We obviously need to ban anything that can kill. And that means everything.We should ban everything but muskets.
Well in the UK, after the police shoot (or other method/accident) someone dead (very, very rare, here). There is always an investigation, and it is done independently of the police. The results of the investigations, are usually made public (maybe not always and some things may be withheld).
That probably helps with the Police vs General Public relations.
We use to (a very long time ago) allow the police to investigate themselves. But learnt from experience that this method works very badly. Sometimes creating terrible injustices.
His death was one of the greatest American crimes of the past century.
A nutcase fueled by a media that in it's desperation for rating is actively engaged in dividing America around racial boundaries. I blame the media first and foremost.
Actually, this is Obamas opportunity to make a huge difference. As a black president, he is in unique position to influence how we move forward. I sincerely hope he finds the right words to calm this situation.
I understand the frustration but going to war with the police isnt going to make anyone safer.
So the media shouldnt talk about police killing black people? Thats the solution? No.
Did you notice how right wing nutjobs reacted to his speech in Dallas?
Stop thumping your chest in your grand display of virtue-signalling.
They DON'T have a right to this level of frustration, or anything close to it. They're killing cops over a problem that doesn't exist. There are some much smaller issues to deal with, but making up some huge bullshit and killing over that is not only NOT helping, it's making the problem far, far worse.
You're supporting the falsehood. Don't.
That's a very good point.
But one of the problems is, that a news outlet may go on and on about a particular police shooting, making out that the police were to blame. Even though the evidence/investigation has not occurred yet. I.e. The details have not been released, which explains what happened, and why that police officer was just defending himself etc.
Which then can fuel tensions in the community, and (apparently) cause these terrible outrages. Such as the recent one, in Dallas.
No, they shouldn't be furthering propaganda, false eyewitness statements and pr fuckery from these families. And they should be exposing the lies, contradictions, and evidence that sterling had priors, castile may not be squeeky clean, that cop on black killings are actually not racist, and not that common, and they should also focus on ongoing violence in urban areas.So the media shouldnt talk about police killing black people? Thats the solution? No.
The one where he said teens can get Glocks easier than books or computers?
If he'd cool it with the rhetoric and his agenda he refuses to peruse, he'd get a lot farther with his cause. And when exactly did he lose his balls? He has the power to write executive orders.
An executive order... to do what, exactly?
Exactly. The media is intensely interested whenever a cop kills a black man. They are completely DISINTERESTED when a cop kills a white man. The average American ASSUMES based on the media's histrionics that police kill black people far more often than white people. If one looks at the objective data, it can be seen that white people are killed more often than black people by the police. It is tantamount to lying for ratings. They love adding fuel to fires, it puts money in their pockets.
Maybe restrictions on reporting about such incidents, need to be in place, so that they can say "XYZ was shot by the police and unfortunately died in hospital, in XYZ. Police are investigating".
"Sorry but we can't report any more about this incident, until after the official investigation is finish and any court cases are finished".
On the other hand, we need freedom of the press.
But we can't have it whereby a policeman doing his job, shoots someone dead. Rightly or wrongly.
Then next week, someone shoots dead 4 policemen, apparently because of that shooting a few days ago.
So... what we know for sure is that a nutcase armed with an "assault rifle" opened fire & killed Baton Rouge cops. The rest is speculative projection of the bullshit variety.
So the media shouldnt talk about police killing black people? Thats the solution? No.
Yea it can't be executive order it has to be through rhetoric. It is a herculean task but Obama is our best hope in this incidence. He can make all the difference in the world.
A nutcase fueled by a media that in it's desperation for rating is actively engaged in dividing America around racial boundaries. I blame the media first and foremost.
Yea it can't be executive order it has to be through rhetoric. It is a herculean task but Obama is our best hope in this incidence. He can make all the difference in the world.
It's not just the media. Look at what Mark Dayton did. The Castile's girlfriend goes on TV and claims nobody was giving CPR, nobody was helping, they detained her all night...etc. ALL LIES and Dayton, publicly, lashed out at the police for them without even knowing what happened. He claimed if it had been a white person they'd be alive. He didn't even know what happened.
they should talk about it proportionality. But black people getting killed by cops is now covered just like white girls kidnapped.
The lmsm fanned these flames, liberals should own the division they are helping spread throughout the country.
BLMs - only caring when a white cop kills a black person. Media now only cares when a white cop kills a black person.
Reality, as a black person you are hundreds of times more likely to be killed by another black person then a cop.
But that's boring news.
I just saw on tv the other day where two presidents, a vice president and numerous other important people spoke about the deaths of white police officers for several hours.
I guess you missed that part, maybe it was too boring for you.
On the other hand, we need freedom of the press.