Open Season on black men by the police continues

Bravelude said:

yeah yeah. you missed my point, i was trying to suggest that people should‘nt fan something like this further. it seems like you want to tho. look at thread title,

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Bravelude said:

Yeah yeah. you missed my point, i was trying to suggest that people should‘nt fan something like this further. It's not the same thing, but there's no need to continuously make it into a race thing. It's not like NT is crazy on 'crime' in general.

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CashBanks said:

Every time a cop shoots someone I assume it was murder.

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CashBanks said:

You didn't make a point.

I think the thread title is appropriate.

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Adidas Freak said:

It's not a race thing but it just so happens that the majority of unarmed people shot are black huh? And what the hell is that bolded part supposed to even mean?

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LIONBLOOD said:

 
Yea RIP.....you should start the movement. I like you, I don't want you to end up on CNN with people talking about how you were a model citizen.

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LIONBLOOD said:

 
Shut up dude, you don't want debate. You come in every race thread with the same baseless, emotional nonsense. I shouldn't care about what you think, or what you deal with and I assume you're old enough where you're too far gone. I only care about the kids.

I'm not the same guy in all these threads, that's a good thing. You have the exact same self defeating persona that has been cultivated by years of learned helplessness. I agreed with some of your points earlier it wouldn't hurt you to take another perspective, but you can't you're too stuck in your ways.

BAMMMM

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Bravelude said:

correlation goes both ways, but to continuously fan this proponent is silly.  if it wasn't a race thing, then why do these threads blow up.  'not again' seems suitable.

bless America.

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CashBanks said:

Oh no race has nothing to do with it.

Yet a white guy can shoot up a movie theater and see his day in court, meanwhile black guy get strangled on the street for allegedly selling loose cigarettes.

Black victims of gun violence are treated worse than whites who actually shoot people it's a joke man.

Blacks are supposed to defend themselves from the grave and make a case for why they shouldn't have been shot that's madness.

The sooner people stop pretending race isn't a factor the sooner we all can start working towards actually changing something.

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Cedric Ceballos said:

 

  i'm white so if i ever dumped off on a few cops, i'd either be a "model citizen" or a "troubled soul that went astray" 

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WillzWay26 said:

Voting can make a difference

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Bravelude said:

SMDH at the title, and calling it open season.  Such buffoonery just fuels more hate, more racial under-tones.  Does race have to mean a thing for either party? OF COURSE NOT.  So stop fanning it already.  What about the open fire at FSU?  How about those 2 Asian kids in So Cal by Javier Bolden.  No need to bring race card so blatantly.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05/bryan-barnes_n_4732458.html

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360waves said:

When and why was the police force established in america?

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While Akai Gurley was dying in a darkened stairwell at a Brooklyn housing development, the cop who fired the fatal bullet was texting his union representative, sources told the Daily News.

Right after rookie cop Peter Liang discharged a single bullet that struck Gurley, 28, he and his partner Shaun Landau were incommunicado for more than six and a half minutes, sources said Thursday.

In the critical moments after the Nov. 20 shooting, the cops’ commanding officer and an emergency operator — responding to a 911 call from a neighbor and knowing the duo was in the area — tried to reach them in vain, sources said.

Akai Gurley, seen with 2-year-old daughter Akaila in center photo, was killed by rookie cop Peter Liang's bullet in the Nov. 20 shooting.
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Akai Gurley, seen with 2-year-old daughter Akaila in center photo, was killed by rookie cop Peter Liang's bullet in the Nov. 20 shooting.
“That’s showing negligence,” said a law enforcement source of the pair’s decision to text their union rep before making a radio call for help.

“The guy is dying and you still haven’t called it in?”

To make things even worse, the officers were uncertain of the exact address of the building in the Pink Houses they were in, according to their text messages, the sources said.

Blood is seen on the stairwell the day after the shooting. Sources say Liang texted his union representative instead of calling for help as Gurley lay dying.
The explosive details of the immediate aftermath following the shooting of Gurley are at the center of an investigation by Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson — who is poised to present evidence to a grand jury as early as the end of this month.

AKAI GURLEY'S PARENTS SPEAK FOR FIRST TIME SINCE HE WAS KILLED: 'I NEED JUSTICE FOR MY SON'

The police shooting case is certain to command extra scrutiny after a Staten Island grand jury Wednesday declined to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

The two cops involved weren't supposed to be patrolling the Pink Houses' stairways that night, sources say.

The two cops involved weren't supposed to be patrolling the Pink Houses' stairways that night, sources say.
Adding to the tragedy surrounding Gurley’s death, the officers involved were not supposed to be doing a patrol in the stairways, the sources said.

Deputy Inspector Miguel Iglesias, then the head officer of the local housing command, ordered them not to carry out such patrols, known as verticals.

He opted instead for exterior policing in response to a spate of violence at the East New York housing project.


Death of Akai Gurley ruled a homicide: medical examiner
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“They’ve done verticals before,” a police source said of the two officers.

“But Iglesias’ philosophy was, ‘I want a presence on the street, in the courtyards — and if they go into the buildings they were just supposed to check out the lobby.”

Another source said the commander was furious after the shooting, raging, “I told them not to do verticals.”

Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson is investigating.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton characterized the incident as an “unfortunate tragedy” and an accident. Officials said Liang was holding a flashlight in his right hand and a Glock 9-mm. in the other when he opened the door to the eighth-floor landing.

One bullet flew out and apparently ricocheted into the chest of Gurley, who was on the seventh-floor landing and taking the stairs with his girlfriend Melissa Butler, 27.

The victim stumbled down to the fifth floor and Butler knocked on a woman’s door on the fourth floor, pleading for help. That woman called 911, a source said.

The building's superintendent had reportedly asked NYCHA to fix the lights months earlier.

The building's superintendent had reportedly asked NYCHA to fix the lights months earlier.
When Liang and Landau finally resurfaced on the radio, they reported an accidental discharge, added the source. Authorities have said they didn’t immediately know anyone was struck with the bullet.

The stairwell was pitch-black because the lights were out. The superintendent had asked NYCHA to fix the lights months before the fatal encounter. The problem was finally resolved hours after Gurley died.

While the shooting may have been a mishap, the cops’ subsequent conduct can amount to criminal liability, court insiders said.

The officers were supposed to be policing the exterior of the East New York development, says a police source.
“I would be surprised if it is not at least presented to a grand jury,” said Kenneth Montgomery, a lawyer for Gurley’s parents. “It’s a debacle and it speaks of criminal negligence.”

DA Thompson had called the shooting “deeply troubling” and promised “an immediate, fair and thorough investigation.”

A spokeswoman for his office had no comment Thursday. The NYPD also declined comment.

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