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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:44 AM Aug 2014

Cops Gun Down Headphones-Wearing Utah Man Because He Wouldn’t Comply With Orders

Police shot and killed a 20-year-old Monday who was wanted for probation violation, but the man’s brother said he was wearing headphones and could not hear officers’ orders.

Officers were called about 7 p.m. to a 7-Eleven store in Salt Lake City after witnesses reported a man waving a gun around.

Dillon Taylor was walking out of the convenience store with his brother and cousin when officers arrived, and police said Taylor matched a description of the suspect.

Three officers said they ordered Taylor to reveal his hands, but they said he ignored their commands and was “visibly upset.”

Taylor was then shot by police and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/15/cops-gun-down-headphones-wearing-utah-man-because-he-wouldnt-comply-with-orders/

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Cops Gun Down Headphones-Wearing Utah Man Because He Wouldn’t Comply With Orders (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2014 OP

If this shit of cops executing citizens keeps up, IronGate Aug 2014 #1

Seriously, it will be war, and it won't be pretty. Initech Aug 2014 #8

White kid killed. Now cops can say, "See? We don't just kill black kids." nt valerief Aug 2014 #2

Was he a poor white kid or a rich white kid? sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #3

Oh, I'd bet my life he wasn't a rich kid. That's impossible to imagine valerief Aug 2014 #4

Equal Oppertunity Muderous Bastards FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #5

"Visibly upset", but the could the cop see a gun??????? dickthegrouch Aug 2014 #6

This happens all the time. ZX86 Aug 2014 #7

I was riding in a car with the radio so loud that we did not hear the sirens when a police car was jwirr Aug 2014 #9

IronGate

(2,186 posts)

1. If this shit of cops executing citizens keeps up,

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:47 AM

Aug 2014

I see a wholesale, violent backlash against the country's police forces coming, and the police will lose in the end.

Initech

(100,100 posts)

8. Seriously, it will be war, and it won't be pretty.

Reply to IronGate (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 01:53 PM

Aug 2014

We need to stop this bullshit now!

valerief

(53,235 posts)

2. White kid killed. Now cops can say, "See? We don't just kill black kids." nt

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 12:08 PM

Aug 2014

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

3. Was he a poor white kid or a rich white kid?

Reply to valerief (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 12:23 PM

Aug 2014

valerief

(53,235 posts)

4. Oh, I'd bet my life he wasn't a rich kid. That's impossible to imagine

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 12:25 PM

Aug 2014

in America.

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)

5. Equal Oppertunity Muderous Bastards

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 12:40 PM

Aug 2014

dickthegrouch

(3,184 posts)

6. "Visibly upset", but the could the cop see a gun???????

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 01:24 PM

Aug 2014

There is no excuse to murder unless the guy was actually threatening.

Upset != threatening

ZX86

(1,428 posts)

7. This happens all the time.

Reply to dickthegrouch (Reply #6)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 01:50 PM

Aug 2014

Refusal to follow cops orders whether legal or not gives them the right to beat and/or kill you. Doesn't matter if you're deaf, mentally disabled, confused, incapacitated, or just being a jerk.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

9. I was riding in a car with the radio so loud that we did not hear the sirens when a police car was