Florida deputy stops black man on bike, shoots him 4 seconds later

Tom Joad · #1 04-25-2015, 04:03 PM

What can I say?

This is outrageous.

Cops are way way way out of control in this country.

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On the last morning of the last day Dontrell Stephens could still walk, the 20-year-old was bicycling across Haverhill Road, talking to a friend on a cellphone.

A truck slowed as he rode against traffic.

Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy Adams Lin was watching schoolchildren waiting for a bus.

Later, he would say he followed Stephens to give him a traffic ticket for not bicycling properly. But he also would acknowledge he was suspicious of Stephens, whom he had not seen in the neighborhood before that morning, according to court records.

He intended to stop him, ask for identification and find out where he had come from and where he was going. He considered frisking him. But Lin, who is of Asian descent, denied racially profiling Stephens, who is black, and wore his hair in long dreadlocks.
Dashcam video shows fatal shooting of Dontrell Stephens

Dashcam footage shows Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy Adams Lin following, then fatally shooting, Dontrell Stephens. Warning: this footage could be disturbing to some.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-3hTWLHUOU#t=89

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Ike Bana · #2 04-25-2015, 04:43 PM

I say...save this country tons of court costs. Shoot all suspects. If you can't shoot them, stomp them until you break their spine, or choke the life outta them. It's so much more cost effective. (Right up until the civil suit. Just ask Karolina Obryka, who is 850 large richer thanks to big tough fat drunk Anthony Abbate.)

Tom Joad · #3 04-25-2015, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Just ask Karolina Obryka, who is 850 large richer thanks to big tough fat drunk Anthony Abbate.)

This guy was shot at age 20 and now faces the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

There is no amount of money that can make up for that IMO.

That being said, I hope he gets awarded a shitload.

donquixote99 · #4 04-25-2015, 05:17 PM

This happened back in 2013, but apparently dashcam video just published.

If you try to run when a cop starts trying to kill you, that justifies him trying to kill you.

Cleared by internal affairs. Nothing here. Saved you the trouoble, Zeke....

Tom Joad · #5 04-25-2015, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

This happened back in 2013, but apparently dashcam video just published.

If you try to run when a cop starts trying to kill you, that justifies him trying to kill you.

Cleared by internal affairs. Nothing here. Saved you the trouoble, Zeke....

Apparently the Police have been able to get away with a lot of shit in the past.

But the Michael Brown shooting has stirred things up to where they are now under a lot more scrutiny.