Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the end of the day these cops out here are way too preoccupied with pulling triggers than preserving lives, way more inclined to instigate conflicts than deescalate them and that comes down to training.
If you're fine and dandy with police being indoctrinated to shoot first and investigate later so long as it primarily affects black citizens in impoverished areas then I warn you...those tendencies to take extreme action won't be limited to just underclass very long.
Eventually those bad habits of handling situations are going to make their way into the suburbs and before you know it, it's going to be more than just poor black families pressing police for answers after a loved one has been killed.
History has shown that plagues - whether viral or moral - don't restrict themselves to single areas.
They spread.
That's what diseases do and this sickness of senseless overaggressive policing is steadily spreading throughout law enforcement agencies.
We can act now to address it in the interest of preserving humanity and protecting the rights of all citizens or we can allow ourselves to be distracted by petty nuances concerning race and class and allow the disease to fester and grow and ultimately put all of our lives at risk.

This is such BS. Cops preserve lives, deescalate conflict, and work to help others every day. You don’t see this because it happens hundreds of time, every day, all year long, and it is so routine that nobody takes the time to record it (and it doesn’t fit into the narrative that cops are evil).
The very few incidents that result in the deaths of people are taking up all the oxygen to the point that too many people are forgetting all the good the cops do.
The above post is an example of that.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah okay.
Everytime something plagues the black community exclusively everybody turns their head and shrugs their shoulders and says, "Oh well."
That is until little Sarah is the one strung out on drugs then suddenly it becomes an epidemic affecting everyone and at long last its worth addressing.
That is until little Jimmy is the one infected with HIV then suddenly it becomes an epidemic affecting everyone and at long last its worth addressing.
We'll see what happens with regard to quick triggered poorly trained police...hopefully it won't affect everyone and remain restricted to the black community, right?

Anonymous wrote:At the end of the day these cops out here are way too preoccupied with pulling triggers than preserving lives, way more inclined to instigate conflicts than deescalate them and that comes down to training.
If you're fine and dandy with police being indoctrinated to shoot first and investigate later so long as it primarily affects black citizens in impoverished areas then I warn you...those tendencies to take extreme action won't be limited to just underclass very long.
Eventually those bad habits of handling situations are going to make their way into the suburbs and before you know it, it's going to be more than just poor black families pressing police for answers after a loved one has been killed.
History has shown that plagues - whether viral or moral - don't restrict themselves to single areas.
They spread.
That's what diseases do and this sickness of senseless overaggressive policing is steadily spreading throughout law enforcement agencies.
We can act now to address it in the interest of preserving humanity and protecting the rights of all citizens or we can allow ourselves to be distracted by petty nuances concerning race and class and allow the disease to fester and grow and ultimately put all of our lives at risk.

Anonymous wrote:At the end of the day these cops out here are way too preoccupied with pulling triggers than preserving lives, way more inclined to instigate conflicts than deescalate them and that comes down to training.
If you're fine and dandy with police being indoctrinated to shoot first and investigate later so long as it primarily affects black citizens in impoverished areas then I warn you...those tendencies to take extreme action won't be limited to just underclass very long.
Eventually those bad habits of handling situations are going to make their way into the suburbs and before you know it, it's going to be more than just poor black families pressing police for answers after a loved one has been killed.
History has shown that plagues - whether viral or moral - don't restrict themselves to single areas.
They spread.
That's what diseases do and this sickness of senseless overaggressive policing is steadily spreading throughout law enforcement agencies.
We can act now to address it in the interest of preserving humanity and protecting the rights of all citizens or we can allow ourselves to be distracted by petty nuances concerning race and class and allow the disease to fester and grow and ultimately put all of our lives at risk.

Anonymous wrote:As for the wife's video, I just don't understand that if her husband had mental issues, why she didn't walk up and try to talk him down--rather than screaming while she shot the video. Screaming "don't do it" is pretty damning to me. I also think that if my husband had been shot that I would have tried to go up to him and see if her were alive rather than taping the event. I just find it odd. None of this makes much sense.

Anonymous wrote:As for the wife's video, I just don't understand that if her husband had mental issues, why she didn't walk up and try to talk him down--rather than screaming while she shot the video. Screaming "don't do it" is pretty damning to me. I also think that if my husband had been shot that I would have tried to go up to him and see if her were alive rather than taping the event. I just find it odd. None of this makes much sense.

Anonymous wrote:As for the wife's video, I just don't understand that if her husband had mental issues, why she didn't walk up and try to talk him down--rather than screaming while she shot the video. Screaming "don't do it" is pretty damning to me. I also think that if my husband had been shot that I would have tried to go up to him and see if her were alive rather than taping the event. I just find it odd. None of this makes much sense.

Anonymous wrote:This thing with him holding a book, and not a gun....

If I was holding a book that a cop mistook for a gun, and he ordered me to drop the gun, I would probably say...."it's a book." But if the cop kept ordering me to drop the "gun," you know what I would do! Drop the damn book! Why is that so complicated?

Plus, what was the wife yelling to her husband not to do? Don't point the book at the cop? Let's get real.

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:If the police story that officers saw Scott exit the vehicle with a gun and then get back into the truck is true, I am confused why the officer with the red shirt went right up to the passenger side window. Presuming that Scott is right-handed, that would be the easiest place to get shot. Moreover, the gun has been described as "very small" which is consistent with the photo I posted. I am skeptical that it would be visible and identifiable from much of a distance.

Also, all of you Monday morning quarterbacks saying, "if the police tell you to drop a gun and your a holding a book, drop it" or whatever, remember that this individual suffers from traumatic brain injury. His wife said he had just taken his medicine. Chances are that the impact of those two elements might interfere with his behavior.

Again, I think there were plenty of opportunities for the police to deescalate. Human beings should not be treated as disposable items.

I assume you're aware of the irony of calling other PPs "Monday morning quarterbacks," right?

It's really a shame your job involves sitting in front of a computer screen, when we all can see you have a supremely honed sense of proper police behavior in any given scenario. You'd be a true asset to the force.