the Michael Brown thread

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Madcap79 said:
John Crawford Set Air Rifle Down Before Police Fatally Shot Him (RAW VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/24/john-crawford-air-rifle-video_n_5878022.html
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FROM THE SAME ARTICLE . . .
The Huffington Post said:
CORRECTION: A previous headline stated that officers fired on John Crawford after he set his air rifle on the ground. A newly released surveillance tape shows that officers appear to fire seconds after entering the store.

The recently released video appears to show 22-year-old John Crawford III being fired upon just seconds after police walk into the store. Crawford then appears put his air rifle on the ground before an officer continues to fire.
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This is interesting because the audio from the 911 call is synched and you can hear the shots.

 
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One really has to question why most cops REALLY wanted to become cops in the first place. I think that once that question is answered on an individual basis, many of these types of incidences could have been avoided.
 
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That article said the shootings were unrelated in the first sentence though. Also you forgot to put "justice" in quotation marks. ;)
 
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Right, just random residents taking pot-shots at the cops nothing to see here.
 
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grokit said:
Right, just random residents taking pot-shots at the cops nothing to see here.
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You know one of the two shootings happened to a off duty officer in plain clothes in his personal car, while driving on the freeway right?
 
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I suppose you're right. It's much less of a stretch to imagine a looting lowlife turning into a stalking, murderous animal. Sad that the article gave anyone the benefit of the doubt. The off duty cop probably lit that memorial on fire anyway.
 
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Video of the incident shows Taylor walking away with his hands in his waistband under his shirt.

"Get your hands up, now!" Cruz is heard yelling in the video.

"No, fool." Taylor replies, continuing to walk away.
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I think we have a Darwin Award candidate for 2014.
 
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grokit said:
Sounds like (drunken) suicide by cop.
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I HATE fucking assholes that do that shit. If you're going to take your fucking life at least have the fucking balls and decency to do it yourself rather than involving someone who has nothing to do with you. So not only did this jerk take his own life, he decided to lay on the emotional stress on someone else because he was too fucking chicken shit to do it himself.
 
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lwien said:
I HATE fucking assholes that do that shit. If you're going to take your fucking life at least have the fucking balls and decency to do it yourself rather than involving someone who has nothing to do with you. So not only did this jerk take his own life, he decided that to lay on the emotional stress on someone else because he was too fucking chicken shit to do it himself.
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Good point, prolly the best way to look at it is as a mercy killing.
 
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Like kervorkian, he did the guy a favor and put him out of his misery.
I agree that it sucks but if I was in the cops shoes I think I would try and process it this way.
 
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