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Black teen Attacks Police Officer
A Black teen scuffles with a police officer and tries to take his gun..........the hoodlum is shot and our leader will once again view the thug as a possible son and turn the Feds loose. Anyone think that it will come out any other way?
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Police say the fatal shooting happened when the officer encountered two men on a street Saturday afternoon. They say one of the men pushed the officer back into his squad car and there was a struggle over the officer's gun.
"There was at least one shot fired within the car after that the office came back out of the car,". said St. Louis County Police Chief John Belmar. "He exited...his vehicle and there was a shooting that occurred where the officer shot the subject."
Dorian Johnson said he was with Michael Brown, and he gave a different account. Johnson said the officer pulled up next to the two teens and exchanged words with them before choking Brown and trying to pull him into the squad car. The officer, he said, then exited his car, fired a shot and chased after Brown, who was running for his life.
"We wasn't causing no harm to nobody [sic]," Johnson said. "We had no weapons on us at all.
"He shot again and once my friend felt that shot he turned around and put his hands in the air and started to get down, and the officer still approached with his weapon drawn and fired several more shots." '
And of course:
'U.S. Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson said Sunday that Attorney General Eric Holder had instructed attorneys in the department's civil rights division to monitor developments, the Associated Press reported.'
If there is video and/audio of the event, the DOJ should have a fairly easy time of ascertaining who is telling the truth.
Brad Steele
I promise you, straight-faced: There are people in this world that I would shoot if they were to resist or assault me, even unarmed.
The dead guy was high, and had just committed a robbery. The officer didn't know he had committed a robbery, but he did, and he did not know that the officer didn't know. As far as the dead guy knew, that officer was there to put him away for many years, and high on marijuana, resistance seemed to be the best option. Had he simply done as requested by the officer, he would still be alive.
Is this the normal way an officer would get someone in the car?
The truth should come out however there are two opposite stories being told at this time about about the incident one if he attacked the policeman or two ran with his hands up?
serf
"Dorian Johnson said he was with Michael Brown, and he gave a different account. Johnson said the officer pulled up next to the two teens and exchanged words with them before choking Brown and trying to pull him into the squad car. The officer, he said, then exited his car, fired a shot and chased after Brown, who was running for his life."
Is this the normal way an officer would get someone in the car?
By his account the cop was trying to drag the guy in the drivers door on top of him.[?]
A Black teen scuffles with a police officer and tries to take his gun..........the hoodlum is shot and our leader will once again view the thug as a possible son and turn the Feds loose. Anyone think that it will come out any other way?
Was I right ?[}:)] There was never any doubt.
He also cannot understand why there is no video from the cop's car, because as soon as the cruiser's door is opened the camera automatically starts. An officer can turn it off, but he must re-enter the car and close the door first. Is this different in different jurisdictions?
I reckon they can be rigged up in a number of ways, but no one way is universal.
Having the camera activate on opening of the car door is a pretty neat idea though.
My sister-in-law's sister (niece-in-law?) is married to a cop. He says that, if you're alone in your cruiser and you approach someone whom you believe may be involved in illegal activities (especially a 6'4", 290 lb teen), you make sure your doors are locked, ready your firearm, and call for backup. The last thing you do is exit your vehicle. No matter how strong and/or PO'd or high the perp is he can beat on the bulletproof glass of that car until his hands fall off and the officer will be safe.
He also cannot understand why there is no video from the cop's car, because as soon as the cruiser's door is opened the camera automatically starts. An officer can turn it off, but he must re-enter the car and close the door first. Is this different in different jurisdictions?
The glass in police cars is DOT glass, no different than any other car of that make and model.
Time will tell the tale. My hunch says when the truth does come out the professional race pimps, Obama, Holder et al are going to have a pile of crow to eat. The FBI is pretty good at getting to the bottom of this stuff.
Capt. Jack Sparrow.
quote:Originally posted by Rocklobster
My sister-in-law's sister (niece-in-law?) is married to a cop. He says that, if you're alone in your cruiser and you approach someone whom you believe may be involved in illegal activities (especially a 6'4", 290 lb teen), you make sure your doors are locked, ready your firearm, and call for backup. The last thing you do is exit your vehicle. No matter how strong and/or PO'd or high the perp is he can beat on the bulletproof glass of that car until his hands fall off and the officer will be safe.
He also cannot understand why there is no video from the cop's car, because as soon as the cruiser's door is opened the camera automatically starts. An officer can turn it off, but he must re-enter the car and close the door first. Is this different in different jurisdictions?
The glass in police cars is DOT glass, no different than any other car of that make and model.
Time will tell the tale. My hunch says when the truth does come out the professional race pimps, Obama, Holder et al are going to have a pile of crow to eat. The FBI is pretty good at getting to the bottom of this stuff.
It depends upon how politicized the FBI has become.
It has happened in the past, after all.
Brad Steele
Did anyone see the surveillance video from inside the store when the looters finally busted in through the front windows? If that ain't a case for why you need a normal round mag and a military style semi-automatic rifle NOTHING IS!
As they stole the merchandise on the upper shelves, their hands were up. Clearly another " Hands Up Don't Shoot " situation.