Kosher Ham Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Titan, you saw I lost it for a second...let's try and figure a way to deal with this... Kosh, I got you man. Roll the tape... Pitiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebreaker Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 2 hours ago, Fresh8686 said: http://www.theroot.com/marilyn-mosby-treated-baltimore-cops-like-cops-treat-ev-1796440519?utm_source=recirculation&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=tuesdayPM I've heard so many different things about Mosby, opinions ranging from she intentionally overcharged the officers so they could get off or she was biased and did too much trying to find them guilty. But universally, the consensus is she ran a subpar investigation. There were witnesses who weren't spoken to, evidence not used, and she was a disaster in court. It's unfortunate that Gray won't get any justice because she was out of her depth and rushed to charge the officers without getting all the facts first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebreaker Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) Don't know if this has ever been posted here, but..... I did think her sentencing was extremely light. Edited June 28, 2017 by Gamebreaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 How many people were killed in SLC by police before 2015? (did a quick search but I couldn't find the answer, which I assumed would be the next statistic given.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 From Nov '14 Police Shootings Are Second Most Common Homicide in Utah, Report Says http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/police-shootings-are-second-most-common-homicide-utah-report-says-n255261 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) Quote The Washington Post began tracking all fatal shootings by on-duty police in 2015 in the aftermath of the 2014 shooting in Ferguson, Mo., of Michael Brown, who was unarmed and had an altercation with the officer who shot him. The ongoing Post project has documented twice as many shootings by police in 2015 and 2016 as ever recorded in a single year by the FBI’s tracking of such shootings, a pattern that is emerging again in 2017. Since Brown’s killing in Ferguson, other fatal shootings by police, many captured on video, have fueled protests and calls for reform. Some police chiefs have taken steps in their departments to reduce the number of fatal encounters, yet the overall numbers remain unchanged. Academics who study shootings give weight to The Post’s accounting. “These numbers show us that officer-involved shootings are constant over time,” said Geoffrey Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina who has studied police use of force. “Some places go up, some go down, but its averaging out. This is our society in the 21st century.” As in previous years, the data gathered by The Post showed that police most frequently killed white males who were armed with guns or other kinds of weapons. One in four people killed this year were mentally ill. And police have continued to shoot and kill a disproportionately large number of black males, who account for nearly a quarter of the deaths, yet are only 6 percent of the nation’s population. This year, fatal shootings of unarmed people have declined, continuing a trend over the past two years. In the first six months of this year, 27 unarmed people had been fatally shot, compared with 34 for the same period in 2016 and 50 in the first six months of 2015. Black males continued to represent a disproportionately large share of unarmed people killed, although their share has dropped slightly: from 32 percent of all unarmed killings during the first six months of last year to 26 percent so far this year. Edited July 1, 2017 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Quote A former Oklahoma police officer who said he was trying to protect his daughter when he fatally shot her black boyfriend in 2014 is on trial for the third time in seven months, after jurors in previous trials couldn’t decide whether he was guilty of murder. Experts say Shannon Kepler’s case illustrates a broad unwillingness to convict police officers, particularly in cases involving fatal shootings — and even when the lines between officer and civilian are blurred. Kepler was off duty when he shot 19-year-old Jeremey Lake in August 2014. Lake was walking with Kepler’s daughter when Kepler approached them near the home of Lake’s aunt. Kepler later claimed Lake was armed and that he was acting in self-defense, but police didn’t find a weapon on Lake or at the scene. While one jury found the 57-year-old former Tulsa police officer guilty of recklessly using a firearm, it was unable to agree on whether that crime led to the far more serious conviction of first-degree murder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 On 6/29/2017 at 8:09 AM, LD0506 said: From Nov '14 Police Shootings Are Second Most Common Homicide in Utah, Report Says http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/police-shootings-are-second-most-common-homicide-utah-report-says-n255261 probably have a low homicide crime rate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 (edited) On 6/29/2017 at 6:27 AM, LD0506 said: when was thishttp://www.good4utah.com/news/local-wasatch-front-/salt-lake-city-police-officer-cleared-in-shooting-death/205553453 add ah, 2014 just cause they survived being shot makes it good http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-wasatch-front-/salt-lake-city-police-officer-cleared-in-shooting-death/205553453 Edited July 2, 2017 by twa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 (edited) Edited July 6, 2017 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebreaker Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Who the hell robs a stripper? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BornaSkinsFan83 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 West Coast, East Coast, Middle Coast Btw watched Dog Day Afternoon yesterday. Anyone thinking the police haven't long been detested in this country and this is somehow something new should probably watch it (again). Plus it's a great movie anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozo the kKklown Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 On 7/7/2017 at 9:28 PM, visionary said: This one is objectively cold blooded murder, except to 6 jurors in Tulsa. Lisa Kepler testified she and Lake had walked to a nearby underpass to give water and food to the homeless people who slept there and saw the SUV parked in front of Lake’s house when they returned. She said her father rolled down the window and asked her what she was doing there, and she told Lake she wanted to walk back to the house. She said when she turned her back to go back to the house, she heard several gunshots and then saw Lake lying on the ground as the SUV drove off. Kepler told investigators he was acting in self-defense because Lake was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, but police didn't find a weapon on Lake or at the scene. Lake's aunt said her nephew was reaching out to shake Kepler's hand to introduce himself when Kepler fired. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 that story sounds atrocious.... it also doesn;t sound very police related (he was off duty, and not functioning in any way as a policeman at the time of the crime) but yeah.... IT SOUNDS like somebody on the jury just refuses to convict a white man for shooting a black man who has the audacity to date his white daughter. I am sure it would've been nearly impossible to convict on such a crime in the 50s ... we would hope that it would no longer be the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebreaker Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) Did he shoot him with his service weapon? Furhermore, being a police officer is about your character. At least it should be. You can't protect and serve the community when you are hostile to a segment of that community. We have football players getting cut for domestic violence, but somehow the line is drawn for an officer who appears to have committed homicide off-duty. It really shouldn't matter. Edited July 12, 2017 by Gamebreaker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) Edited July 13, 2017 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytoAli Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 4 hours ago, visionary said: From the article: “You can exceed the speed limit, but you always have to do so with regard to others,” Putney said. “This is a pretty stiff penalty to pay for such a mistake, but it’s the right thing to do.” A life was lost, so the penalty should be harsh because of his recklessness. If he wasn't a cop and hit a cop...I wonder how they'ed view it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytoAli Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) Here's a situation that could have gone terribly wrong for the cops if they were some of the foolish ones in the news. Start at mark .40 sec. Once she identified herself, calmness ensued. Edited July 13, 2017 by ClaytoAli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/07/10/police-say-they-shot-two-dogs-who-charged-at-an-officer-then-the-homeowner-posted-her-video/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na-amp&utm_term=.6757ceea34b1 Police say they shot two dogs who ‘charged’ at an officer. Then the homeowner posted her video. The worst part - these were therapy dogs for anxiety disorder children... who watched them get shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llevron Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 They wonder why people see them as the bad guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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