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Any one seen the video of the latest police shooting in Kenosha?
mogley98
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Of course the rioting is already in full bloom but I saw the video on the news this morning and it sure looks like the guy makes a fast reach for something when he opens that car door. I've never been in law enforcement but if the officer thought he was going for a weapon. well as noted on this site many times play stupid games win stupid prizes. I suspect it won't be long before Defund the police won't be an issue it would take a heck of a person to sign up for that work in this day and age.
Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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reporters need to go to jail.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kenosha-shooting-wisconsin-police-shoot-jacob-blake-black-man-protesters-gather/
Why would you even want to be a cop that goes into a black neighborhood? Nothing good is ever going to come out of it. No matter if it's a good arrest or not you're going to be blamed for something.
After watching the video and making the above comments it looked like the black guy just thought no way they are going to stop me or shoot me so I can do whatever I want. Goes along with how all of the protesters are being treated in all of major cities.
It looks like the police had him on the ground, but he was able to escape and get to his car door. Have the Kenosha police been instructed to forego certain restraint techniques? Hopefully the full truth will come out, but I have not been able to find a reputable source (D Trump Jr. does not fit the bill) regarding Blakes history.
Yes, his history is important. If he did injure a police officer in a previous encounter, it must be considered.
If there was a current warrant for domestic violence and sexual assault, it must be considered.
If there was a previous armed assault, it must be considered.
Will we ever know what, if anything, he was reaching for in the car? Does it matter in this case, where a man escaped from being held by police officers and the officer reacted to him reaching for something? In the court of public opinion it will matter if it was his cell phone, a knife, his keys or a pistol. In the head of a police officer placed in a stressful situation because of the actions of Blake, it probably should not.
When you take less-than-lethal tools from law enforcement common sense informs us that lethal tools will have to be employed more often. Blake was shot because of his actions, not his color. An honest investigation will either condemn or exonerate the officer. Lets hope we get one.
Brad Steele
Is that before or after he pulls a hidden gun and puts a bullet in your head or stabs you in the throat with his knife?
Answer- I am damned well going to try.
And the "News Media" has conveniently NOT reported those points- did they?
The PD should put out information about the shooting. Without information everyone is putting out a false narrative, with no facts to refute the false information. If the guy had a knife, the PD certainly should have said that by now. In all of these shooting of unarmed, fighting suspects, the cops never use pepper spray. All cops carry pepper spray. Sure a determined person can fight after being sprayed, but the person can not see, is disoriented, and at a physical disadvantage after being sprayed. Most people after being sprayed have had enough of the fight.
Wait for the investigation to run it's course and then we'll find out what actually happened.
The footage showed Blake fighting with officers before he took off and ran to the driver’s door of his vehicle with police on his heels (video showed). The video suggests he may indeed have had a knife, and had ignored orders to drop it, before being shot.
It also suggested that Blake's girlfriend lied to police when she claimed he hadn't been hostile.
Another witness filmed part of the encounter between Kenosha police and Blake on his cell phone from across the street, but that video didn't show any scuffle with police.
Certainly we could do that, but then why are we even having this conversation? We are having a conversation basing our opinions on what information we have been provided. As more information is made available, we can alter our opinions appropriately.
I'm sure that after the investigation we will find out exactly that, or not.
My guess is (and we are all guessing at this point) that right now they want to give the situation time to cool off before they declare it to have been a justified shooting because the 'suspect' did indeed have a weapon.