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    From the link you provided:

    "Trayvon’s backpack contained 12 pieces of jewelry, in addition to a watch and a large flathead screwdriver, according to the report, which described silver wedding bands and earrings with diamonds.

    Trayvon was asked if the jewelry belonged to his family or a girlfriend.

    “Martin replied it’s not mine. A friend gave it to me,” he responded, according to the report. Trayvon declined to name the friend. "

    I am sure a macho man like Trayvon intended to wear all that womens jewelry himself. The fact all that was in his backpack with a burglary tool is telling. Maybe one of his friends mom ran out of space in her jewelry drawer, and asked Trayvon to cart it around in his backpack. Thats a safe place for diamond jewelry and wedding bands. That sounds credible. And a screwdriver is considered a weapon in school with zero tolerance policy. I guess you could call it a multi-purpose tool.

    It is sad that you are accusing me of racial bias, and yet Trayvon by his own words and deeds, photos, videos, and tweets, testifies against himself as a drug user, a fighter, a wannabe gangsta, and had possession of womens jewelry and a burglary tool without being able to explain where they came from. I did not add anything to that. I just viewed the evidence. He was nothing like the media portrayed him. Why is that?

    The evidence shows Zimmerman called the police dispatch and had them on the line during much of that incident. And knew the cops were on the way. Why would he then go attack Trayvon?
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    Another question: how is it that unarmed African-American men are being gunned down (5 and counting for the month of August in these United States) by law enforcement, yet a serial shooter/killer (Colorado) is escorted out to a police car?
    How did Officer Wilson know that Brown was unarmed? Officer Wilson may not have known Brown just committed a felony. But Brown knew he did. Brown assaulted Wilson and Wilson suffered massive facial injury, most would have been knocked unconscious. That was a felony. Brown also attempted to take Wilsons weapon. That is a felony. Brown also committed a strong armed robbery 10 minutes prior to this contact. That is a felony. I count at least 3 felonies against Brown.

    If the reported facts are true, do you still support Brown's actions? Do you deny Wilson a right to defend himself? What does the color of ones skin have to do with these reported facts?
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    If the reported facts are true, do you still support Brown's actions?
    Let the data lay where it may in trial.

    Quote Originally Posted by Casper
    Do you deny Wilson a right to defend himself?
    At least he's alive to defend himself in trial. Same can't be said for others.

    Quote Originally Posted by Casper
    What does the color of ones skin have to do with these reported facts?
    Racial bias is often a factor in the likelihood of an officer using deadly force especially against those of dark skin.

    From the article you won't click:

    According to stats compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice, an unarmed African American died at the hands of an armed White police officer at the rate of nearly two per week from 2005 to 2012. Over that 8-year-period, 400 police killings were reported per year. White officers killed a Black person, on average, 96 times per year.

    Of those, 18 percent of the African Americans killed were under the age of 21, compared to 8.7 percent of Whites.
    I take it all of them deserved to be gunned down?
    Last edited by shikamaru; 08-21-14 at 12:22 AM.

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    Do you think Wilson should stop and consider racial bias while Brown assaulted him and bashed his face? And then later when Brown bum rushed him? Is that what a "good" white cop should do when being assaulted by a black assailant? Or do you think that maybe his police training kicked in and he followed it by the book? If Brown were white, what do you think would be different?

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    Let the data lay where it may in trial.
    Thats my point. Why is the black community convicting the white cop in the media? Even when the evidence is mounting that Brown committed 3 felonies? Why not wait and let the investigation take place and the evidence come out? Why do they threaten peace unless they get their way now?

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    Thats my point. Why is the black community convicting the white cop in the media? Even when the evidence is mounting that Brown committed 3 felonies? Why not wait and let the investigation take place and the evidence come out? Why do they threaten peace unless they get their way now?
    For those who historically have had little to no trust in the system, why put faith in it now?

    Police shooting un-armed African-American males isn't raising the faith.

    Historically, most officers get off for such deadly shootings as well.
    Last edited by shikamaru; 08-21-14 at 12:49 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Casper View Post
    Do you think Wilson should stop and consider racial bias while Brown assaulted him and bashed his face? And then later when Brown bum rushed him? Is that what a "good" white cop should do when being assaulted by a black assailant? Or do you think that maybe his police training kicked in and he followed it by the book? If Brown were white, what do you think would be different?
    If he were Caucasian, he wouldn't have been shot six times to death in all likelihood. I just provided you an article that police officers are less likely to use deadly force or shoot even armed Caucasians.

    It has yet to be determined if Brown assaulted him. We'll see what turns up at trial.
    I'll title the aforementioned the police narrative. It seems you've already decided its a foregone conclusion.
    Last edited by shikamaru; 08-21-14 at 12:42 AM.

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    You are entitled to your opinion, I respect that. But if Brown were white, under the same circumstances, he would be shot dead as well. Officers are trained to go home at night, so if one assaults them, it is by ones own actions the results will follow. No matter the color of ones skin.

    If Brown paid for his cigars and stayed out of the middle of the street, he would still be alive today. One will reap what they sow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Casper View Post
    You are entitled to your opinion, I respect that. But if Brown were white, under the same circumstances, he would be shot dead as well. Officers are trained to go home at night, so if one assaults them, it is by ones own actions the results will follow. No matter the color of ones skin.

    If Brown paid for his cigars and stayed out of the middle of the street, he would still be alive today. One will reap what they sow.
    I'll strongly disagree with you on the first paragraph.
    Police are hardly fair or even in how they dish out.
    I'll stick with my experience of them as truth.

    Neither being in the middle of the street nor stealing cigars is an executable offense.
    Last edited by shikamaru; 08-21-14 at 12:56 AM.

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    Neither being in the middle of the street nor stealing cigars is an executable offense.
    I agree with you on that, but he was shot because he assaulted a police officer reulting in a serious bodily injury, went for his gun, and then bum rushed him. That was the reason he was shot. He was not "executed".

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