The Adventures in Policing Thread Part II

As here, most reports bury the fact that the officer is also black, and also neglect to mention that the dead guy served a dozen years in prison for attempting to shoot 3 NJ state troopers, which this officer knew. The officer had been at the scene of a previous arrest of the same guy a couple of months ago, where he apparently didn't resist, and was arrested without incident. Finally, this guy "did not get out of the car". He was forcing his way out of the car, despite the officer's commands not to move. With a history of shooting at police, one gun already grabbed from the glove box, and the possibility that he had another, pushing his way out of the car, was a career-ending move.
BTW, the "civil rights activist" leading the protests, is himself facing charges of assaulting an officer. AFAIK, the chief, mayor & county prosecutor are also black.
http://media.nj.com/cumberland_impact/photo/days-photojpg-095f77807652a7de.jpg

 

Do you understand that it is possible for the cop to be guilty of several things and at the same time to be impossible for the JD or any other prosecutor to prove that there was any wrongdoing in court or similar stage?

 

The fifth paragraph of the quoted article:

"However, one of the two officers involved in the Bridgeton altercation is black."

An interesting way to "bury the fact that the officer is also black".

 

Thats disgusting. Id never want to ingest all those metabolites of steroid masking agents.

 

Do you understand that it's possible there was no wrongdoing by the cop at all?

 

"Bury" means the fifth paragraph. Most readers don't get that far into an article.
Had the officer been white, the headline would have blared, "White officer shoots black man!"
Why didn't the BBC headline say, "Video shoots Black US police officer fatal shooting shooting man"?

 

Back in the real world:

"St Louis unrest after police killing of teenager"

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30596531

 

As if that headline reflected reality.
Headline should have read, "Protests after SL police kill gunman".
Again, the beeb waits three paragraphs before mentioning that the deceased was armed, and couches it as "Police said ...", instead of "Video shows ...".

 

Nice attempt to move the goalposts. Your claim was very specific, namely that "Had the officer been white, the headline would have blared, "White officer shoots black man!".

It didn't. It said:

""St Louis unrest after police killing of teenager"

Where are the references to race in that headline??

 

Here's the original BBC article:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30598318
"St Louis shooting: Black teen shot dead at petrol station"
Where are the references to race in that headline?

While race was not mentioned in this BBC headline, read the next two dozen words:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29555040
"An off-duty police officer in St Louis, Missouri, has fatally shot a black teenager, leading to angry demonstrations on the streets. The white officer"
Perhaps I should be relieved, that the actual headline wasn't, "Another white officer shoots another black teen" ...

 

Once again, your claim was

"Had the officer been white, the headline would have blared, "White officer shoots black man!".

So where is the headline blaring this??

The bottom line is you made an inaccurate claim but don't have the integrity to admit it.

Just as the article you were quoting earlier said "However, one of the two officers involved in the Bridgeton altercation is black."

You might have had a point if either headline referred to the race of the police officers. They don't, so you don't.

 

Please. It's all race-baiting. You don't have the integrity to admit it.
Most likely, the BBC did not initially know the race of the officer in Ferguson. It certainly played the "unarmed black man shot by a white officer" meme several times in subsequent articles.
On to your next windmill, OK?

 

Everyone knows that outstanding charges == guilt and everything said person says or stands for should be summarily dismissed.

 

Initial reports were that Al Shaprton's crew were on the way, until they learned that the man shot shared the same demographic as the officer, chief, mayor & prosecutor.

I can't think of any other reason why the BBC would take an interest in the incident, even in its USA/Canada section.

Initial reports that I saw, did not mention the race of the officer, only of the deceased, and IIRC were limited on the recovery of the gun from the area of the victim.

LOL

Good to know that you're finally on board.

 

Bodycam:

The whole story:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepage1...cle_fed8ff3e-847e-5c8b-b155-64c4332a6cdd.html
Another officer said that the perp's gun was cocked.

 

An insider having some fun with the NYPD & Compstat:

A follow-up to an old one:

 

Give the man a medal.

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_27379087/rookie-minnesota-cop-thinks-quick-saves-mans-life

 

Nice work, but then, every officer would have a couple for this.

 

It would be nice if they all had a pair to go with them...

 

Don't worry. Unlike yourself, they do.

 

Im glad to hear they can grow back after getting off cycle.

 

Don't take this personally: go ******** yourself!

 

Another aspiring rapper being held down by The Man:
http://nypost.com/2015/01/22/teen-busted-for-threatening-cops-online-using-emojis/
"the teen also bragged that he had a .38 caliber firearm. “.38 on me I do hits in my tims,” was captioned above a photo of a gun ... sticking out of his waistband ... After a search at his home, cops recovered the .38 caliber ... gun"