The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Cuthbert

Yeah OK. Walking off and going into his car as if he's going to get something sealed his fate. Bonkers behaviour.

Surrendering to a slave master in front of your children is “bonkers”. Blacks have been backed into a corner for 400 years. What are you supposed to do when there’s no safe passage and never has been?

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Surrendering to a slave master in front of your children is “bonkers”. Blacks have been backed into a corner for 400 years. What are you supposed to do when there’s no safe passage and never has been?

Complying with the police is not "surrendering to a slave master"

Unbelievable.

[SGR]

Originally Posted by Anteater

If it turns out he had a gun in his car, those cops are going to get off with a slap on the wrist. If it plays out any other way, there will be consequences for them.

Not sure what you mean by consequences. The defense case would simply be that the possibility existed that he was reaching for a gun and the police had no way to know, right?

Not to mention, there was an arrest warrant out for this guy. If police ran his plates before confronting him, they would've found out that there was a warrant out for his arrest and that he has a history of assaulting police.

[Frownland]

If you were forced to comply with everything I say on penalty of death, wouldn't you feel a bit like a slave?

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Cuthbert

Complying with the police is not "surrendering to a slave master"

Unbelievable.

Spend a few months in county lock up because you can’t make bail and then get blackmailed into pleading down insanely trumped up charges and start your two year stint in a state penitentiary then tell me how ****ing unbelievable it is.

[OccultHawk]

he has a history of assaulting police

Police code for attacking their nightsticks with your skull.

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

Not sure what you mean by consequences. The defense case would simply be that the possibility existed that he was reaching for a gun and the police had no way to know, right?

Not to mention, there was an arrest warrant out for this guy. If police ran his plates before confronting him, they would've found out that there was a warrant out for his arrest and that he has a history of assaulting police.

I think there could be legal and also other kinds of consequences for these officers. One thing to look at is the excessive force angle, another is the fact that the guy's kids were there in the car and therefore at risk of being hurt or even killed because the police decided to unload a gun in a tight space.

Jacob made some bad decisions. The officers didn't make good decisions to deal with Jacob's actions. Basically, 'Murica.

[Frownland]

The sick bastard broke the officer's knuckles with an expert headbutt!

[SGR]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Police code for attacking their nightsticks with your skull.

Originally Posted by Anteater

I think there could be legal and also other kinds of consequences for these officers. One thing to look at is the excessive force angle, another is the fact that the guy's kids were there in the car and therefore at risk of being hurt or even killed because the police decided to unload a gun in a tight space.

Jacob made some bad decisions. The officers didn't make good decisions to deal with Jacob's actions. Basically, 'Murica.

Yeah, it's possible prosecutors could take the excessive force angle and endangering the occupants of the vehicles. That might work. But the defense could also argue that if the police allowed Blake to enter his vehicle, he may have tried to escape in his car. With the kids present in the car, that would obviously present a danger to the kids and it would have presented a danger to others on the road.

I'm no lawyer or legal scholar, just spitballing here.

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by Frownland

If you were forced to comply with everything I say on penalty of death, wouldn't you feel a bit like a slave?

Complying with an arrest is slavery. Right