murder – BettSplendens Tumblr Evac

vigilantsycamore:

lunarian-anarchist:

youre-a-fucking-human-being:

analog-anarchist:

thefreethoughtprojectcom:

A cop killed an unarmed boy in front of his family in a courtroom and a grand jury ruled that his use of deadly force was reasonable.

#PoliceThePolice
Story/Video: https://bit.ly/2CNvSEz

IM SORRY WHAT

So the cop lost his temper and started beating up this kids mom. The kid intervened and the cop pinned him to the ground. While he was already pinned to the ground and not fighting, the cop shot him point blank. And the jury ruled that a reasonable use of lethal force. Am I reading this right? Who are these bootlicking pieces of shit they keep getting for these juries?

From the article

—————————

Following the shooting, the Fraternal Order of Police issued a statement in support of their police officer. Executive Vice President Keith Ferrell said:

“Whenever somebody attacks an officer, there’s always a
weapon involved, always because the officer is always armed…There’s
always likelihood, the probability, that that person could get your
weapon, incapacitate you with a non-lethal weapon, and then get your
sidearm. We’re trained, absolutely that you can’t allow that to
happen…It was very clear to me, and in my experiences, that he was
attacked and this was a fight for his life at some point.”

Same tired old “he feared for his life” bullshit argument from cops. Sounds like cops are a bunch of trigger happy cowards.

So let me get this straight, it’s possible to get fired for flipping off Trump but a cop can shoot a fucking child in the face in front of that child’s mother and the cop’s bosses will say that it was self-defence?

This is literally the kind of thing that happens in dictatorships. This piece of shit murdered an unarmed child in a courtroom and he’s being portrayed as the victim? He should be branded as the murderer that he is on every media outlet, not coddled.

Especially since if cops see that they can be this brazen about committing murder and get away with it, they’ll use lethal force even more readily than they already are. So many cops are already basically fascists and/or serial killers, and this is just going to make the situation worse.