LA Cop Shooting
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- HAYZ1LLLA0
Outrageous!
In 2013, The entire British police force fired their weapons THREE times. No one died. Unarmed men with 6 police on top do not need need to be killed FFS.- IF YOU FIGHT WITH COPS, YOU DESERVE TO DIE, Amirite?? anyone, please validate meeee, pleezGeorgesII
- its true, american police are insane. at no point in that vid did he ever show a sign he needed to be shot...cruddlebub
- let alone 5 fucking times! cuntscruddlebub
- comon cruddle, he dared a cop, for the love of GOD, HE DARED A COP, he deserved to die BECAUSE he dared a cop, dared, copGeorgesII
- Shows how fuckn disconnected from human empathy some "rational" muricans are. the justifications, can't believe I read someone said, he attacked the cops so he deserved to die, wtf man, sickeningGeorgesII
- someone said, he attacked the cops so he deserved to die, wtf man, truly sickeningGeorgesII
- < Clearly in line with their gun culture. If you step on my lawn, it's mah raght to shoot you.ORAZAL
- < totally Georges - like the whole point is missed by some people - the idea of being shot in the UK forfadein11
- assaulting a police officer would be ludicrous. there would be 100s of deaths every wknd at bar closing time. American has or is seriously losing its way,fadein11
- seriously losing its grip on reality. value of human life is low on the list of priorities nowfadein11
- So true.monospaced
- ernexbcn0
Never been to LA, how many homeless people are there on Skid Row?
Lots of tents and just on this pic...
- When I was a teenager I used to call it wine country. Skid row still looks terrible with a lot of the available space taken up by someone or someone's stuff.shellie
- someone or someone's stuff. Dtla is less sketchy now but still not like a typical "downtown" vibe in most cities.shellie
- hiya shellie!! :)e-pill
- y'd they target him? look @ that encampment x the streetbklyndroobeki
- lots of people on skid row. lots of homeless.sublocked
- formed0
"The average salary for a Police Officer is $47,829 per year."
Not sure where this idea that they get paid nothing is coming from. The chief in my small college town (20k people) made $250k, ex gf made close to $100k.
Most make little, but that's their choice, so hardly an excuse. I agree, many, especially in LA, probably join for the power rush. That's fine, I sure don't want to do it, but that doesn't excuse excessive violence and this pat a bro on the back and look the other way mentality.
There's just no excuse for immature and selfish behavior (as exemplified by the NY disrespect and comments for the department).If you can't control a single man with 5-6 officers, you are incompetent and inept. You should not have a job anyway. Firing several times should put you in jail. The only excuse I could see if the guy was actually shooting, but having a gun (or not), is NOT a reason to kill someone.
Glad I don't live in LA anymore!
- 20020
The man continues to scuffle with four of the officers, even after he's wrestled to the ground. One of the officers is heard saying "Drop the gun. Drop the gun."
Then, at least one of the officers opens fire on the man, who remained on the ground with at least two officers near him.
- http://www.latimes.c…2002
- stander police procedure. yell "drop the gun" before firing. does the guy have a gun? irrelevant.pango
- i think he might have taken one of the cop's guns during the struggle.2002
- You can't just "take" a cops gun. Highly doubt it.bklyndroobeki
- of course you can... if a cop can get their gun out so can anyone else.Amicus
- BusterBoy0
Call it victim blaming...call it what you like. But in the environment over there, why would you continue to struggle when you're outnumbered 9 to 1?
- he did nothing wrong.bklyndroobeki
- < Not saying he deserved to die for it, but punching a cop in the face is normally wrong dude.SteveZissou
- OK, if he did nothing wrong, why would you carry on like that? Stupid. Possibly mentally ill?BusterBoy
- Who the fuck would want to be a cop now? And fuck knows, we need them.BusterBoy
- could be mental issue.pango
- wait... was he white? if he was white then its gotta be mental issue.pango
- dbloc-1
Easy solution to this problem. Don't fight with the police.
- bklyndroobeki0
not much outrage.
- Yes, our domestication is complete. we are docile dogs in boxed units. In love our leashes. Jump in happiness dogy when you see your leash.yurimon
- you see the master with your leash.yurimon
- << ooops , yer.yurimon
- holy crap yurimon, this is why you were probably bannedmonospaced
- you go on and on and on about how we're all sheep that refuse to do anything, and then you give nothing moremonospaced
- as if you had dedicated your daily life to fixing everything, to actions that make real differences, in harms waymonospaced
- and that we were all inferior for not doing the same... but you're really just commenting on the internetmonospaced
- banned for sarcasm? whuh? I'm sorry but I think we as people are much better then this. my fault for deeply knowing we are much better what we settle foryurimon
- better than this. Much better than what we settle for and what we tolerate.yurimon
- missing the point again... you're right, but are you better yourself?monospaced
- I'm wokring on it always. I learn from here also. Can I tell you a truth mono?. I could tell you are a highly evolved spiritual soul.yurimon
- just from the Halloween photo from you eyes. but it also reveals negative energy you carry. perhaps from your experience in this world or something elseyurimon
- this world perhaps. so what is your will? because it is the will that over comes.yurimon
- halloween photo?monospaced
- you posted a photo. was it you? in makeup.. jes?yurimon
- if not than what i said is for that person in the photo still stands, if mistaken for you.yurimon
- oh right, the doctor photomonospaced
- aaand, back to my point; no #AllBlackLivesMatter for this man. Tellingbklyndroobeki
- excuse me?monospaced
- not about you mono.bklyndroobeki
- ah, coolmonospaced
- pinkfloyd0
I'm confused. We are allowed to film cops? Don't people in general get annoyed when they are being filmed and cussed at?
