be as critical as you want, but if this is all the news related to police abuse... the cops have had a good month.
But I also think the personal attacks may not be. Have you never tried to open the wrong car door? Everyone has. Does that make you an idiot?
It sounds stupid at first, I agree. But when you read the details she lived there about a month. It seems plausible that she got off on the wrong floor by mistake and went to where her apartment would be.
I dont know what the apartment building looked like, but many are just like hotels. Once you get off the elevator it all looks the same.
I think she should be charged, but I dont think that represents any sort of slim pickings based on 1 incident, that actually probably happens all the time (without a shooting).
Walking in and saying, "Oops. Sorry" makes the person careless, but okay. Walking in and killing a man makes the person an idiot.
I agree then, she's an idiot for that part of the story.0 -
This story is very fishy, top to bottom.
Much of the information circulating is unverified, but reports are saying she was pounding on the door and screaming, and that he opened the door, which makes sense because people don't often leave apartments unlocked.
In more verified territory, she was also still in uniform, and she wasn't arrested immediately (which is, of course, a massive abuse of police discretion) and tested for inebriating substances. She wasn't charged for three days.
The prosecutor was presented with a witness and a video recording that did not include the shooting.
Shooting someone under these circumstances isn't just a mistake, it's a fucking Freudian slip. You don't just open fire on an unknown person unless you've been itching to pull a trigger already. That's my firm opinion whether it's some Alabama hillbilly or a Dallas police officer.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
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Blood was drawn at the scene, results not yet released.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
rgambs said:This story is very fishy, top to bottom.
Much of the information circulating is unverified, but reports are saying she was pounding on the door and screaming, and that he opened the door, which makes sense because people don't often leave apartments unlocked.
In more verified territory, she was also still in uniform, and she wasn't arrested immediately (which is, of course, a massive abuse of police discretion) and tested for inebriating substances. She wasn't charged for three days.
The prosecutor was presented with a witness and a video recording that did not include the shooting.
Shooting someone under these circumstances isn't just a mistake, it's a fucking Freudian slip. You don't just open fire on an unknown person unless you've been itching to pull a trigger already. That's my firm opinion whether it's some Alabama hillbilly or a Dallas police officer.
But you're making quite a leap to assert such so 'firmly'. I think she was more scared than 'itchy'.
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Thirty Bills Unpaid said:rgambs said:This story is very fishy, top to bottom.
Much of the information circulating is unverified, but reports are saying she was pounding on the door and screaming, and that he opened the door, which makes sense because people don't often leave apartments unlocked.
In more verified territory, she was also still in uniform, and she wasn't arrested immediately (which is, of course, a massive abuse of police discretion) and tested for inebriating substances. She wasn't charged for three days.
The prosecutor was presented with a witness and a video recording that did not include the shooting.
Shooting someone under these circumstances isn't just a mistake, it's a fucking Freudian slip. You don't just open fire on an unknown person unless you've been itching to pull a trigger already. That's my firm opinion whether it's some Alabama hillbilly or a Dallas police officer.
But you're making quite a leap to assert such so 'firmly'. I think she was more scared than 'itchy'.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
rgambs said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:rgambs said:This story is very fishy, top to bottom.
Much of the information circulating is unverified, but reports are saying she was pounding on the door and screaming, and that he opened the door, which makes sense because people don't often leave apartments unlocked.
In more verified territory, she was also still in uniform, and she wasn't arrested immediately (which is, of course, a massive abuse of police discretion) and tested for inebriating substances. She wasn't charged for three days.
The prosecutor was presented with a witness and a video recording that did not include the shooting.
Shooting someone under these circumstances isn't just a mistake, it's a fucking Freudian slip. You don't just open fire on an unknown person unless you've been itching to pull a trigger already. That's my firm opinion whether it's some Alabama hillbilly or a Dallas police officer.
But you're making quite a leap to assert such so 'firmly'. I think she was more scared than 'itchy'.
I've heard several different stories from the little I read. That the door was unlocked, to it was already open, to he opened it while she was trying to unlock it. I think those circumstances could change how harsh the consequences should be, and definitely if she was banging on the door and yelling then that is one of the worst case scenarios for her.0 -
mace1229 said:rgambs said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:rgambs said:This story is very fishy, top to bottom.
Much of the information circulating is unverified, but reports are saying she was pounding on the door and screaming, and that he opened the door, which makes sense because people don't often leave apartments unlocked.
In more verified territory, she was also still in uniform, and she wasn't arrested immediately (which is, of course, a massive abuse of police discretion) and tested for inebriating substances. She wasn't charged for three days.
The prosecutor was presented with a witness and a video recording that did not include the shooting.
Shooting someone under these circumstances isn't just a mistake, it's a fucking Freudian slip. You don't just open fire on an unknown person unless you've been itching to pull a trigger already. That's my firm opinion whether it's some Alabama hillbilly or a Dallas police officer.
But you're making quite a leap to assert such so 'firmly'. I think she was more scared than 'itchy'.
I've heard several different stories from the little I read. That the door was unlocked, to it was already open, to he opened it while she was trying to unlock it. I think those circumstances could change how harsh the consequences should be, and definitely if she was banging on the door and yelling then that is one of the worst case scenarios for her.
Has anyone read any accounts of how many shots fired?Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
rgambs said:mace1229 said:rgambs said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:rgambs said:This story is very fishy, top to bottom.
Much of the information circulating is unverified, but reports are saying she was pounding on the door and screaming, and that he opened the door, which makes sense because people don't often leave apartments unlocked.
In more verified territory, she was also still in uniform, and she wasn't arrested immediately (which is, of course, a massive abuse of police discretion) and tested for inebriating substances. She wasn't charged for three days.
The prosecutor was presented with a witness and a video recording that did not include the shooting.
Shooting someone under these circumstances isn't just a mistake, it's a fucking Freudian slip. You don't just open fire on an unknown person unless you've been itching to pull a trigger already. That's my firm opinion whether it's some Alabama hillbilly or a Dallas police officer.
But you're making quite a leap to assert such so 'firmly'. I think she was more scared than 'itchy'.
I've heard several different stories from the little I read. That the door was unlocked, to it was already open, to he opened it while she was trying to unlock it. I think those circumstances could change how harsh the consequences should be, and definitely if she was banging on the door and yelling then that is one of the worst case scenarios for her.
Has anyone read any accounts of how many shots fired?Post edited by mace1229 on0 -
Yeah, very curious to see this one play out, it will be interesting to have the full story.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0
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rgambs said:Yeah, very curious to see this one play out, it will be interesting to have the full story.
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