The spin has begun in Az over unarmed 34 yo black man, father of 4, murdered by white cop

[jillan]

For all of you that aren't aware of this murder.....
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/pressure-mounts-over-phoenix-police-shooting-unarmed-black-man

Since we lost our left leaning talk radio station here in Phx, I decided to listen to the rw "moderate" station....
and the spin is in.

Rumain Brisbon (now deceased):
He resisted arrest.
He ran from the cop.
He reached for his waist.
He ran away..
What else could the cop do but run after him.
He was resisting arrest (for what?) so the cop got scared and shot him dead.

It will have to go to the GRAND JURY to investigate why deadly force was used BUT the cop had every right to use deadly force because he felt his life was threatened because he didn't know what was in the man's pocket.... it could've been a gun! It was pain pills.
KEEP IN MIND ARIZONA IS A RIGHT TO CARRY A GUN ANYWHERE YOU FUCKING WANT TO STATE.

[etherealtruth]

1. this is never ending

[Trekologer]

2. Police have the added authority without the responsibility or accountability

In all of these cases, the police officer says that he was scared of the suspect so he had to shoot. This seems to be applying the standard of a regular person on a police office who is supposed to be trained to handle high pressure situations. If the police are going to be given the authority to use their weapons (not saying that they shouldn't be), they need to also have the accountability that comes with that authority.

[jillan]

3. Take their effing guns away since they don't know how to use them!

[LiberalArkie]

9. That is what the union tells them to say

[Dont call me Shirley]

4. Too many "Shoot First" police training programs. Theses programs must be removed from training

police recruits.

[jillan]

5. What I want to know is if the excuses for murder are in their training manuals because they ALL say

the same exact thing.

[Dont call me Shirley]

6. The NM State Police and the Albuquerque police were both required to stop the "Shoot First" training

This is what the problem is with the police. The owners of these programs should be put out of business, NOW. There is no place in society for that kind of garbage training.

http://progressnownm.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/new-militarized-police-training-introduces-shoot-first-policy-for-new-mexico-cops/

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/albuquerque-shootings

https://progressnownm.wordpress.com/2014/07/16/win-law-enforcement-board-votes-to-reverse-shoot-first-training-reinstate-higher-training-standards/

http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/spl/documents/apd_findings_4-10-14.pdf

[jillan]

7. I bet that has made the rounds in other states. That's got to be the reason. Kudos to NM!

[Dont call me Shirley]

8. Who owns the shoot first company?

That needs to be found out and publicized.

[AnalystInParadise]

10. While this situation requires an investigation

I am quite happy with Arizona's gun laws, we have coyotes (both human and non-human) and worse down on my property in Sierra Vista. I have had to use/brandish my firearm on both types.

[951-Riverside]

11. You can't "train" Jeffrey Dahmer and Richard Ramirez to not kill

The only way we're going to realistically fix this is by identifying cops with anger and other psychological issues and remove them and also do a better job screening potential hires.

If you have some guy on the force laughing about busting heads, remove him immediately.

All the "training" and "body cameras" in the world won't stop these psychos from killing, you have to remove them from law enforcement completely.