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[–]Sameniggadiffsite 19 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Cop should be executed, he doesnt deserve to live a full life after this.

[–]HarryPhajynuhz 19 insightful - 4 fun19 insightful - 3 fun20 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Not only was this cop acquitted, but he was re-hired into his department and allowed to retire early and take his pension.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver

Imagine the reaction to this if Daniel Shaver was black. And people think America doesn't care about black people being killed.

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not a fan of capital punishment, but this seems like a reasonable candidate.

20 yrs in prison from murder would be acceptable.

Lose the best years of his life, in a place he sent others to for less.

[–]mrbull3tproof 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The pig even received $2.5k pension after the trial for PTSD...

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The benefit of a union.

The police union doesn't seem to receive the same media outrage.

I wonder if that's about to change.

It will be interesting to see what happens to the police unions if the police are restructured/defunded.

[–]Red23 8 insightful - 8 fun8 insightful - 7 fun9 insightful - 8 fun -  (6 children)

RIOT!! Oh, wait.

[–]edbods 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

unfortunately his skin pigmentation is too light to be considered for rioting, please try again later

[–]fishbox 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This one was before the virus gave everyone a lot of time to protest. But hey, don't let that stop you from bitching about being oppressed.

[–]IvanMan 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Remember the Milwaukee Riots in like 2016? Or any of the other riots that happen every time a black person dies, whether justified or not.

[–]edbods 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

error: skin pigmentation too light, please try again when pigmentation is darker

[–]Red23 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep!

[–]Xiphias 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I remember this... this is one of the worst things I've ever seen.

[–]Jaylou 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This has been floating around twitter recently and reminded me I haven't visited the site it a long time. Horrible video, you can hear how scared he is. Apparently he was intoxicated which is why he got confused and started crawling when he was told not to? Either way those instructions they were shouting at him were difficult to follow.

[–]Frank_west 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The cop gave conflicting instructions. The guy was given an instruction to crawl, which involves the use of the knees and either the hands or elbows for propulsion. Earlier, the guy had been instructed to keep his hands stretched above his head.

The girl had correctly guessed which instruction the cop had expected her to violate and the guy did not.

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's difficult to imagine being in that situation.

[–]High_and_Lonesome 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

ugh god. This is one of the worst videos! The cops shouldn't have this much power. It's not about race.

[–]Reckall 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's about race too.

[–]5THSFG 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Nope. More unarmed whites are killed by Police in the US every single year. Cast aside your beliefs and look at the facts. Check the FBI database for starters; our problem is a police brutality issue. Police that are fundamentally undertrained and under supplied... but some cities wish to cut their funding which will only exacerbate the existing problems. How do we solve our problem? More oversight, maybe of a community/public committee and more training for Police, not less funding. And for God's sake, don't fight the cops in the street. Fight them in court. Your odds of winning (and surviving) are astronomically better.

[–]pyropulse 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

More whites exist, so that point isn't too convincing. What is convincing is that on a per interaction basis, whites have a higher chance of being shot than do minorities... but this increased chance of 17% is statistically insignificant. Thus it has nothing to do with race.

[–]Asianraisin 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Does anyone know the context of this video? Obviously these two individuals did something for police to be outside their hotel room with guns drawn. And although I certainly don’t condone what this officer did, it makes me wonder what the guy on the ground was doing with his right hand. Almost looked like he was reaching for something in his pocket? Idk it’s tough to see. The cops were using exceptionally excessive force. Seems like using a taser would have been adequate

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seems like using a taser would have been adequate

Yep. Or regular old handcuffs.

[–]drlipshitze 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Shaver was an exterminator and had his air rifle with him. Someone outside the hotel saw the rifle and called the police stating "there was a man with a gun pointing it out the window". No one except for the caller was able to confirm that he was actually pointing it at anyone so whether it did or didn't happen will never be known.

[–]Whatever_Guy 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They didn't do anything, the cops were called on because someone thought they saw someone with a rifle. It was just a pellet gun. In the video he was just adjusting his shorts.