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I think a blog would be more your style? You just don't seem to get how forums work.
Q.E.D.
I think a blog would be more your style? You just don't seem to get how forums work.
Prosecutors brought murder charges Wednesday against the white Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back, saying that the Black man posed no deadly threat and that the officer kicked him and offered no medical treatment for over two minutes as he lay dying on the ground.
Brooks was holding a stun gun he had snatched from officers but was running away and was more than five metres from Officer Garrett Rolfe when Rolfe opened fire, District Attorney Paul Howard said in announcing the charges five days after the killing outside a Wendy's restaurant rocked the city.
"I got him!" the district attorney quoted Rolfe as saying.
The felony murder charge against Rolfe carries life in prison or the death penalty, if prosecutors choose to seek it. He was also charged with 10 other offences punishable by decades behind bars.
"We've concluded at the time that Mr. Brooks was shot that he did not pose an immediate threat of death," Howard said.
A second officer with Rolfe, Devin Brosnan, stood on a wounded Brooks' shoulder as he struggled for his life, Howard said. Brosnan was charged with aggravated assault and other offences but is co-operating with prosecutors and will testify, according to the district attorney, who said it was the first time in 40 such cases in which an officer has come forward to do this.
Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks charged with murder | CBC News
If they were using tasers to stun a guy in that situation, they should be prepared for the eventuality of it being taken from them. Tasers are used waaaaay too often, and sometimes people die from them. It is in my opinion quite inappropriate to use them on a guy who had a bit to drink and fell asleep in his car in a drive-through, even though he resisted (though he was very co-operative at first). They knew who he was....they should have waited and gone to his house later.
Maybe take him some aspirin for his hangover as well and get Officer H to drop his car around while we're at it:
Then wonder how he's now passed a breathalyser
Theres something seriously fucked about the training program if two coppers can't arrest an unarmed drunk without the use of firearms.
Also WTF :
A second officer with Rolfe, Devin Brosnan, stood on a wounded Brooks' shoulder as he struggled for his life
Being an old white bastard, I have seen many and participated in a few protests. Specifically anti war and anti discrimination protests. Yet though it all, the USA is still at war and clearly racism is alive and well and will remain so far into the future.
Call me a skeptic but in 10 years this current round of protests will, like those in the past, be just another item in wiki.
Here are current ones. Shan't list all in my lifetime. Leave it to you to look should it be of interest.
"2020
2020 – New York City FTP protests, January 31, Anti-Transit Police and MTA protest resulting in hundreds of arrests over the three separate days of demonstration. Vandalism and violence on train stations was reported.
2020 – George Floyd protests, started on May 27 in Minneapolis, Minnesota after the killing of George Floyd. He was killed in Minneapolis by police officer Derek Chauvin who was later fired and charged with murder. Protests spread to other American cities and then to other countries with the killing of George Floyd garnering international condemnation. The protests were largely peaceful although looting and arson did take place.[8]"
List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States - Wikipedia
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect,"
Israeli schtick, actually. A fair few blue suede shufflers express discomfiture that US Police forces are being trained in Israel, including Jewish Voice for Peace..
U.S. Police are Being Trained by Israel—And Communities of Color Are Paying the Price
In recent years, Georgia has experienced troubling trends in fatal police shootings. As this has unfolded, the state continues to pursue a “police exchange” program with the state of Israel.
by Azadeh Shahshahani, Ilise Benshushan Cohen
October 7, 2019
Full article- U.S. Police are Being Trained by Israel—And Communities of Color Are Paying the Price - Progressive.org
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Likely but they still matter. Things are improving albeit at what seems like a glacial pace at times.Originally Posted by Norton
It's important to remember that things like the Civil Rights Act are still within living memory so there has been a lot of positive change just obviously not yet enough.
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