12-26-2014, 04:51 PM
(12-26-2014, 01:26 PM)SIXFOOTERsez Wrote: The dead assholes almost always have family 2nd guessing the cops that shot them. Doesn't seem to matter how many violent crimes, how many witnesses or dead bodies, its always "Leeroy was such a good boy, he was just going to sunday school and the police shot him"
Sometimes true.The people who get shot in confrontations with cops, while armed and in the commission of crimes, are assholes by default who generally have family members and friends painting them as saints. I agree. Those aren't the circumstances surrounding the killings widely being protested now though.
But, I do see a possible trend developing towards every black person who's shot by a cop being hailed as an example of police brutality, which is a highly inaccurate generalization, IMO.
Anyway, your "Leeroy" reference reminded me of this story I saw the other day. Dumbass retired LAPD played this parody of "Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown" at an Elk's Lodge dinner. It's called "Dead, Dead, Michael Brown". The recording went viral.
In response: "I am aware of the video released via TMZ. Like many of you, I find it offensive & absurd. It does not reflect the values of the #LAPD," Chief Charlie Beck wrote. "I have directed our Professional Standards Bureau to look into this & determine if any active department employees were involved."
Worse, a Baltimore FOX (again) affiliate aired a report about protestors chanting "kill a cop" in a story titiled: "Sharpton's 'Go Kill a Cop March in DC' ". Sharpton, as much as I generally dislike the man, continues to repeatedly condemn violence every time I see and hear him speak.
So, what was really said at that march? The actual chant went “We won’t stop, we can’t stop, ’til killer cops are in cell blocks,” according to C-SPAN footage. The protestor who was chanting it has a brother who was killed while in police custody last year. She holds weekly prayer and justice rallies and told the Fox station when they issued their apology that she would never want to see cops killed -- she and her family and her community need cops -- she only wants to see the criminal cops prosecuted. Story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/23...72468.html & http://newsone.com/3078948/fox-station-a...ant-video/
Lotta bullshit being tossed around...