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So in other words folks are accusing cops of being racist for defending themselves from a perp with a criminal history who was bent on doing suicide by cop.
Obviously it isn’t acceptable, they shot him SEVEN TIMES!
Whatever picture is in the dictionary next to So's Law, I'm replacing it with a screencap of this.
So in other words folks are accusing cops of being racist for defending themselves from a perp with a criminal history who was bent on doing suicide by cop.
When I saw the video, I saw that the policeman shot Blake four times....then paused....then shot three more times.It seems to me the policeman feared Blake might grab a weapon, turn around and kill him. Blake was shot in a sort of panic.
There were, at least 4 cops with tasers and guns, against one small guy ... who wasn't even armed (i.e. the knife was in the car ... and they let him get access to it). They followed him out of the house (weaponless) to the door of the car. Noone was running. They could have easily stopped him before he got to the car door.So in other words folks are accusing cops of being racist for defending themselves from a perp with a criminal history who was bent on doing suicide by cop.
There were, at least 4 cops with tasers and guns, against one small guy ... who wasn't even armed (i.e. the knife was in the car ... and they let him get access to it). They followed him out of the house (weaponless) to the door of the car. Noone was running. They could have easily stopped him before he got to the car door.
Seven shots from one cop not a foot away will tell the tale. No fair-minded person will be able to justify that.
So the answer to giving someone more rights is to take away their freedoms? I don't think so.I only saw videos in German media, so maybe someone with more information may correct me.
I see a man (Blake) going to his car, followed by a policeman with a gun. I assume that the policemen did not force him to do so, so it looks that he stubbornly goes to his car, open the door, bows down ...
STOP. Think.
That is USA, a country were people can legally have weapons. The police must always reckon with the possibility that someones takes a weapon to shoot at them.
It seems to me the policeman feared Blake might grab a weapon, turn around and kill him. Blake was shot in a sort of panic.
This is not sure, and may even be proved wrong in the future. But this is the impression I got from looking on the video which showed the shooting.
No, this does not put the whole blame on Blake. There is some racism involved (would the policeman have reacted the same way if Blake were white?). And of course, the ease you can acquire a gun in Wisconsin.
Blake is not just a victim of racism, he also is a victim of his right to carry weapon. A right that has claimed more victims in Kenosha.
I thought his girl friend called. He was on her property barbecuing. She had asked for him to give her house keys back, and he seems to have refused. Their is a sexual assault allegation made against him by the girl friend, that I think his lawyer or somebody is contesting.
Well, I wonder how she feels about that now.
Kenosha videos show glaring difference in Blake, Rittenhouse treatmentI did not say it was fully ok what he did. But he has no weapon. In another country, he surely would not have been shot.
Do you think he would have been shot if he were white?
They carry baton-like flashlights that serve a dual purpose.Many officers don't carry batons any longer because of the Rodney King video from years back. They certainly could have used one here. The tazer failed... nothing left to use but his firearm...
Kenosha police don’t have body-cams. Sorry.They carry baton-like flashlights that serve a dual purpose.
When the cop-cam videos are released, we should know a lot more.
Me too. That is exactly what I thought as well. This just came out though.To my eye, the object was a car key fob.
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