F. The police weren't driving drunk and to be honest I think our boys in blue deserve more f#cking respect son.Don’t drive drunk?
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F. The police weren't driving drunk and to be honest I think our boys in blue deserve more f#cking respect son.Don’t drive drunk?
Incorrect. Arrest would have been an acceptable response. This is harder for some of y'all than I suspected...So we're no longer going to arrest convicted felons who drive drunk and violate the terms of their probation?
Oh, I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer. Unless you're aware of some sort of mind control chip or something... none of those are ways the police could have handled this situation better. Huh, millions of correct answers and still a good portion of you are f*cking this up completely.Sure. Don’t fight cops, don’t steal cops weapon, don’t fire weapon at cops. Don’t resist arrest, don’t drive drunk, don’t pass out in the car. Any of those things and he’s still alive today.
Should have been easy but we just seem to have some members of society that struggle with resisting arrest and then hate the repercussions of their stupid action. Sorry, don't be an idiot, and you won't end up dead.Incorrect. Arrest would have been an acceptable response. This is harder for some of y'all than I suspected...
Not even an attempt? I'm starting to understand exactly what's wrong with society all of a sudden. It appears that a good portion of you think this is the exact result we should be striving for and asking from our police force. Hmm... I fear that when people learn about this, there might be rioting, looting, and violence.Should have been easy but we just seem to have some members of society that struggle with resisting arrest and then hate the repercussions of their stupid action. Sorry, don't be an idiot, and you won't end up dead.
You realize you are an idiot daily?Should have been easy but we just seem to have some members of society that struggle with resisting arrest and then hate the repercussions of their stupid action. Sorry, don't be an idiot, and you won't end up dead.
No. They are, or should be, trained to use deadly force as an absolute last resort. He took at least four steps after Brooks discharged the Taser before he fired his gun. Slow motion or not, that would be enough time for anyone to determine that the fleeing suspect no longer presented a threat. At that point, Rolfe became a bigger threat to safety than Brooks EVER was all the way back to the original 911 call. Proof - he fired a round into a car with three innocent people in it.Is that not what they are trained to do
No. They are, or should be, trained to use deadly force as an absolute last resort. He took at least four steps after Brooks discharged the Taser before he fired his gun. Slow motion or not, that would be enough time for anyone to determine that the fleeing suspect no longer presented a threat. At that point, Rolfe became a bigger threat to safety than Brooks EVER was all the way back to the original 911 call. Proof - he fired a round into a car with three innocent people in it.
No, but your mom is his bitch.is your dad your uncle?
I’m starting to understand what’s wrong with your thinking too, pops. When you said:Not even an attempt? I'm starting to understand exactly what's wrong with society all of a sudden. It appears that a good portion of you think this is the exact result we should be striving for and asking from our police force. Hmm... I fear that when people learn about this, there might be rioting, looting, and violence.
There's a whole lot he could have done differently. Not one of his mistakes killed anybody.I’m starting to understand what’s wrong with your thinking too, pops. When you said:
Anyone else have an idea for a better course of action than what occurred?
You actually only meant what the police could do different, not anything Mr. Brooks could have done different.
There's a whole lot he could have done differently. Not one of his mistakes killed anybody.
No, two bullets unnecessarily fired from the gun of a policeman killed him. Or, I suppose, we could say the decision of his parents to have a child killed him if you want to play an idiotic infinite regression game.But in sum total, in sequence, they all killed him.
That's quite frankly a poorly argued position. And attempts at misdirection to make a poor point look relevant.No, two bullets unnecessarily fired from the gun of a policeman killed him. Or, I suppose, we could say the decision of his parents to have a child killed him if you want to play an idiotic infinite regression game.
And if the LEO doesn't pull his weapon and fire it at a disarmed fleeing suspect in contravention of department policy, we wouldn't be here. How's that for a summary?That's quite frankly a poorly argued position. And attempts at misdirection to make a poor point look relevant.
His being born didnt get him shot. The events that started so innocently and peacefully were escalated by the subject and the subject alone and if any one of them had taken a different fork in tho road, by the subject, he'd be alive.
Dont resist cuffs.
Dont take officers to the ground.
Dont assault an officer.
Dont take his taser.
Dont flee.
Dont turn and shoot the taser at the LOE.
Stop at any one of those and we wouldn't be here. This wasn't racism. This was an ex con not wanting to be arrested for his minor actions that escalated and culminated in his death. See @Old_wrestling_fan post above that summarizes it nicely as well.
