George Floyd Protest/Riots

[Rickyvol77]

Friendly reminder that the cops charged with interpreting the law correctly, and making life-or-death decisions based on said interpretation of the law, have largely spent a grand total of zero (0) seconds actually studying the law in law school, no matter how much they might pretend otherwise on message boards

You are full of it. Police study the law throughout their academy and years after

 

[TennesseeFan07]

Joe Biden says, "Just shoot 'em in the leg."

 

[USAFgolferVol]

I don’t lock my doors for our protection . I lock them in the hopes that you ( trying to break into my home ) have an epiphany and understand that what you are about to do is extremely dangerous for you . I can reach my firearm before you get my door open .

Your reasoning skills should be a model for all citizens

 

[golfballs]

This is as definitive as you can get in proving systemic racism. Not sure how anyone can say he was killed for any other reason than being black. Certainly not because he attacked the police, stole their taser and tried to use it on them.

 

[0nelilreb]

Your reasoning skills should be a model for all citizens

My house , my rules . No blue font .

 

[C-south]

If the officer was struck by the taser it sure didn’t affect him much.

How long does it take to reload a taser? How about when you’re drunk and sprinting, and have never used a taser before?

It’s slower than and less effective than a 9mm.

 

[DynaLo]

Wow, talk about damning. This well-spoken young man offered to walk home and those meanie pigs refused to authorize his request!

The amount of misinformation in the replies regarding Rayshard being fully compliant with the law due to not actively driving when caught is hilarious given that a bunch of people who don’t even own vehicular transportation believe themselves to be fully cognizant of the law.

Watching those videos, dude straight up knew he was busted and tried slinging tons of random and contradictory shite at PD to talk his way out of it, just like a lot of folks would. We know what unfortunately happened when those attempts failed.

What I haven’t seen yet is the reasoning on why he went from shite talking cops to brawling with cops. What was his catalyst? Would an arrest have cost him his job or his license or something else? Did he have any outstandings? Would the arrest be a probation or parole violation? Were their previous DUI charges on him? What the heck triggered him?

 

[NashVol11]

You are full of it. Police study the law throughout their academy and years after

Do they pass the bar exam? Would a cop practicing law be anything other than malpractice? I’ll wait

 

[landscapingvol]

Police hold personal responsibility as well. A badge doesn't make them always right.

Maybe but I try not to to take the taser from a policeman every chance I get but that is probably just my white privilege kicking in

 

[1972 Grad]

This is as definitive as you can get in proving systemic racism. Not sure how anyone can say he was killed for any other reason than being black. Certainly not because he attacked the police, stole their taser and tried to use it on them.

Yep. It would be hard to find another black man in Atlanta to hunt down. They saw an opening and pounced on it.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Do they pass the bar exam? Would a cop practicing law be anything other than malpractice? I’ll wait

I'd trust the legal "advice" of any random police officer in this country over the opinions of many of this forum's alleged barristers.

 

[1972 Grad]

Breonna Taylor was sleeping

I have no idea who that is and wasn't talking about him.

 

[landscapingvol]

She was just sleeping. Anybody attempting to explain away or justify what happened there is the worst kind of apologist.

Forgive me if I don’t believe that the police busted in an innocent woman’s house and shot her while she was peacefully sleeping in the bed

 

[USAFgolferVol]

My house , my rules . No blue font .

Believe me. My response was sarcasm. Similar idiocy in your response

 

[NashVol11]

I'd trust the legal "advice" of any random police officer in this country over the opinions of many of this forum's alleged barristers.

No ****, because he agrees with you. That’s the MO for most people now

 

[Weezer]

Forgive me if I don’t believe that the police busted in an innocent woman’s house and shot her while she was peacefully sleeping in the bed

It happened. Whether you believe it or not.

 

[NashVol11]

Forgive me if I don’t believe that the police busted in an innocent woman’s house and shot her while she was peacefully sleeping in the bed

...I mean, you should. They were looking for drugs or something but had the wrong guy, busted in unannounced and then tried to claim self-defense

 

[RikidyBones]

If the officer was struck by the taser it sure didn’t affect him much.

How long does it take to reload a taser? How about when you’re drunk and sprinting, and have never used a taser before?

Cops are trained by taking a taser and a Pepper spray. When I was in the CJ program in college, I volunteered for the taser. It hurt. I appeared to have been mildly affected but I was and it hurt like a mfer. Still, they thought I just took it and was fine. Not sure how long it takes to reload. Probably depends on the type.

 

[Weezer]

No ****, because he agrees with you. That’s the MO for most people now

Any lawyer would tell you not to resist arrest.

 

[Rickyvol77]

She was just sleeping. Anybody attempting to explain away or justify what happened there is the worst kind of apologist.

This is Walter Scott 2.0 (South Carolina a few years ago). According to former office Slager, the man he apprehended had a broken taillight, engaged him in physical altercation resisting arrest, stole the taser, and ran away. Toxicology showed he also had cocaine and alcohol in his system. Slager pursued and shot Scott in the back several times from about 20 feet away. Slager said he feared for his life because Scott had stolen his taser. Slager was sentenced to 20 years for 2nd degree murder.

On one hand, Walter Scott never attempted to discharge that taser. On the other, Slager was actually alone whereas officer Rolfe had backup when he decided to end Rayshard Brooks’ life. In both cases, the suspect was clearly fleeing and was not an imminent threat.

I don’t know the ins and outs of Georgia state law vs. South Carolina vs. Tennessee. Most of us right now aren’t presenting a legal argument. We’re presenting a moral argument. If what these officers did was OK under their law, then that law needs to be changed.

that case was different as there was no immediate threat and the officer lied about what happened.

 

[clarksvol00]

Forgive me if I don’t believe that the police busted in an innocent woman’s house and shot her while she was peacefully sleeping in the bed

I don't think there's much dispute about what happened.

 

[golfballs]

Yep. It would be hard to find another black man in Atlanta to hunt down. They saw an opening and pounced on it.

Should charge whoever called 911 to report that he was passed out at the wheel with a hate crime

 

[Rickyvol77]

If the officer was struck by the taser it sure didn’t affect him much.

How long does it take to reload a taser? How about when you’re drunk and sprinting, and have never used a taser before?

One probe likely hit and one missed. It’s not like the dumba** criminal was trained on it

 

[Rickyvol77]

If the officer was struck by the taser it sure didn’t affect him much.

How long does it take to reload a taser? How about when you’re drunk and sprinting, and have never used a taser before?

You can use a taser without “reloading it”

 

[NashVol11]

Any lawyer would tell you not to resist arrest.

I’m talking about the “this is fine, you guys just don’t understand the law” garbage, combined with pointing to a Garner case that “settles this” when it definitely does not