A Colorado police officer who fatally shot a Black man holding what turned out to be a cellphone as police tried to arrest him will not be prosecuted.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    671·
    2 years ago

    And here I was totally thinking that there would be justice for a black man murdered by the cops this time for sure. For sure.

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
    391·
    2 years ago

    Even the text description in the article doesn’t sound close to the officers’ testimony. I can confidently say that I have never seen anyone take a cell phone out of their pocket, and thought they were pulling a gun.

          • NiHaDuncan@lemmy.world
            4·
            2 years ago

            I mean… just about everything that’s old-world, north of Africa, west of the Urals, and north/west of Istanbul is considered Europe.

            The extent of Europe is very broad, with even Iceland being considered a part of it; and it isn’t bound politically. For example, Denmark is considered to be in Europe but Greenland (a territory of Denmark) isn’t, but then again, the Faroe Islands (another territory of Denmark) is.

            You might be thinking more along the lines of the EU (European Union) which is the third iteration of the dominant political/economic entity in much of Europe, born in 1993 when it legally became a person. Where the EU actually reaches across the entire globe due to overseas regions, collectives, and municipalities.

  • The2b@lemmy.vgEnglish
    31·
    2 years ago

    Me: Claims to be fearing for my life

    Also me: Fires only a single shot

    You don’t fire once in a self defense scenario. He knew what he was doing.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 years ago

      Yep.

      When you fear for your life you keep firing. at least a few shots, if not emptying the entire mag.

      This was an assassination.

  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 years ago

    Cops are always hiding behind the same lame shield, “the officer fired in self defence”, “the suspect appeared to have a weapon”, “the officer fired when there was a credible threat to his life”…

    It’s all fucking bullshit. The officer fired because he was a big fucking pussy who was too afraid of black people to do his job, and instead killed an innocent he was supposed to protect.

    In war you have rules of engagement, generally it tends to include something like “don’t fire unless you’re fired upon”, as you don’t want to accidentally start a war. That seems like a sensible code to me, and I think it’s pretty crazy that we would say that to soldiers, but not police. A fighter pilot can track another aircraft, knowing full will that it is armed, and if they are not cleared to engage, they still manage to stand down every time. Perhaps police just need clearer rules. Don’t fire unless fired upon, or else it’s murder. That would be clear. Since apparently you can’t take the racist out of the cop, then we can at least take the decision making out of his hands.

    Firing because you see someone who might be armed… That’s just deportable, it’s criminally incompetent. I don’t care if you’re afraid for your life, if you were afraid for your life because you thought you saw a gun, quit the force. Today.