He was not a threat. AT no time were the officers in danger. They spoke with him and he was non-threatening. Police officers lack training to deal with someone in crisis. There is NO reason that man should've died for this. |
So he deserved to die? WTF. Of course, he should be cited and charged for reckless endangerment but once he is in police custody you don't kill him. Do you understand the difference? Jesus Christ. |
If we're talking about actions prior to the arrival of the police, then you're fine with them deciding he was a danger 15 minutes ago and executing him? |
WTF are you spouting off about? Can you READ? Where did anyone write: “he deserved to die” (Hint: they didn’t. You made that part up yourself). |
He was literally walking out into traffic. Did you even watch the video??!? |
Exactly. and LAPD's misuse of force and excessive brutality caused his death. As we all agree that death was not a reasonable outcome, LAPD officers must be fired immediately and charged. Thank you! |
LE are 100% aware that Tasing doesn't work on people who are high on drugs. Also, pepper spray doesn't work on people who are high on drugs. Hospital ER's are well aware of this as well, because they have to deal with these people ALL THE TIME. The more interesting question here is why a school teacher was high on drugs. I'd be concerned if my kid's teacher had a drug habit. |
You are exactly what is wrong with this country. You have no problem that police killed another black man but are MORE INTERESTED in whether or not this black man was a drug user. Of course. Are you still going to file a report on him for allegedly using drugs? I mean, he is dead so it would be overkill. But you can still file the complaint! |
He died 5 hours after being transported to the hospital, so he wasn’t actually tased to death. That doesn’t mean this was handled correctly but we have to get the facts right if we want to be heard on all sides. |
Pedantic. |
He was out of his mind on drugs, and it appears he was driving around in the middle of the day. |
Yes. But considering this stop happened after he was outside of the car, was on the ground, and surrounded by police, are you saying he was still a threat to others lives? |
No one "executed him." He died 5 hours later, after being transported (by the authorities) to the hospital. That doesn’t mean every aspect of this encounter was handled correctly but we have to get the facts right. "Executed" is false and not helpful. |
Neither is minimizing his death, and effectively shrugging your shoulders at this. He died due to a cardiac arrest which was clearly caused by the tasing. It may have been 5 hrs later but there is clear cause and effect. It was not necessary to tase him for as long as he did. He was out of the car, he was on the ground and subdued by multiple officers. IF 5 trained police officers do not know what to do with an unarmed, frightened man then the police have a HUGE training issue - which we have seen repeatedly. |
Did you watch the whole video? At the end the police said had cocaine and weed in his system. Explain to me how the cocaine intoxication didn't cause his death? You can't? Then how can you assume the police did? |