What’s so freaking funny is you’re trying to explain the inner workings of LE to a guy that teaches and has worked in LE for probably 2/3 of his life! I can’t quit laughing. Most of the posters on here know tvc184 for what he is. You started out your post “Sorry, my uninformed friend” - instead you should have said, “I’m sorry my uniformed friend...”. Too freakin hilarious. He and everyone else is laughing in your face.
Look, read my posts on this topic. I have not said much more than that kid did not deserve to die; however, what someone did 3 years ago DOES have a bearing on what happened.
So here’s what’s funny. The “white” side is trying to explain to the “black” side how everything is so much better and that the blacks should be more content with the status quo. Meanwhile, the blacks are trying to tell the white folk that they feel like they just got off a slave ship yesterday and are serving a life of fear and hell on earth. The reality is that NEITHER side truly sees what each other sees or experiences. The truth is usually somewhere in the middle. If we could all admit that there are issues on BOTH sides of the spectrum instead of just pointing fingers, then we would have a better chance of finding common ground.
What a stupid and racist comment. That’s like saying black males are murderous thieving bastard making people that usually end up in jail just because they lead the stats in all 4 of those categories.
Unless you are the parents charging the young black man and not the older young white man then you don’t know exactly why they made that choice. Could be racial. Could be because the white kid has a family with money, could be because the white kid is better to the girl, could be because a number of things that you don’t know because you have limited knowledge.
Exactly my point. Even further, why did you bring a gun? Like I said, if I’m breaking out my weapon, it’s to cause great bodily harm or death. I don’t aim at the knees when I’m at the practice range. Center mass shots with intent to stop my target.
Careful. I never pushed the “he was out for a jog narrative”. I said he was jogging down the road...implying he couldn’t have stolen much more than a door knob or a tape measure if he was immediately after jogging down the road after leaving a construction site. If you want to know the narrative I’m pushing it’s this:
If you plan on killing some poor bastard that may or may not have stolen a gun out of a neighbor’s truck a month or so ago, you’re a friggin murderer. Whether the law is on your side or not...