Texas sheriff's deputy gunned down at gas station

Guns, guns and more guns! USA needs to do something!!

NothingIsImpossible said:

And suddenly BLM movement has nothing to say about it.

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Actually, they have.

They New York Times reported these comments from Sheriff Hickman following the arrest of Miles:

“At any point when the rhetoric ramps up to the point where calculated, coldblooded assassinations of police officers happen, this rhetoric has gotten out of control,” Sheriff Hickman said. “We’ve heard ‘black lives matter.’ All lives matter. Well, cops’ lives matter, too. So why don’t we just drop the qualifier and just say ‘lives matter,’ and take that to the bank.”

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/u...uty-is-called-coldblooded-execution.html?_r=0

From Inquisitr dot Com, this response from a BLM spokesman:

“I grieve for the victims of violence. It is unfortunate that Sheriff Hickman has chosen to politicize this tragedy and to attribute the officer’s death to a movement that seeks to end violence,” said Deray McKesson, a local leader of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Source: http://www.inquisitr.com/2377209/te...ent-after-execution-of-deputy-darren-goforth/

The rhetoric is bound to heat up.

If a group of people were openly threatening your life, and proving that members of their group were both willing and able to carry that threat out, wouldn't you react?
Black lives matter...sure they do. White lives matter, too. Cop's lives matter.
All lives matter.

This is getting seriously out of hand, folks...

Sistrin said:

From Inquisitr dot Com, this response from a BLM spokesman:

“I grieve for the victims of violence. It is unfortunate that Sheriff Hickman has chosen to politicize this tragedy and to attribute the officer’s death to a movement that seeks to end violence,” said Deray McKesson, a local leader of the Black Lives Matter movement.

The rhetoric is bound to heat up.

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Well they say that they are not about violence despite alot of the protesting acting out in violence or at least very rude behavior like running up to someones whos speaking at another event and yelling into it about BLM. Or where I live standing across a freeway and blacking traffic for a long time. That just promotes violence. Sometimes they push the line on purpose just short of being violent and then are like "We didn't do anything bad, its your fault if your mad!". Blocking freeway traffic is just a bad idea. What if someone was rushing their child to the hospital after a accident and couldn't get there because traffic was blocked? If you want to protest setup a public meeting or public demonstration that doesn't grin everything to a halt.

Here's a thought....maybe, if people, black or white or polka dot, don't want to tangle with law enforcement...
They should not break the law?

Just a funny idea I had...

Sistrin said:

Actually, they have.

They New York Times reported these comments from Sheriff Hickman following the arrest of Miles:

“At any point when the rhetoric ramps up to the point where calculated, coldblooded assassinations of police officers happen, this rhetoric has gotten out of control,” Sheriff Hickman said. “We’ve heard ‘black lives matter.’ All lives matter. Well, cops’ lives matter, too. So why don’t we just drop the qualifier and just say ‘lives matter,’ and take that to the bank.”

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/u...uty-is-called-coldblooded-execution.html?_r=0

From Inquisitr dot Com, this response from a BLM spokesman:

“I grieve for the victims of violence. It is unfortunate that Sheriff Hickman has chosen to politicize this tragedy and to attribute the officer’s death to a movement that seeks to end violence,” said Deray McKesson, a local leader of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Source: http://www.inquisitr.com/2377209/te...ent-after-execution-of-deputy-darren-goforth/

The rhetoric is bound to heat up.

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Well no offense to the BLM spokesman, but I have seen on the streets a clear attitude of hate towards police...and they helped fired that UP!

Just this weekend a chapter was in MN protesting the state fair chanting, 'Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon' Does that signal, 'movement that seeks to end violence'? Nope. That type of chant isn't chosen to 'politicize'? Please.

They also know this isn't the first time. They don't seem to have much control over their 'movement', and aren't sending out the correct message when they stay silence on it. Silence says it all. That's called human nature.

The man that shot that police officer was said to be mentally ill, or similar issues. Do they also assume he didn't get caught up in that type of language? It's all over the news, neighborhoods, online, etc.

There are consequences to their rhetoric that they can claim doesn't politicize all they want, but that doesn't make it a reality.

In theory it sounds good (Black Lifes Matter), but in actions and speech not so much.

I'd be alot more inclined to sympathize with the BLM movement, if it weren't calling for violence.
Violence never does anything but beget more violence.
Murdering police officers is not going to solve anything. The only thing that is likely to happen is that cops who must deal with black offenders are more likely than ever to shoot first, and ask questions later.

The officer who was shot was only 47 years old. He had a wife and two kids. This is a tragedy that should not have happened.
Honestly, these kind of things make me lean toward "White Supremacy"....and I never thought I'd see that in myself. At 64 years old, I'm only now beginning to understand...

TheBarrd said:

The officer who was shot was only 47 years old. He had a wife and two kids. This is a tragedy that should not have happened.
Honestly, these kind of things make me lean toward "White Supremacy"....and I never thought I'd see that in myself. At 64 years old, I'm only now beginning to understand...

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Tragic.

World needs cleansing!! Fast!

Man arrested in killing of Houston deputy, faces capital murder charge

This is how crazy things are getting....

"When Blacks get legally killed we are constantly told it's not about race. But the sheriff in the #DarrenGoforth case IMMEDIATELY invoked race," tweeted African-American author and lecturer Tariq Nasheed.

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What this gentleman leaves out is 'race' is brought up in response to individuals claiming it wasn't a 'legal' kill, and it was done due to race. Notice he leaves out that qualifier!

The Sheriff in question brought up 'uniform' or occupation - not race. Tariq also seems to forget all the chants that are out there to blow away police, because it will send a message. That also is why the Sheriff said what he said about Life's Matter.

This isn't rocket science, and to manipulate things like this is irresponsible. Sadly, this type of thing maybe why this man is facing capital murder charges....they are saying he was/is challenged and may have got caught up in this momentum. If that is true? I hope they can live with that, because I couldn't.

NightHawkeye said:

Remembering this earlier post ...

Every action begets a reaction.

It's a basic physics principle which applies to human interactions as well.

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So that justifies white supremacy?

Archaeopteryx said:

So that justifies white supremacy?

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You do realize that quote was from BLM right? They were saying that here.

They also had a bunch of protesters saying that here for every black life we will take two whites.

HannahT said:

You do realize that quote was from BLM right? They were saying that here.

They also had a bunch of protesters saying that here for every black life we will take two whites.

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No, I was quoting TheBarrd, who said that these events were making her lean toward white supremacy.

Archaeopteryx said:

No, I was quoting TheBarrd, who said that these events were making her lean toward white supremacy.

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Okay. You confused me...lol! The quote you used was from another member. That went right over my head!

Very sad. I seriously hope the disgusting person who killed this officer never sees day outisde of the walls of prison again.

Supreme said:

Very sad. I seriously hope the disgusting person who killed this officer never sees day outisde of the walls of prison again.

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Being Texas and having killed a Deputy Sheriff, I fully expect the death penalty.

Supreme said:

Very sad. I seriously hope the disgusting person who killed this officer never sees day outisde of the walls of prison again.

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I feel badly for him, and this officer's family. If I were guessing hate and mental illness possibly is what motivated this circumstance, and instead of fixing circumstances like this so it stops sometime in the future....the flames might be fanned. I pray not. I'm praying very hard too.

edit: vid already posted.