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60. Policing is no job for a scardey cat.

Sat Aug 27, 2016, 05:39 PM

Aug 2016

There are rules about how and when police can use lethal force. Standing while black and frankly standing while armed are not among them. Police are required to identify themselves. Unless the person is an immediate threat to the public, they must give instructions about what the person should do before just shooting them, e.g., drop your weapon. They cannot just randomly shoot people who 'look scary.' The shooter is not qualified to be a public servant. I am so sick and tired of police officers who behave like movie characters. If it is legal to have guns in this country, then you can't just shoot every black man that has one.

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Indiana man mistakenly shot by cop: 'Why did you shoot me?' [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2016 OP

Good guy with a gun. Somehow these things never turn out well. Fla Dem Aug 2016 #1

Must have been the wrong color! keylargo Aug 2016 #2

k and r...nt Stuart G Aug 2016 #3

Lots of gunz - lots of funz jpak Aug 2016 #4

Here's a photo of the gentleman who was mistakenly shot by the police officer oberliner Aug 2016 #5

I won! nt TeamPooka Aug 2016 #17

Well . . . . OldRedneck Aug 2016 #22

Thing that make you go hmmmm. Binkie The Clown Aug 2016 #6

I agree that most people should NOT have guns AllyCat Aug 2016 #15

I brought it up yesterday when the initial story was shared. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #18

Policing is no job for a scardey cat. OrwellwasRight Aug 2016 #60

Things that make you go hmmmm ... aggiesal Aug 2016 #24

Well most likely they shot you because they panicked when they saw someone carrying a gun at cstanleytech Aug 2016 #7

They could've said "drop your weapon" oberliner Aug 2016 #8

Well doh!!! cstanleytech Aug 2016 #12

Also he supposedly heard something outside and thought it was the criminal oberliner Aug 2016 #14

Foolishness on his part. cstanleytech Aug 2016 #30

Be that as it may oberliner Aug 2016 #34

OH no argument there as he clearly panicked and shot without thinking which for a cop is a major cstanleytech Aug 2016 #36

Agreed oberliner Aug 2016 #38

Blaming the victim of the idiot cops Unit 001 Aug 2016 #49

agree OrwellwasRight Aug 2016 #62

And that could have gone Igel Aug 2016 #25

Shoot first, ask questions later? oberliner Aug 2016 #29

Except the last time I checked cops were supposed to identify themselves before taking any action cstanleytech Aug 2016 #37

So cops should just shoot first, to be safe? Rex Aug 2016 #58

no they are not just 'people' OrwellwasRight Aug 2016 #63

Thank you for this perfect example of blaming the victim. You forgot your sarcasm emoji... TeamPooka Aug 2016 #19

or to be precise azureblue Aug 2016 #21

You can't have it both ways. Gunz are for protection MyNameGoesHere Aug 2016 #35

I support the Constitution, I just wish it would be updated to cstanleytech Aug 2016 #42

True and I've been told most cops are in 2nd amendment people treestar Aug 2016 #46

Not much will amp a cop up more than a man with gun call. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2016 #57

Maybe he was afraid the miscreant would come back before the cops arrive. That's why he had his gun. OrwellwasRight Aug 2016 #61

police are getting very trigger happy.. it is a huge problem secondwind Aug 2016 #9

That we both agree on. cstanleytech Aug 2016 #32

Cops act like a black guy isn't allowed to have a gun. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2016 #10

They only get 3/5 of the 2nd amendment TexasProgresive Aug 2016 #23

I hate to ask... SCVDem Aug 2016 #11

Military to police spike jones Aug 2016 #16

You have apparently sarisataka Aug 2016 #20

Respectfully submitted.... spike jones Aug 2016 #31

That was then sarisataka Aug 2016 #39

This has always baffled me. The rules of engagement for military personnel who are deployed in war Chakab Aug 2016 #45

Cops with military experience would be less likely to "shoot on sight." n/t Unit 001 Aug 2016 #50

Was the homeowner a POC? AllyCat Aug 2016 #13

Another "good guy with a gun" story. guillaumeb Aug 2016 #26

Victim blaming? JonathanRackham Aug 2016 #27

Blaming the NRA for pushing this fantasy that carrying a gun is the solution. guillaumeb Aug 2016 #28

Personally I think that everyone regardless of their job should be cstanleytech Aug 2016 #33

I agree with your first clause. guillaumeb Aug 2016 #47

Are you opining that guns for self defense is a fantasy... beevul Aug 2016 #41

How is carrying a gun a solution? cstanleytech Aug 2016 #43

About those odds... beevul Aug 2016 #52

I said "the solution", as in, the only solution. guillaumeb Aug 2016 #48

And yet defensive use of firearms happens many thousands of times every year. beevul Aug 2016 #51

Which has nothing to do with what I said. guillaumeb Aug 2016 #53

It has everything to do with what you said. beevul Aug 2016 #54

Ignoring suicide in an attempt to minimize gun carnage? guillaumeb Aug 2016 #55

Since when is calling something by its proper name 'ignoring it'? beevul Aug 2016 #56

'Why did you shoot me?' Because you're black. But I think the question was rhetorical. n/t Tempest Aug 2016 #40

Bad news to hear joeyfalconhead90 Aug 2016 #44

So no warning...just BANG BANG...sue...suesuesue... Rex Aug 2016 #59