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Post: 97611227_1 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:21:41 +0000
Posted: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:21:41 +0000

A rookie officer shot a 19 year old college football player who was vandalizing vehicles at a car dealership. Security called police after the teen tried to stomp on windshields in the parking lot. The rookie officer had his pistol drawn and the veteran officer had his taser drawn. The teen was shot 4 times after he allegedly drove through a glass wall of the dealership before officers arrived. It is claimed he didn't obey orders to surrender.

And yes, the teen was black...and unarmed.

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Post: 97611227_2 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:42:40 +0000
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Was that guy planning to give the cars to the homeless? Why was he doing that?
How come the rookie didn't follow his partner's lead and whip out his taser? The old roster listed him as not particularly large (but probably solid). Did he grow bigger that he was, therefore, physically imposing? Too many questions.

Definitely, messy and extremely unfortunate. sad

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Post: 97611227_3 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 01:02:18 +0000
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Tasers, in RARE circumstances, don't work on some people. This might have been the case. In which case, the one taser, one gun seemed appropriate just in case the taser failed. I honestly hoped that's what happened. Otherwise, it sounds like it might have been a test for the rookie, like "you make the arrest and I'll be your backup" and the rookie got trigger happy. Or the guy legit attacked the officer and had to be shot. But I'm REALLY wanting to lean on the taser wasn't effective and the officer was forced to shoot.

Because, quite frankly, this is BAD press on the anniversary of Mike Brown and the Ferguson protests.

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Post: 97611227_4 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 01:11:12 +0000
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While I don't think what the rookie did was in anyway right, I really want to know why was the kid vandalizing cars in the first place?

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Post: 97611227_5 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 01:13:45 +0000
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While I don't think what the rookie did was in anyway right, I really want to know why was the kid vandalizing cars in the first place?

In before "Oh he was such an innocent boy he'd never do anything bad" comments, either here or in the news.

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Post: 97611227_6 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 01:40:34 +0000
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I hope so too. The article was not clear with any of the actual sequence leaving me feeling that the taser was the icing to the bullet cake he was served.

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Post: 97611227_8 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 03:27:31 +0000
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While I don't think what the rookie did was in anyway right, I really want to know why was the kid vandalizing cars in the first place?

In before "Oh he was such an innocent boy he'd never do anything bad" comments, either here or in the news.

Mind if I join your camp? Just reading the title I saw "football player" and immediately knew someone was probably being an arrogant little s**t.

Side question: Why does being Black and unarmed suddenly mean an officer should risk their safety to stop crime? Just saying, I'd be much more liberal with a non-lethal weapon like a baseball bat or something.

Because whites are treated differently by the police. Don't believe me? I have three older white brothers who did much worse than what that kid was doing, and each and every time, they simply arrested them and called my mom to pick them up from jail. I am not excusing what this guy did, but I have no doubt had he been white, he probably would not have been shot.

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Post: 97611227_9 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 03:35:21 +0000
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While I don't think what the rookie did was in anyway right, I really want to know why was the kid vandalizing cars in the first place?

In before "Oh he was such an innocent boy he'd never do anything bad" comments, either here or in the news.

Sure =D *Rolls up another log to the fire*

And it's a football player in TEXAS, so doubly bad.

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Post: 97611227_10 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 03:35:48 +0000
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as usual...certain people doing things and when they get bit by the consequences no matter how severe they cry foul

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Post: 97611227_11 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:32:52 +0000
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While I don't think what the rookie did was in anyway right, I really want to know why was the kid vandalizing cars in the first place?

In before "Oh he was such an innocent boy he'd never do anything bad" comments, either here or in the news.

And yet recently a white person was shot by police - annd there are plenty of white people who are beaten and thrown around. It's just that most of these instances are not seen on the news.

This guy was doing a lot of damage to property NOT HIS. He was committing a crime. I do not feel sorry for him. But I do feel sorry for his family.

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Post: 97611227_12 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:00:45 +0000
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If the report is correct, he was probably on drugs. That includes steroids, which are used to bulk up and can cause behavior issues. And yes, a taser would have been a far better choice than a gun.

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Post: 97611227_15 created on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:18:53 +0000
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While I don't think what the rookie did was in anyway right, I really want to know why was the kid vandalizing cars in the first place?

In before "Oh he was such an innocent boy he'd never do anything bad" comments, either here or in the news.

Not saying it doesn't happen to white people, just saying as someone of color who is viewed differently by authorities and has been racially profiled while my brothers were seen as "just kids" thay a white person is treated differently a lot of the time in these cases. C

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