The fact he had a taser and pointed it is in itself a felony.It was two vs. 1 and the dude pointed a taser. I don’t think that deserve a death sentence
And if the LEO doesn't pull his weapon and fire it at a disarmed fleeing suspect in contravention of department policy, we wouldn't be here. How's that for a summary?
Another Democratic City that will burn.Atlanta mayor on CNN says there should have been a different outcome, but says nothing holding Brooks accountable for any of it. All on the police.
The fact he had a taser and pointed it is in itself a felony.
Oh...ok...so those saying that had he simply complied he's still be alive are wrong as well. All we can know is where we are. I'll let you tell them.No you have exactly NO idea where we would be if he hadnt. Do you? All we can know is where we are.
Oh...ok...so those saying that had he simply complied he's still be alive are wrong as well. All we can know is where we are. I'll let you tell them.
Don’t bother trying to explain anything to this person. Some people don’t understand personal responsibility usually it’s liberals.Right. I agree. All we know is what happened. Not what might have.
Do you think he'd be dead today if he complied? If you can tell me that the officer had a history of complaints and of police brutality Id see your point.
Both were behaving rationally at one point. Who seems like the one more likely to erratically behave? The intoxicated one with a criminal record fixing, apparently, to go back to jail, or the LEO?
Comical. To you all "personal responsibility" seems only to mean something when minorities get killed. When it's doing things that inconvenience you suddenly it's live free or die.Don’t bother trying to explain anything to this person. Some people don’t understand personal responsibility usually it’s liberals.
Hey dipshit go wrestle a tazer away from a cop tonight and see what happens. If you are too stupid to not expect to die someone did a damn poor job of raising you.Comical. To you all "personal responsibility" seems only to mean something when minorities get killed. When it's doing things that inconvenience you suddenly it's live free or die.
Tarheelbybirth can you please tell us what should have happened that night at Wendy's, step by step.Oh...ok...so those saying that had he simply complied he's still be alive are wrong as well. All we can know is where we are. I'll let you tell them.
I fully understand personal responsibility. I understand fully that Brooks was wrong. You seem to think personal responsibility only applies one way - usually it's conservatives. Not only did Officer Rolfe have a personal responsibility - he had a professional responsibility.Don’t bother trying to explain anything to this person. Some people don’t understand personal responsibility usually it’s liberals.
Guy's passed out in his car. Dispatch EMT's. Call to have his car towed. Get him to a hospital or get him home. Problem solved. Didn't take too many steps, did it?Tarheelbybirth can you please tell us what should have happened that night at Wendy's, step by step.
Right. I agree. All we know is what happened. Not what might have.
Do you think he'd be dead today if he complied? If you can tell me that the officer had a history of complaints and of police brutality Id see your point.
Both were behaving rationally at one point. Who seems like the one more likely to erratically behave? The intoxicated one with a criminal record fixing, apparently, to go back to jail, or the LEO?
Hey dipshit go wrestle a tazer away from a cop tonight and see what happens. If you are too stupid to not expect to die someone did a damn poor job of raising you.
Tarheelbybirth can you please tell us what should have happened that night at Wendy's, step by step.
Guy's passed out in his car. Dispatch EMT's. Call to have his car towed. Get him to a hospital or get him home. Problem solved. Didn't take too many steps, did it?
Day two - He's alive and two cops still have jobs.
Probably shouldn't arrest someone who as barely at the breathalyzer limit and passed three other tests and only sitting in his care at a drive in.
Just at the limit? He was 35% above the limit.I wonder what would have happened if the cops that night would have come across an off duty Atlanta cop sleeping in his car at a fast food place. Would they give him tests? If he was cordial and cooperating and passed three of them, and just at the limit with the breathalyzer, would they put him in cuffs?
Just at the limit? He was 35% above the limit.
I don't know if they would have arrested this hypothetical off-duty cop. Is this hypothetical off-duty cop a convicted felon on probation after having part of his sentence suspended following a conviction for false imprisonment, battery, and cruelty to a child?
Are you seriously questioning whether they were justified in trying to arrest Brooks?
Guy's passed out in his car. Dispatch EMT's. Call to have his car towed. Get him to a hospital or get him home. Problem solved. Didn't take too many steps, did it?
Day two - He's alive and two cops still have jobs.
Probably shouldn't arrest someone who as barely at the breathalyzer limit and passed three other tests and only sitting in his care at a drive in.