- BTW, i'm not saying it was wrong for the guy to cuss the cops out. Just a general question.pinkfloyd
- yes, you can film what's happening in the publicmonospaced
- Yes you always have a right to film or record police officers on dutysarahfailin
- GeorgesII0
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Did we watch the same video??5 cops against a manlet, can't even keep it under control,
400 people shot by police, when reported,
and 10 years ago it was their word against people, but now you have the video, can you show me where he goes for the gun,at the end of the day, just sprinkle some crack on him...
- formed0
There really needs to be some real training on how to deescalate a situation. Throwing violence is only going to make matters worse, overall, and shooting is just ridiculous. Unless there is an imminent danger to people, lethal force is inexcusable.
If a police offer can only kill to "solve" a situation, how is that any good for anyone? Certainly doesn't make anyone respect or trust the police. I'd be surprised if these acts don't continue to make more of a divide and cause more violence.
- I think it would be possible with people who have capacity to think and feel like humans.yurimon
- I think most of it is training. Budget cuts and lack of education/training is behind most of theseformed
- maybe. if you compare cops now to older gen. seems like shedding of brain cells in comparison.yurimon
- seems like the cops of today would only find jobs as bouncers at strip clubs if that.yurimon
- maybe work in a pizza shop,yurimon
- maybe, but that's society's fault and still an issue of education and trainingformed
- I think these guys become cops so that they CAN kill.monospaced
- yurimon0
What could be a potentially respected and relevant profession has been infested and transformed into the anus of America. somehow these positions of responsibility have been relegated to the lowest trash on this earth. I'm sure they could have handled it with more grace in their approach, especially dealing with individuals already down on their luck. Lets find more dumb fucks to give our tax $ money, to who they themselves deserve to be beaten for the assholes that they are..
- fyoucher10
I dunno, I don't really see anything wrong with this. Being on drugs isn't an excuse. He shouldn't have tried to get crazy with the cops. Just sit down and shut up. It's very possible the guy did grab the gun, and even if he wasn't able to get it out, if he just reached for it I don't blame the cops for doing what they did. Those cops have families and most are out there trying to do the right thing. What if the guy did pull out the gun and killed an officer, then they'd be saying -- wish I had shot him before that happened. Yeah, there are some bad cop things going on -- I wouldn't consider this one of them.
- their job is to keep calm and stay in control, not to start fucking riots. if you;ve got a family you are worried about, don't become a cop.scruffics
- a cop and get a job at the office.scruffics
- That makes no sense whatsoeverfyoucher1
- So when that guy ran back in the tent, they should have assumed he was bringing them cookies?fyoucher1
- goldieboy0
The homeless guy must have grabbed one of their guns. I mean, why else would a cop want to shoot a guy in that situation, and with so many officers around him? They all stood back after with a "did that just fucking happen" frozen stance. It's fucked-up which ever way you look at it and really sad to see.
- I can think of many reasons why an LAPD cop might shoot a homeless black man.monospaced
- Why? Let's not forget we're talking about this video thoughgoldieboy
- one reason is he fucking hates homeless people and just fucking wants to kill them, and that's why he's a copmonospaced
- or he's seriously trigger-happy in general, and his red flags were ignored through training and on-the-job reviewsmonospaced
- or the culture of the LAPD, their outrageous racism and hate, and its pressure just got to himmonospaced
- for that video, specifically, because he's a fucking pussy and also probably really, really, REALLY unintelligentmonospaced
- ... right. So much insight.goldieboy
- Those are possible reasons! Are they not? They explain tons of shitty cop murders.monospaced
- There are many reasons behind cops misusing and abusing power.monospaced
- I was referring to this one case... Not a generalisation of the LAPD. It's a question you won't be able to answer so no worriesgoldieboy
- bklyndroobeki0
they should teach cops martial arts.
that's all.
- kgvs720
Four cops can't each grab one of the guy's extremities?
- futuremongolian0
The police profession is a bit of a quagmire.
It's kind of funny when people like yurimon condemn the profession ... basically saying Police need to be better than the rest of humanity, work a very difficult job, and make little money doing it.
The job is what the government makes it. It should, ideally, incorporate elements of medical and social work, and pay much better. But it doesn't. So you get the only people who are willing to take on such a job for the quality of pay and training, and this is what you end up with.
- "Little" money is relevant. Chief at UCONN made $250k to protect a college (and no town)formed
- ex gf was making $100k, tooformed
- Uconn isn't LA.futuremongolian
- IRNlun60
In all likelihood he probably suffered from mental health issues, or an addiction which is why he was homeless in the first place. Clearly making rational decisions would be a challenge for someone in that mental state. How 5-6 officers couldn't prevent the situation from escalating shows that they handled him exactly as they were trained, but I'm sure there will be a huge effort to punish the individual cops. All the while some new rookie cop is being training to take down a person exactly as they've done.
- 5 cops with a guy with only 4 limbs, I don't know if fist punching is good training to try to subdue a person.yurimon
- Even if he rationalized the decision it wouldn't mean that the outcome would be acceptable.cannonball1978
- benfal990
someone said
"They told him to leave and he continued to resist. They tried to move him by force and he continued to resist. They tazed him and he continued to resist. He then proceeded to take the cop's gun. At that point he was no longer unarmed. The shooting is 100% justified."
- pinkfloyd0
I guess you're allowed to record the police and call them names. Pretty wild scene.
- It's called freedom, look it up.ORAZAL
- Damn straight we are.monospaced
- 20020
body cam - we need this