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Trump on WI police shooting: If you believe a gun was pointed at his head-what is a person supposed (Original Post) kpete Aug 2016 OP
Actually A Coherent Statement I Agree With SoCalMusicLover Aug 2016 #1
I would have agreed with you in the past, but auntpurl Aug 2016 #2
 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
1. Actually A Coherent Statement I Agree With
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 05:59 PM
Aug 2016

You will never find me defending the cops, especially when they gun down a 14 year old. But if someone truly possesses a weapon, and points it at police, or even brandishes one in a threatening manner, then cops have a right to defend themselves.

How can we hope to get rid of the scumbag cops, who shoot first and ask questions later, many times saying there was a gun, when there wasn't.....unless we admit that some people deserve to be shot and killed.

I'll hold my breath until seeing any video, but Trump is right, and automatically rioting to defend someone's death, when that death was justified, is not going to serve any useful purpose for the cause.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
2. I would have agreed with you in the past, but
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 06:06 PM
Aug 2016

I've been educated on this issue some. Take a peek in the AA forum here - there are loads of threads called "Cops successfully disarm a white person without killing them, part" whatever. I think it's up to 11 instances now, just since the DUer started keeping track.

Here's the forum:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1187

So why are there so many instances of white people pointing guns at officers and remaining alive, and so many instances of black people pointing guns at officers and getting killed?

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