LOL as am not going to get even into a verbal argument with a police officer let along a physical conflict my chances of being killed by a police officer is similar to my chances of being hit by a meteorite.
Not zero but so small it is not a concern of mine.
It is a shame that someone such as his parents did no drill into Brown that you do not get into conflicts with police officers on the street as if they had done so he would very likely still be alive today.
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Sun 8 Mar, 2015 06:32 pm
@bobsal u1553115,
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Now we know what force giujohn works for
Well at least I work...unlike your dumb ass that sits at home posting all day on A2k, sucking on the teat that is the welfare system, leaving only to go to the corner store benefit card in hand on the first of the month for your malt liquor, roll your own cigarettes, and lotto tickets. But it's not your fault...I blame yo mamma and the stream of nameless men she used to increase her WIC payment to buy more malt liquor that cauased your alcohol fetal syndrone...its just a vicious circle huh?
DEA Agent: We Were Told Not to Enforce Drug Laws in Rich White Areas
Fogg makes explicit comparisons between the so-called “War on Drugs” and literal military wars. He also draws attention to the overt racist and classist nature of the decades-long internal “war” (emphases mine):
We’re talking about Gotham city. … We were jumping on guys in the middle of the night, all of that, swooping down on folks all across the country, using these sort of attack tactics that we went out on, that you would use in Vietnam, or some kind of war-torn zone. All of the stuff that we were doing, just calling it the war on drugs.
And there wasn’t very many black guys in my position. So when I would go into the war room, where we were setting up all of our drug and gun and addiction task force determining what cities we were going to hit, I would notice that most of the time it always appeared to be urban areas.
That’s when I asked the question, well, don’t they sell drugs out in Potomac and Springfield, and places like that? Maybe you all think they don’t, but statistics show they use more drugs out in those areas (rich and white) than anywhere.
The special agent in charge, he says “You know, if we go out there and start messing with those folks, they know judges, they know lawyers, they know politicians. You start locking their kids up, somebody’s going to jerk our chain.” He said they’re going to call us on it, and before you know it, they’re going to shut us down, and there goes your overtime.
What I began to see is that the drug war is totally about race. If we were locking up everybody, white and black, for doing the same drugs, they would have done the same thing they did with prohibition. They would have outlawed it. They would have said, “Let’s stop this craziness. You’re not putting my son in jail. My daughter isn’t going to jail.” If it was an equal enforcement opportunity operation, we wouldn’t be sitting here anyway.
It’s all about fairness, man. And understanding “How would I want to be treated?” Whether I’m on the one end, or the other end. How would I be treated if everything was done equally?
Caught On Camera: LAPD Shoots A Non-Violent Homeless Man On a Daylight
Posted on: March 2nd, 2015 No Comments
Tagged with:homeless man, lapd, law abuse, police misconduct, police shoots, usa police
Los Angeles: Police shot dead a homeless man while trying to evict him from hist tent. The victim was known by his nickname “Africa” and was living on the street for five months. Witnesses said that Africa was having an argument with another homeless person in his tent when the group of police officers arrived.
Police asked him to step out of a tent and when he refused, they dragged him out. Thanks to LA resident Anthony Blackburn, this incident was caught on a camera, with perfect sound. After the homeless was dragged out of his tent, he was teased. Although police teased him, the poor Africa struggled and stayed on his feet.
After that, you can hear on the video footage several gun shots. The witnesses notes that the deadly force wasn’t necessary and that there is no justification for taking someones life. Other the five gunshots you can see another homeless woman on the video that tried to help.
Yet, officers held her while they were pumping bullets in Africa. The actual justification of the cops is that homeless Africa was trying to reach the weapon from a police officer. The investigators didn’t established was he really reaching for a gun, was the deadly force necessary.
Also, the body of the victim wasn’t formally identified yet. It is important to note that the residents of Downtown LA characterized this man as a non-violent person.
