First let me say this is just a bad situation for both sides that I believe was an accident. The cop accidentally took out his gun instead of his taser gun because supposedly another cop switched in the belt. I do believe the cop didnt mean to shoot him and he probably feels terrible. I hate seeing people get angry and protesting over an accident that caused harm although they are even dealing out more harm in their protesting. They need to understand it was an accident he was out for the guy just because he was black. I feel bad for the cop and the man and I feel bad for the sad people that protest because they have nothing better to do and like starting more drama than necessary . In addition, the man who was killed doesn't have a clean slate so maybe he did do something to trigger the trigger.BlizzardBear

Stop... please just stop. Do you know why those people were protesting? They were protesting because it has been a week since the shooting and the guy hasn't even been formally questioned yet. I love how you chose to single out the protesters who got out of hand. There were many more peaceful protesters.

Link to the cops belt getting switched?

What does having a clean slate have to do with anything. We don't even know if the cops were aware of this and even if they were, it doesn't give them the right to execute the man.

Facepalm at the "maybe he did something to trigger the trigger." He was face ****ing down.

These things happen, if we cry about every single one then the world becomes a worse place than it seems. The man was unarmed but worse attrocities happen on a much larger scale in other parts of the world.Tiefster

Wtf is this supposed to mean and who's crying :?? Are you saying people shouldn't be outraged when a helpless individual is executed by someone who is supposed to protect and serve the people?

I personally do not think it was racially motivated. Nor do I think it was entirely intentional. What I believed happened, in my own naive little world, is that the cop, in hopes of stopping the individual from resisting, brandished his weapon as a threat and through some act of ill fate he fired the weapon.

Now, I could be completely wrong. I doubt it, though. To say that this is killing was racially motivated is, in my opinion, silly and completely undermines . Black people can not whip the race card out at our leisure. People need to objectively look at what happened, listen to eye witness testimony, as well as the tesimony of the officer (if only to determine his character), and come to a conclusion only after all the facts have been presented. By pulling the race card everytime someone non-black hurts/kills/harm/wrongs someone who is black undermines not only the flawed judiscial (spelling?) system but the integrity of black people as a whole. It makes us seem like we are always placing the blame on someone else - like children do.

And before I get an ignorant comment I just want to say I am black.

clayron

It's kinda hard to watch a helpless, face down individual of any race get shot in the back and look at it objectively. Eye witness testimony says the guy was pleading for the officers not to taser him at first and then saying please don't I have a four year old daughter. The officer obviously doesn't want to give his testimony because he resigned and sent his lawyers to a meeting that he was supposed to go to. I will admit that the race card is pulled too often, but I wouldn't fault someone too much for pulling it here, even though I don't think it was racially motivated. Oakland, CA is a really racially charged place. Even after 7 days the officer still hasn't been questioned. That seems odd to me.

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[QUOTE="Joker_268"]I haven't seen anything this nasty, especially a cop excuting, OMG, the dude was helpless, this only means one thing, that cop is a ******* racist. end of.Trelaf_TheWise

Sarcasm? I don't really think racism was a factor.

let me guess, you where one of those people who thought the Rodney King beating wasn't racially motivated right?

No, I wasn't one of those people :|. I live in the South and see plenty of racism all the time. This just doesn't seem like one of those times to me.

You know what they say about assuming ;).

I haven't seen anything this nasty, especially a cop excuting, OMG, the dude was helpless, this only means one thing, that cop is a ******* racist. end of.Joker_268

Sarcasm? I don't really think racism was a factor.

[QUOTE="ownage_denied"]For me, this thread DELIVERS :lol:.Jandurin

Why not :cry:. I only picked this name because I couldn't think of anything else at the time :D.

[QUOTE="ownage_denied"][QUOTE="FragStains"]Maybe the excuse is a lie, but maybeit was still a mistake. Maybe, his safety was off (which i wouldn't put past him at this point), drew his gun since the guy was still resisting and his finger slipped. Still an accident, still horrible, but not an intentional murder.

Obviously, "I thought it was my taser." sounds a lot better than, "My safety was off and my finger slipped."

FragStains

You don't draw your gun on a guy who's face down with two officers all ready on him... you just don't :|.

I doubt that very seriously. Resisting arrest is a misdemeanor and responding with deadly force against someone who is merely resisting is a crime. I guarantee you that you won't ever, EVER be able to produce another video with a suspect being detained by three cops, and then one gets up and points his gun at the guy. Ever.

[QUOTE="Ninja-Hippo"][QUOTE="FragStains"]Oh, I'm not at all condoning his behavior be it accidently or otherwise. He made a poor choice. Even if it was an accident, he should be punished. But to jump on him accusing him of murdering (with intent) with racial overtones in the accusations doesn't make sense to me at this point.FragStains

Obviously, "I thought it was my taser." sounds a lot better than, "My safety was off and my finger slipped."

You don't draw your gun on a guy who's face down with two officers all ready on him... you just don't :|.