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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
Its pretty graphic. Its all over the news..so if you watch tonight..you're bound to see it..
Although the guy was on PCP...he shouldn't have died. if I'm an officer...and its between my life and the guy I'm trying to detain...i gotta choose me.
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This is my hometown so this situation has been personal to me for a long time. This sort of thing has been going on for years and it's past time for federal intervention into this department. A friend's cousin is head of the Sentinals (Cincy's black officers union); trust me there are issues w/ that department.
That said, this dude this week caused some of this himself. Toxicology reports said cocaine and PCP were in his system; that plays a part that's his fault. But why does it take six, fully weaponed, attired officers to put down an out-of-shape, apparently sickly dude? Shouldn't their hand-to-hand training allow them to shut him down before having him die. I mean, if he pulls a gun and you have to shoot him, ok. But a beatdown by 6? I had the same feeling watching the Rodney King tape. Why it take 20 to beat somebody down?
And none of this excuses the shooting an unarmed man (Tim Thomas/ April 2001) in the back as he was fleeing arrest from a bench warrant for failing to appear for traffic violations. That is what touched off the 2001 Riots. People, even those messing up their own lives with anti-social behavior, will only take so much isht before they respond.
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