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Originally Posted by BeaucoupFish
Wow @ the comments under that video. EVERY top level comment was shockingly casual racism. It's disgusting.
Is that the kind of response you were talking about?
PS How does someone justify summary execution as the just punishment for burglary? Alleged burglary, in fact. Or simple trespass.
It was all "stand your ground" stuff and "protect your property." I can't tell you how many comments I received asking for my home address.
There was even another more-recent story that drove me crazy, that I commented on the day it hit the news.
Original story:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...police-n959691
Updated:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news...ns/3747472002/
I knew at once the police department was lying. Because they were using all of this legal jargon and legalese, instead of pointedly stating that the kid pointed 'what looked like a gun' at the officer, instead--it was relayed to us that the "officer felt threatened."
Whenever you see that legal phrasing, a murder has taken place by cop.
I actually predicted that the kid was probably shot in the back based on all of the legal terminology the department was using to explain the shooting.
I have watched that video a few times.
It was an assassination. A hit, it looked like, from an officer hiding behind a garbage can.
I know that is strong verbiage, but if you watch the video, I don't know how you can come to any other conclusion.
Anyway, in the forum I am active in, I was killed for my reactions to the initial facts of the story.
Because he had stolen a replica gun from the car, it was justified, because "cop saw gun."
Yet, the video shows no gun. The video shows a 14 year old kid running away from a cop, back turned to him.
The racist reactions on YouTube are expected. Fine. YouTube comment threads have always been a cesspool.
It is that the average person can't see what is going on, and that there are real issues here--that drives me crazy.
Last edited by Doggg; 05-23-2019 at 04:37 AM.