ChicagoBlue
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Karen,They had every opportunity to tasar him rather than shoot him,there were three small children in the car,black men cant win,comply you get murdered in the street,walk away you get murdered in the street
There are multiple problems with what you have said, but I think you already know that all your have done us spout platitudes.
If you want to seriously discuss this issue, no problem. This isn’t that.
One witness, who did not want his name used but said he had an unobstructed view of the events leading to the shooting, said Blake pushed past police and that’s when they struck him with Tasers.
“He didn’t even flinch,” the witness said. “He just kept walking.”
Blake tried to climb into his car. That’s when a police officer grabbed him, the witness said.
“They start to wrestle,” the witness said.
“The officer is punching on him. Two officers come to assist. They get him down on the curb behind his vehicle. Somehow he manages to get up. They said he has a knife. All of the officers pull out their guns. ...
(One of the officers) tells him, ‘Get out of the car!’ and he starts shooting.”
So, non-compliance, Taser, no effect, continued non-compliance, both physically and verbally, fighting with officers, get him on the ground, he gets up, continued non-compliance, they call out that he has a deadly weapon, cops draw weapons, continued non-compliance, walks around the front of the vehicle, continued non-compliance, opens the car door, continued non-compliance, bends down to reach into drivers side of car while cop tries to pull him out by his shirt, cop shoots him to neutralize the continued threat created by repeated non-compliance.
I’ll give you ONE GUESS how this could have ended without anyone being shot....
...begins with “C” ends in “ompliance at any time before he went back to his car and reached into the vehicle with hands completely out of view of the police, after fighting, being tased, and the call of a knife.
At which point do you think it might have been reasonable for HIM to de-escalate?
Let’s find out what REALLY happened, not just the no audio video clip.
Like George Floyd, who was passing a bad check, got caught, was handcuffed, but refused to get in the Police SUV because he didn’t want to go back to prison. So, he fought with FOUR police offers while handcuffed, which is how he ended up on the ground by the side of the SUV.
ALL OF THAT was his fault. ALL OF IT!
From there, the cop killed him, and in my opinion should be charged with either second or third degree murder.
But, the entire incident should never have got to the point of Floyd being on the ground in the first place. HE DID THAT. Convicted felon committing another crime, which is now lost in the sound and fury.