US Police Shoot Unarmed Man With His Hands Up

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http://news.sky.com/story/police-shoot-unarmed-man...

Why on earth did they shoot this chap ?

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Laying on his back with his arms in air , and they still shot him...

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Jimbeaux said:

Guys, there are tens of thousands of cops here. Hundreds of thousands of daily interactions. Do you not realize that the action of a miniscule few idiots/bad cops are being highlighted under the media mantra of "if it bleeds it leads"? Come on, put the numbers into perspective, honestly.

Load of cobblers , you have lots of police stating there are serious issues ( give that a whirl - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040v890 ) for a start.

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Jimbeaux said:

Sheepshanks said:

FredClogs said:

I'm watching the doc about the cop watchers in new York, "NYPD, Biggest Gang In New York?" It's on the iPlayer, pretty shocking.

I'm sure I read that most NY cops will never even draw their weapon during their career, much less fire it.

If that's true, then presumably the average must be even lower for the whole US.

That is a very true statement sir.

Well seeing as theres 50k ( total staff and assume all armed ) of them and something around 1 in 700 shoot a person each year , thats a fair amount. I think drawing their weapon never ever ... is a bit of a lie , because when i see videos of 20+ cops on one chap.. they all have weapons drawn and pointed etc .

http://abc7ny.com/news/exclusive-off-duty-officer-...

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R E S T E C P said:

Pesty said:

Lucas CAV said:

Forgive my ignorance but why can you not cross a road in the USA?

J walking.

Many European countries have the same thing, ever noticed you are the only one crossing in Europe? I've been told off on the mainland. Can't remember which country possibly Austria or Germany,

I was shouted at by a lady in Germany for crossing while the red man was lit. My German's not good but I understood enough - I was setting a bad example to her child, apparently!

It was a small and absolutely silent, empty road in a small quiet village, you would see/hear a car from miles away and we were standing there for no reason whatsoever.
To be fair - I do agree with her and I felt guilty. Her 4 year old can't evaluate safety, he sees adults crossing on red so he will too.

Maybe we're simply a bit smarter in the UK ? , makes you wonder..

The whole Jaywalk comedy is new to me , the land of the mong just dropped another IQ point or two/2/to/too//tooo

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Jimbeaux said:

superkartracer said:

R E S T E C P said:

Pesty said:

Lucas CAV said:

Forgive my ignorance but why can you not cross a road in the USA?

J walking.

Many European countries have the same thing, ever noticed you are the only one crossing in Europe? I've been told off on the mainland. Can't remember which country possibly Austria or Germany,

I was shouted at by a lady in Germany for crossing while the red man was lit. My German's not good but I understood enough - I was setting a bad example to her child, apparently!

It was a small and absolutely silent, empty road in a small quiet village, you would see/hear a car from miles away and we were standing there for no reason whatsoever.
To be fair - I do agree with her and I felt guilty. Her 4 year old can't evaluate safety, he sees adults crossing on red so he will too.

Maybe we're simply a bit smarter in the UK ? , makes you wonder..

The whole Jaywalk comedy is new to me , the land of the mong just dropped another IQ point or two/2/to/too//tooo

Did you miss the J Walking post about Germany? I suppose so.

Yeah but .. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/shocking-f...

Thing is Jim.. you lot are happy to let the populous purchase hard-core weapons yet don't trust them to cross the road ( i trust my 7 year old with this simple task ) .

Edited by superkartracer on Friday 22 July 17:25

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SystemParanoia said:

Sheepshanks said:

Seems if they don't shoot the black guy they get sacked: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/police-officer-s...

what the actual fk ?!

sthole .