Baton Rouge cops brutally shoot and kill black man (RIP Alton Sterling)

[Cadillac]

why isnt this thread stickied?

 

[jackswstd]

RIP to Alton Sterling. That's all I'm gonna say

 

[MikeyC]

 

[MikeyC]

Good numbers but more organized & more strategic...

shyt looked more like a family reunion than a riot.

See the big girl greeting the other with a hug and a smile, on some "hey gurl, how you been?" type shyt.

 

[Red Shield]

Yall really replying to that cactroll

 

[Big Boss]

Wow

 

[Big Boss]

All that protesting don't mean nothing at the end of the day

These cacs still gonna kill us

 

[Big Boss]

We gonna get riled up, demand justice, the pigs will be indicted and they will eventually get off. I'm not even gonna get emotionally invested because this corrupt system is rigged

Yep

 

[TKOK]

I just saw part of the video, they had this dude pinned to the ground. it'd be one thing MAYBE if he was running or something, but they had him on the ground. they clearly had the upperhand and didn't need to use the force they did.


inb4 nothing happens even though they cleary went way over the line

 

[OfTheCross]

Just heard about this...no words.

 

[OfTheCross]

 

[Malik1time]

I want to see if that cac bytch from the blaze try and defend the cop

 

[Tom Foolery]

Crooked system. They will get the cops off instead of looking for justice.

RIP

 

[AJaRuleStan]

No I'm not. I don't know what you saw, but I actually saw the clip, and there are two cops on the dude and he's still resisting while they're trying to handcuff him. He wasn't letting the cops handcuff him, so the cop pulled his gun out and put it to his chest and said that if kept moving, "I swear to God..." and then proceeded to shoot him multiple times.

What does this mean? Dude WAS RESISTING, which PISSED THE COP OFF and led to him being SHOT to death. This could have been avoided had he simply let them handcuff him.

Come on, bro... I'm speakin' straight facts in this thread and am still being negged - really?

I think you're missing something crucial in your analysis of the video.

Based on what I just watched, resisting arrest wasn't the sole catalyst for him getting shot. In the clip, as the officers were attempting to cuff him, you can hear one of them scream that the man has a gun, which at this moment seems to have been factually true. That prompted his partner to draw his weapon, then, threaten the offender to cease all movement or he will shoot.

In conclusion, the presence of a weapon with the potential of the offender being able to utilize it -- which possibly might have been the case -- is what seems to have lead the officer in this situation to respond with lethal force, especially when you factor in that the officer who shot had to weigh the scenario that his refusal to act could lead to his partner's death.

 

[@OffHalsted]