18 and Dead.

[djv8ga]

Kicking a pet dog & kicking a police dog are two different things.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by MrPots

Part of the problem with the community is that it's 71% black,

Well then there should have been plenty of Obamaphones on the scene.

Hopefully some of them got video.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Zeke

That's NOT what he was doing when he got shot...

I know.

You don't want to assign any responsibility to the officer for mishandling the situation in a manner that caused it to escalate out of control.

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Zeke

What do you think a cruiser is to a patrolman?

A damned nice taxpayer paid for ride......

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Which is a nice diversion from the point I very clearly made and hit home with.

You said that to a Police officer his cruiser is like his bedroom.

I'll just let that one stand on it's own merit.

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Zeke

That's NOT what he was doing when he got shot...

He was running away with his hands up at that time....

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Which is a nice diversion from the point I very clearly made and hit home with.

Oh, and you think going from a cop in a cruiser who just confronted someone to being assaulted while sitting in your bedroom minding your own business isn't a nice diversion ?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

I know.

You don't want to assign any responsibility to the officer for mishandling the situation in a manner that caused it to escalate out of control.

Which is yet another uneducated presumption on the part of someone who has -- presumably -- never actually been involved in such a situation.

If you're looking to blame the officer, ask what (if anything) was in his hands when he exited the vehicle. Then, ask what was in his hands when he was forced back into it.

That's NOT the officer's fault.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by MrPots

He was running away with his hands up at that time....

The first time?

And, now, you've got a threat who just assaulted you running back into the community where he could escape and/or do bodily harm to another human?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by MrPots

Oh, and you think going from a cop in a cruiser who just confronted someone to being assaulted while sitting in your bedroom minding your own business isn't a nice diversion ?

I'd certainly prefer it. Depends upon the, ahem, "weapons" used.

I am a sucker for a woman in a robe bringing me a cup of coffee. preferred over lingerie, in fact.

How odd...