The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. dr king
I think the question should be is a cop live more valuable than mine or yours.was he shot because he killed an other human or because he killed a cop.
I am not bashing the police for doing a thankless job, the bible call them ministers and I am thankfull someone is willing to do the job however I am not excusing them for a wrong.
shoting an armed killer is not wrong but shoting him 98 times that is overkill.
If he was a white armed killer what are the odds of him being shot 98 times.
It's why a recent study at Washington University in St. Louis found that the mere presence of dark skin increases the probability that an object (perhaps in the person's hand) will be misperceived as a weapon.
13-year police veteran, Sgt. Mark Nelson, distraught over being dumped by the female officer he'd been dating, went to the apartment of her new boyfriend (also a cop), while both were inside. He attempted to gain entry, fired bullets randomly into the air, and when police arrived, proceeded to shoot at three officers and put bullet holes in their vehicles. He then threatened to shoot down a news helicopter, and held an entire neighborhood essentially hostage for four hours: all down the road from an elementary school that was letting out for the day.Now imagine that this overwrought, bullet-spraying individual had been a civilian -- especially a young black man. How long do you think it would have taken for police on the scene to drop him in a hail of bullets? In a nation where black men are shot dozens of times for brandishing wallets and cell phones, it doesn't take a genius to guess that the time needed to "resolve" the situation would have been well short of 240 minutes.
But in Nelson's case, his fellow officers insisted that he posed "no real threat" to them or the general public. After calm and rational negotiation, he laid down his weapon and was taken into custody.
why was Amado Diallo shot 41 times by NYPD, he was unarm
and I remember there was a lot of you guys blaming him
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Mayor Giuliani, hideously praised the “restraint” of the New York Police. I guess that was for not shooting him 42 times.
where was the outrage
On August 9 Abner Louima, an immigrant from Haiti, was set upon by cops outside a Haitian nightclub in Brooklyn. He was handcuffed and thrown into a squad car. On the way to the 70th precinct station, cops beat Louima with their radios and fists. At the police station, the cops pulled Louima's pants down, took him into the bathroom, and sodomized the cuffed man with the wooden handle of a toilet plunger. The cops shoved the plunger, covered with blood and feces, into Louima's mouth.
once again where was the outrage
white Americans wonder why their black and brown counterparts question the fundamental fairness of our criminal justice system? But why ask why? The answers become more and more plain every day. They are as latant as the daily headlines. And it takes a special kind of color-blindness not to notice them.
I think roosevelt said it best "No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it.""Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor."
what I am reading from alot of your post most of you are willing to accept Vigilante Justice. does a guilty man deserve a trial by his peers or should cop killers just be lynched .
Quote from Friedrich Nietzsche "Distrust everyone in whom the impulse to punish is powerful."
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood
. dr king