Re: Just Sad, "Chicago sees deadliest Memorial Day weekend in four years"
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:50 pm
Bluewaterheaven wrote:dice wrote:RastaBull wrote:
I too felt that in my gut at one point. But why? Why is the use of deadly force appropriate here?
You say there is no excuse with George Floyd. And your next sentence says Rayshard Brooks is different. Syntactically (and I don't want to assume so I am genuinely asking you to correct me if I am wrong), you are stating that the use of deadly force on Rayshard Brooks is excusable.
When deadly force was used on Rayshard Brooks was he a threat in any way? He had no weapons on him and he was running away.
- The taser had been discharged
- All the officers know how a taser gun works and that he could not fire it again
- They know he had no other instruments on his body from a thorough search
At the moment the officer decided to fire his gun, what he fired at was an unarmed black man running away. That much is a fact.
The officer did so KNOWINGLY. That much is clear and convincing from the evidence as well. And if the officer was so daft to not remember how a taser gun works (and think it was still fireable a second time?), or so dumb to not remember the 40 minute search of Mr. Brooks (with no weapons) ... then the only thing that could make this excusable is hisIGNORANCE.
An officer's utter and complete ignorance is still no excuse for murdering an unarmed black man.
even if the taser could be fired infinite times it still must be done at close range...and he was RUNNING AWAY
this is a pretty clear case of an officer being embarrassed by what has just transpired and using what power he has left (his gun) to end the frustration (which surely immediately shifted to a sense of terror due to the prospect of getting fired/charged with murder)
if the cops knew of the victim's history of resisting arrest, the procedure should have been clear: TELL him that you know his history and have your tasers at the ready to use if he puts up a fight. TELL him that they will be used if he puts up a fight
the other thing i didn't like about what transpired was that the cops put him through an excruciatingly long and repetitive sobriety test, all of which he complied with admirably and did well on, only to fail him based on the breathalyzer results. if he fails the breathalyzer, why the other tests? further evidence for the courts?
He was running away until he turned and pointed the taser at the officer and fired...
he was running away AS he fired. didn't hit the officer he fired it at. it's actually WORSE that they shot him given that he had already fired the taser and could no longer use it, making him even less a danger than he already was
the guy should have been ticketed for operating a vehicle under the influence, resisting arrest, theft and multiple counts of assaulting a police officer. the penalty for all of that combined is not death. it's not even close to what the cop who murdered him will now get