Killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta last night proves America’s system of policing is irrevocably broken. A 27-year-old falling asleep at a Wendy’s drive-through does not deserve death! And no, there is not even one excuse for it that should be tolerated by a civilized society.
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He assaulted the police and took a weapon from them.
I don’t know what your politics are, but I don’t understand why you are defending the police action here. No American regardless of our politics should be OK with this.
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Policies which allow police to use whatever force is necessary to make an arrest. Nobody should Monday morning the officer who felt that he needed to use his service weapon. A taser is a weapon and the suspect a clear and present danger to the officer when he turned and fired it
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We don’t live in a country where police get to do whatever they want to do & we don’t get to question it. They work for us. We pay their salaries with our tax $. The man fell asleep at Wendy’s, for God’s sake! He was not running away from the scene of a crime. And he had no gun.
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Apparently the video didn’t show him being asked to exit the vehicle perform standard field sobriety test which he failed and began to fight once advised he was under arrest. Couldn’t have been two drunk if two offers couldnt take him into custody. Most police departments have
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I’m perfectly willing to allow for the possibility it wasn’t justified. You are allowing for only one possibility.
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Does people ransacking the Wendy’s help things ?
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