'I Don't Wanna Die Too Young'

Rajoo · #1 08-08-2015, 12:43 PM

And of course he died young, shot and killed by a cop in Arlington, Texas.
Details in the case are still emerging, he had crashed into a GM dealership late into the night, tripped the burglar alarm. He was unarmed.

He seems to have tweeted 'I Don't Wanna Die Too Young' just this past week and find this story quite compelling.

Christian Taylor, Texas Teen Killed By Cop, Tweeted: 'I Don't Wanna Die Too Young'

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...na-die-n406461

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0QD05X20150808

Boreas · #2 08-08-2015, 01:29 PM

Sure would like to see that surveillance video.

A 49 year old trainee? Why does someone want to become a cop at that age? It's not hard to see someone with an agenda here.

Still, Taylor did seem to be preoccupied, not illogically, with a fear of police. It's possible that he did act aggressively out of a consuming sensation of terror. It may have seemed to him that his worst fears were staring him in the face..... and so it was.

JJIII · #3 08-08-2015, 02:19 PM

How did it come to be that he drove into the dealership?

Pio1980 · #4 08-09-2015, 11:21 AM

I suppose he had mental problems, possibly going schizophrenic. Had a family member with problems die restrained in police custody, tho circumstances were much different than this. What I see here, I have no reason to fault the LEO if he was being assaulted and in fear. Encountering a passively irrational person would be different as was in the situation cited.

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Rajoo · #5 08-12-2015, 10:32 AM

Here is progress, something that may not have happened pre-Ferguson.

Officer fired for 'troubling' decisions in shooting of Texas teen

Quote:

The police chief said Miller tracked the suspect on his own without properly communicating with other officers. He cornered him in a room in the dealership, where Taylor began approaching him and refused commands to surrender.

By that time, training officer Wiggins was with Miller. As Taylor approached, Miller fired a single shot and Wiggins fired a Taser. Miller then fired three more shots to subdue the suspect, the police chief said.

Refuse to comply? You are dead.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0QG2AR20150812

Tom Joad · #6 08-12-2015, 11:48 AM

There is so much of this kind of crap going on that I'm considering starting a thread entitled "American Police State" where it can all be posted in one place.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Boreas · #7 08-12-2015, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Joad

There is so much of this kind of crap going on that I'm considering starting a thread entitled "American Police State" where it can all be posted in one place.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Go for it.

Rajoo · #8 08-12-2015, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

There is so much of this kind of crap going on that I'm considering starting a thread entitled "American Police State" where it can all be posted in one place.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

I say yes but check with Zeke first. He may not have the time to respond to the barrage of posts that I anticipate.

Zeke · #9 08-13-2015, 01:27 AM

Attacked by a crazy guy doing something he wasn't supposed to do in a place he wasn't supposed to be? I don't anticipate any charges sticking.

"Fired?" Because he was still in field training, you don't need any particular reason beyond the convenience of placating.

I doubt this goes anywhere and someone that had completed training wouldn't have an issue (although it can be argued that someone who had completed training may have reacted differently).

Crazies aren't excused merely because they're crazy and this guy is being metaphorically hung for going solo, not necessarily for his action(s).

Boreas · #10 08-13-2015, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeke

Attacked by a crazy guy doing something he wasn't supposed to do in a place he wasn't supposed to be? I don't anticipate any charges sticking.

"Fired?" Because he was still in field training, you don't need any particular reason beyond the convenience of placating.

I doubt this goes anywhere and someone that had completed training wouldn't have an issue (although it can be argued that someone who had completed training may have reacted differently).

Crazies aren't excused merely because they're crazy and this guy is being metaphorically hung for going solo, not necessarily for his action(s).

You mean like his training officer?

This may not "go anywhere" but, as we see all the time with killer cops, that doesn't mean shit.