Professor Turley's Blog: New Mexico Police Shoot Homeless Man (in his BACK) - for Camping?

[laserhaas]

It is telltale of the way our nation is going and of the Police State mentality that is becoming prevailing. As almost a regular occurrence, one can turn on the news or Google to hear of a guy in a wheelchair wielding a pencil as a weapon getting shot, combined with Stand Your Ground babbling banter (while - on the other side of the spectrum - a woman who was physically thrown in the air, out of her house by her husband - is put in jail for 20 years for only shooting the wall to warn him to "back off" {it working by the way}).

So now we have a tale of woe - a homeless man is shoot to death - In the BACK!

And the Albuquerque,New Mexico Police Chief Gorden Eden proclaimed praise for the shooting

stating;

“We are proud of the way in which we interact with the community in our continuing collaborative problem solving efforts.”

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See the Video for yourself and determine IF you think the shooting was necessary
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Here's a fact pointed out by Professor Jonathan Turley's blog (here)

Since 2010, the Albuquerque Police Department has been involved in 37 shootings — resulting in 23 deaths. Critics has said that the city police have shot more people than the NYPD during the same period did in New York despite the fact that New York is 16 times larger than Albuquerque.

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Please read (if you need to) Professor Jonathan Turley's Blog story

"New Mexico Police Under Fire After Video Shows Officers Shooting Homeless Man In The Back"

Yours truly has worked on many cases of brutality, mayhem and homicides untimely (Trayvon Martin; Veteran in White Plains, NY {Kenneth Chamberlain} mistakenly dials 911 and is shot/killed {story - here} and homeless guy Kelly Thomas beat to death by Fullerton Police {see Wikipedia - HERE})

and this one ranks right among the top of as how bad it is getting out there to be shot by someone - Needlessly!

What say ye?

[rudolph the red]

1. The man was agreeing to the cops demands when they attacked him

I don't see any way that this can be justified. It's fucking murder.

[laserhaas]

3. He didn't pull the knife until the sent the dog after him

It is cold blooded....

[malaise]

2. Not just homeless

but suffering from mental problems - fuck the police.

Still they are tame compared with those where I am - ours killed 230+ in 2013.

[laserhaas]

4. Same thing in Kelly Thomas case. They knew he was homeless and mental ill.

There should be additional training -and/or a specific staff trained to "mitigate" these instances.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. They got a bit of riotous response to this in Albuquerque.

Folks there need to keep up the pressure.

And:

We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices.

[laserhaas]

6. I've thought about this. A Homeless Protection Commission and/or Anti Police Brutality League

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Just need (much) unity - to call the acts into question.

Trigger fingers are getting to happy...