Maybe you should have read a few more posts down, where I clearly made a correction that the hold depicted in the pic IS considered by many a choke hold, as this hold was taken when the other one with his arm under the suspects arm didn't bring the man down...maybe you should read better....
Maybe I should "read better" perhaps you should comprehend the fact that I was responding to a specific post. OBVIOUSLY I hadn't read any further, why should I have. Your standing on it is very clear, it wasn't like 2 post down your opinion would have changed you would have just done like you did now and make a slighted excuse as to what happened to justify it. Here's the thing, You can't justify wrong, wrong is wrong, PERIOD.
Was Mike Brown a scum ball, probably. Did he need to die, no. Wrong is wrong, no amount of you pulling the blinds over your own conscious will change the opinions of people who view this with a much broader mind scope. I, as a black man would have probably shot Mike Brown too, but I wouldn't have shot him to kill him as that officer obviously did. (can't be argues that it was excessive, if you think you need to shoot a person that many times at close range then you have never operated a fire arm)
And, like I said, that's exactly WHY I couldn't be a cop. I ask you the same question, if someone was doing that in YOUR face, could YOU maintain the same self-control? Day after day, leaving home not knowing if you'll come back? They KNOW they are not above the law - if they did, do you think they would have sat there and took it? Their actions PROVE they know they aren't above the law. But it appears that the pissant coward taunting them ALSO knows they can't do it....your comment is inaccurate...
You couldn't be a coupe but you'd be one hell of a reporter for Fox News. I don't need to answer the question you presented because I already broke it down. That is his job, point blank period. When you can no long perform your duties you need to grab a desk job or leave the force. When a doctor can no longer stand the sight of blood or make intelligent choices he steps down. When a wood worker can no longer properly fit a dove tail they retire. When a wheel can no longer hold air it gets replaced before an inevitable accident happens. This is fact, can not be argued by anyone. These cops are trained for what they do and are compensated well for it. You grow up your entire life knowing the dangers of being a cop so to then decided to go that route and have an excuse as if you didn't already know is bull.
They need to be made accountable for mistakes and they will have an incentive to have less of them.
Nothing I have said is inaccurate. As you can see I use reasoning when formulating these replies. You are going off of what you think would happen and making excuses. We dont need to make excuses for them. Do your job how you are suppose to or suffer the consequences. That's it.
Did you read, buy chance, that the man's family does NOT believe this was race-motivated? If this were a big white guy, the same thing that happened would not receive one bit of press coverage. Which is the point I'm making. It seems that there is this huge chip on some peoples shoulders, forever perpetuated by Al/Jesse/NAACP that views EVERYTHING thru race-colored lenses, waiting and hoping for someone to knock the chip off, or even DARE mention it. The point you continually miss is that this has been made in to a huge story by race-baiters who are using it for their own purpose, and those out burning their own stuff down are the pawns. Are their injustices committed? Sure, but the white people beat/killed by black people doesn't have the white community burning their neighborhoods down (and if the do, I'll condemn it IDENTICALLY). Sure, protest all they want, chant all they want, talk and discuss and try to get people to understand them - but their message is totally LOST when the rioting starts. It's setting relations BACKWARDS.
Did you read, buy chance, anywhere in my post that suggested I believed it was racial? Cause I can tell you right now I could care less about the fact the man was black or if he was green. Again, wrong is wrong, the way that situation was handled was excessive, period. These cops know they can get away with going over board so they do it. If there were heavier penalties, suspensions WITHOUT pay and more people serving time for the mistakes then we wouldn't be having this discussion.
What white people beat and killed? Can you post some of this please? Most white people are killed by other white people just as most blacks are killed by blacks. The thing you fail to comprehend is that this isn't JUST about race. MOST people upset over this stuff are just tired of cops in general abusing their power.
And to dispell your comment about them having peaceful protest... Falls upon death ears, people like you who will just say "well the cop was stress so its ok this guy died..." This rioting however has worked in getting the attention they wanted and it will also work in getting the results they wanted. People will eventually demand the head of one of these cops or else they will take it for themselves. This is how history repeats itself.
Eventually, there WILL be an instance where it's CLEAR that the officer/s use excessive force or make a huge mistake. When that happens, these race-baiters will have event they are looking and hoping for. That's when it may get nasty. Having said that, when I see it being a mistake, I'll say it was a mistake as RACE IS NOT THE ISSUE WITH ME, and it SHOULD NOT BE WITH ANYONE.
The really SAD thing is, that the people who rioted and looted didn't help themselves OR their stated 'cause'; in fact they only cause FURTHER mistrust.
There have been MANY. Just because you are so far to the left that you can't agree with it that doesn't mean we need things to get worse. Everyone loses in this situation and I am sorry to inform you that if you think the cops retaliating due to "further mistrust" is an proper action then that goes to show how far gone your reasoning is. Cops need to take the high road and accept accountability. The more stuff like this happens in the gray area the more upset people will be and the worse things will get.
This is America, policing the people with military, many of which are from such poverty stricken areas wont end well for anyone. Use of force on our own people by the military wont be tolerated by anyone.
Next cop who fks up on the job and makes a mistake needs to serve time, be fired, suspended with out pay or all of the above. There is no other option at this point. Do the right thing, let people feel that the cops arent above the law and they will calm back down. Keep proving to them that cops are above the law and people will then fight back.
This isn't a black or white thing so you might want to stop making it into one with all of your post.
