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Tulsa officer shoots man dead after Taser 'mistake' - video
Arcana
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Footage shows a reserve police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shooting and killing a man after mistakenly firing his gun instead of his Taser.
http://www.channel4.com/news/tulsa-police-reserve-eric-harris-robert-bates-oklahoma
The officer is white, the deceased is black.
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The Taser is Yellow, the Gun is Black
Must obviously be a color blind cop. (Notice I use the US spelling
Remind me to never go anywhere near an American policeman.
But in the US 95 per cent of black men murdered are murdered by other black men - yet no one ever seems to discuss that or ask why. Only about 2 per cent by contrast are killed by police officers.
Maybe it's not too different to this country - we only seem to care about the deaths of young black men when they are murdered by a white person.
Alleged gun dealer. Justice requires a fair trial, not policemen acting as judge, jury and (literal) executioners. Too easy for them to make a case after the fact.
Police officers aren't supposed to be criminals.
Did the guy not deserve a fair trial to determine his guilt or innocence?
At the point he was shot, he'd already been caught and was on the ground.
If i were a policeman i'd go for gun every time.
What the hell is that response?
Since when the police are the jury, judge and executioner?
The restraint techniques used by Police are a bit dangerous. High risk of positional asphyxia and a wrongful death case levelled at you.
Don't forget one of them put a knee on the man's head after he had been shot & while he was restrained. Unbelievable.
Lot of amateurs in US law enforcement.
Why is the colour of the decased and officer always mentioned? Is this shooting racially motivated? If not, I don't see how the colour of those involved is relevant.
In cases like these there is always the implication in the media that this is yet again another racist white cop unjustly killing black suspects, even though there has not been any evidence shown of racism by the officer beforehand.
Why should only that be discussed? Should we discuss this fact also: 95 % of white people are murdered by other whites, and the same goes for other racial groups. Statistically, the majority of perpetrators target victims who are of the same ethnic group as them, and who are known to them.
If would be interesting to find out what percentage of those killed by the Police are African American.
Well, start by looking at these stats Andrew:
Race of Defendants Executed in the U.S. Since 1976:
BLACK 486 34%
LATINO 113 8%
WHITE 782 56%
OTHER 24 2%
Race of Victims Since 1976:
BLACK 312 15.2%
LATINO 141 6.6%
WHITE 1567 76.0%
OTHER 45 2.2%
Persons Executed for Interracial Murders in the U.S. Since 1976
White Defendant / Black Victim (31)
Black Defendant / White Victim (293)
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/race-death-row-inmates-executed-1976
Now Sunshine, when i see you posting threads about black on black or black on white crime i'll listen to you.