again i had to restrain someone because they were trying to hurt themselves and i had to restrain them to a bed, speaking from experience just because they are on the ground doesnt mean they cant act. People are strong especially when that adrenaline is going.

Fair point I guess, but I still don't think shooting him six times was the first viable option they had.

this dude is a registered sex offender for molesting a minor and has a pretty bad criminal history, so i have no sympathy. wanna act like a gangster? well sometimes gangsters get shot and killed.

How are you real dude wtf

I did not blame the victim at all, I just asked a question as to why he or anyone would have a physical altercation with police if he knew he was carrying a concealed weapon. I think it had to do with his criminal past. They were going to find the gun and send him back to jail because of it so he fought the cops and it ended badly.

That's called victim blaming

did you watch the video? he was tackled to the ground by police and his arms were restrained, there's no way he was able to grab his gun and start shooting.

https://twitter.com/GaryChambersJr/status/750796978884218880

smfh

He wasn't "Open Carry". That is typically done by having the gun in a holster and belt for all to see, hence Open Carry. It is 100% legal and also wasn't what this guy was doing that at all in this case.

Even if he did have a concealed carry permit, one of things they teach you in class is to let Police Officers know you are carrying a weapon. I was pulled over for speeding like 2 years ago and the officer asked for my license and registration. Before I did anything, I informed the officer of my weapon and my permit. I listened to every command he gave me and I was disarmed outside my car. He verified my license, gave me back my weapon and I paid my ticket.

I regret even commenting because my only intention was to objectively ask why you would physically fight police especially if you have an illegal weapon on your person.

But the police knew he had a weapon, it was the entire reason they were called to location in the first place. Sterling had been selling CDs outside of that convenience store -- with the owner's consent -- for something close to 6 years. The store owner said he considered Sterling a friend. The police came after a citizen called 911 and reported that a man selling CDs was threatening people with a gun outside of the convenience store. Like prime minister Blair, these officers decided to shoot before exhausting non-violent options first. One of the most tragic aspects of this story -- outside of the absolute devastation to the family and innocent slaughter of a civilian -- is that, according to the Huffington Post, Sterling didn't even actually have a gun at the time. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alton-sterling-video_us_577d668ae4b0c590f7e7d2a7?section=

UPDATE: According to Buzzfeed, new footage has come forward that shows Sterling did have a gun; however, he was murdered before it was removed from his person. The shop owner, who watched the whole thing happen, said he believed what the officers did was murder. https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoerner/new-video-shows-police-removing-gun-from-alton-sterlings-poc?utm_term=.fhw0RQqmr#.fpDlwVen4

A little harsh, but if that is true i agree, shit happens all the time in other countries and we don't complain but when it comes to good Ole america the country flips shit.

So basically what you're saying is if you have any criminal background, you deserve to be fucking executed by the police?

weird that people care about stuff happening in their own country more than the same stuff happening in other unrelated countries

i dont feel like getting worked up and typing a mustardoverlord nerd essay so im just gonna say youre a giant retard

you really shouldnt post on threads like these, go play with your kids or some shit fuckboy

Police treat black people differently in this country. It is really sad. Very easy to say "well, they shouldn't do that" and leave it at that, but it is a very complicated issue. It is structural and historical. The USA has a very long history of racism in LE, from the Supreme ct all the way down.

With internet video we are overturning rocks and the ugly creature of systemic racism underneath is writhing in the sunlight.

Go back to tumblr.

Honestly, this deserves another thread, but there was another shooting today (the aftermath caught on video).

#PhilandroCastile

There have been 561 police killings this year in the US: 135 of them black individuals. It's not even surprising anymore, just continually disheartening.

that's like 3 days of gang violence in Chicago alone

My experience of this doesn't come from the Internet, it comes from seeing the justice system at work. My parents represent indigent defendants for a living, and part of my line of work deals with criminal cases (usually body cam footage although most of it is more boring).

or in the spirit of your comment:

perhaps you should return to shitposting about turkish refugee immigrants you fucking FILTHY european SCUM.

I honestly don't understand why did he do it...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/07/us/falcon-heights-shooting-minnesota/

Allegedly, "He let the officer know that he had a firearm and he was reaching for his wallet and the officer just shot him in his arm"

Shame this happens even when they do things right

It's not that cops are murderers, but some murderers are cops.

They tazed him and restrained them, its not like they arrived on the scene and shot him on the spot

Well these people seem to think otherwise

Might not be murderers but many of them enable all sorts of vile garbage with their blue wall of silence bullshit.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/shots-fired-dallas-amid-protest-recent-police-killings/story?id=40422456

It just keeps getting worse and worse :(

USA is looking more and more like a goddamn warzone. I know this might seem crazy, but maybe with less guns and consequently less trigger happy cops, there would be less dead people?

Yes. Unfortunately, many of the citizens of this country are unwilling to accept the fact that this is a reality in other countries. This is a result of the systemic racism and discrimination that exists in our country. I cannot believe that people whose job is to protect and server have so little discipline and integrity.

https://www.reddit.com/live/x7xfgo3k9jp7/

live feed of the dallas situation