Thread: More people need to be up in arms here

Originally Posted by Langrad

I think there has also been 2 or 3 more killings of black teenagers that havnt made the news at all. Its weird how the media jumps all over one case and ignores tons of others.

I read the first article, and I dont see why the police went in? Why were the police summoned? It was his medical emergency button that got pressed right? Wouldnt that just bring ambulance? If he said he was okay why would they break into his house? Im pretty sure no matter who it is, if its unlawful entry you are allowed to defend yourself right?

So an old man accidentally activates his medical emergency and after an hour of shouting at him and breaking down his door, they then taser him, because he wouldnt comply with orders to lay down? Its his house, he committed no crime... This is fucking weird.

It's weirder than that.

He told them through the door that he didn't need, and didn't want, assistance. The medical alert system that was activated recorded audio throughout the incident. Before entry, he says; "This is my sworn testimony. White Plains officers are coming in here to kill me."

There were no orders given. They don't tell him to get down. They don't tell him to put his hands up.

He's an old man, with a heart condition. It's 5am, and he's wearing boxer shorts. He calls "Semper Fi". The cops mock him.

He's tasered (the taser captures video - the police haven't released it). He's shot with a bean-bag shotgun. One of the officers puts two bullets in his chest.

Now that I think about it, "weird" isn't quite the word.

The video I linked to isn't short, but it's very well done.

Edit: I was going to post this in Kraker's "Governor signs bill to allow citizens to resist police" because of his argument that such a law is going to get someone hurt or even killed. But self-conscious reason was never alive in that thread.

Cheers,


AetheLove

Do want those tapes.

Originally Posted by SmokenScion

Do want those tapes.

Yeah, I find it hard to believe a man that apparently had difficulties walking more than 40ft. withstood the tasers and charged the cops with a knife.

Originally Posted by Jambi

Yeah, I find it hard to believe a man that apparently had difficulties walking more than 40ft. withstood the tasers and charged the cops with a knife.

He WAS a marine. I understand they will never back down from any fight.

Originally Posted by SmokenScion

He WAS a marine. I understand they will never back down from any fight.

Just so no one steps on your nuts......Once a Marine, Always a Marine.

I'd love to see that Taser tape.

I don't know if the cops should or shouldn't have been there.....who knows, who cares? If the old man charged them with a knife....ventilate him. At no point is anyone justified to charge the cops with a knife. Even if he went insane, the cops need to defend themselves.

If that isn't what happened, why would the cops give a shit enough to throw their collective lives away? "Screw the wife, kids, house....let's spend the rest of our lives in prison as ex-cops getting assraped and beaten daily". Especially over some random old guy. Not saying they didn't, because they damn well could have, it's that part of the story that I have trouble believing. Sometimes people do make that decision, just not usually in groups of otherwise upstanding citizens (that we know of).

Either way, I bet that tape tells us more than some audio-only LifeLock recording. And either way, it has a pretty sad ending.

Was as in alive no more. Do you believe this was motivated by military bias?