Even the text description in the article doesn’t sound close to the officers’ testimony. I can confidently say that I have never seen anyone take a cell phone out of their pocket, and thought they were pulling a gun.
The other issue is that they were primed to think he had a gun since they were pursuing him in connection with a shooting. The other problem is he failed to do what most who get killed by cops don’t do, follow their instructions. If they tell you to get on the ground just fucking do it immediately. Doesn’t matter why or what else you think. Follow their instructions to a T and you’re a lot less likely to get injured.
Nah, they’ll just give contradictory orders and shoot you anyway. Content warning, Daniel Shaver being murdered by cops while doing everything they asked. After watching this, please reply and let me know if your opinion has change, and if not what was done wrong that ended up in his death?
Of course! Except that I don’t own a gun, and the excuses for shooting people I’m looking for are neither the same excuses nor the same people as these characters.
Even the text description in the article doesn’t sound close to the officers’ testimony. I can confidently say that I have never seen anyone take a cell phone out of their pocket, and thought they were pulling a gun.
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The other issue is that they were primed to think he had a gun since they were pursuing him in connection with a shooting. The other problem is he failed to do what most who get killed by cops don’t do, follow their instructions. If they tell you to get on the ground just fucking do it immediately. Doesn’t matter why or what else you think. Follow their instructions to a T and you’re a lot less likely to get injured.
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Nice anecdote.
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No, watch the video. Reading it leaves room for interpretation.
Warning, this is a video of a man being murdered.
Nah, they’ll just give contradictory orders and shoot you anyway. Content warning, Daniel Shaver being murdered by cops while doing everything they asked. After watching this, please reply and let me know if your opinion has change, and if not what was done wrong that ended up in his death?
Sure, but have you seen a black guy do it while you’re strapped and desperately waiting for an excuse to start shooting?
Of course! Except that I don’t own a gun, and the excuses for shooting people I’m looking for are neither the same excuses nor the same people as these characters.
But you don’t have weeks of training teaching you otherwise.
Yeah, you got me there. What was I thinking?
How about a wallet? Wallets totally look like guns, am I right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Amadou_Diallo