if youd notice

I included TWO questions , one of which was did he 'charge' the officers

and also an IF statement


these clearly show that I aknowledge a lack of full knowledge, and an opinion based upon IF a certain scenario is true,,,

And yet, you still posted a biased, hack article. Its ok...I know how that game is played, carry on

every article has 'bias',, no game there, just a need to be able to discern the 'facts' from the bias

I actually think in this internet age it should be a high school course cause so many have problems with this,,,,

the facts that concern me are,, the boy had a bat(which doesn't kill quite as quickly or instantly or from a distance as a GUN does), there was more than one officer, they would have all had guns as well as LESS LETHAL weapons,,, the boy and an innocent bystander are now dead

facts, no bias,,, and IF the facts end up that the boy merely having a bat was the cause of them so carelessly opening fire(obviously careless in the fact that innocents were around and they hit one)

then they needed better training,,,,


and IF he actually CHARGED them with the bat held in a threatening position,, than their shooting is justified


and no, just walking around with the bat and not being 'obedient' is not the same as being 'threatening'

every article has 'bias',, no game there, just a need to be able to discern the 'facts' from the bias

I actually think in this internet age it should be a high school course cause so many have problems with this,,,,

the facts that concern me are,, the boy had a bat(which doesn't kill quite as quickly or instantly or from a distance as a GUN does), there was more than one officer, they would have all had guns as well as LESS LETHAL weapons,,, the boy and an innocent bystander are now dead

facts, no bias,,, and IF the facts end up that the boy merely having a bat was the cause of them so carelessly opening fire(obviously careless in the fact that innocents were around and they hit one)

then they needed better training,,,,


and IF he actually CHARGED them with the bat held in a threatening position,, than their shooting is justified


and no, just walking around with the bat and not being 'obedient' is not the same as being 'threatening'

Iwouldn't expect you to have problems with
them

yeah, that would be akin to CHARGING WITH A BAT

that's actual ACTION with a weapon,, just HAVING one is a different story,, or else millions of gun owners in right to carry states would be up crap creek without a paddle next time they went on a stroll and raised their voice to someone or argued,,,

Oh....so only black folks. Thats what I figured this thread was about to begin with. Thanks for making it official

yea, throwing a rock at a police station should be a death warrant, with no trial or judge... or is it just the fact he wasn't black is the reason you just brush it aside?

I wouldn't expect you to have problems with them


but then you have no idea what black people 'actually go through'

being that I have a black son which I raised, and three black brothers,, the perceived 'threat' that being black seems to add to a situation,,,, concerns me a great deal

lol

That's odd. when I read the contents of the first post, I didn't see any mention of race.

Could it be that race isn't an issue in this particular case?

That's odd. when I read the contents of the first post, I didn't see any mention of race.

Could it be that race isn't an issue in this particular case?

The issue here is whether or not law officers had a less-lethal means to subdue a young man who was swinging a bat.

The issue here is whether or not law officers had a less-lethal means to subdue a young man who was swinging a bat.

wouldn't even made the news if the word "black" wasn't involved... when was the last time you saw "white" man got shot?

[Over the span of more than a decade, 2,151 whites died by being shot by police compared to 1,130 blacks]

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/21/michael-medved/talk-show-host-police-kill-more-whites-blacks/

The issue here is whether or not law officers had a less-lethal means to subdue a young man who was swinging a bat.