11-29-2014, 10:00 AM
The only cop I've known was a jerk, but that being said, I personally want as many of them on the streets as possible to take care of the criminals that live among us.
As a (mostly) law-abiding citizen I don't have a whole lot to fear as to negative encounters with police.
In analyzing these two shootings I think there are two distinct differences.
In Ferguson, there's a cop on his own who says to two individuals "quit walking down the middle of the street. move to the sidewalk." he gets a "fuck you", is attacked while still in his squad, his gun goes off and he then pursues them.
He is without a partner or a backup. At this point he is scared (as Duchess has mentioned) and will react accordingly. I still believe wholeheartedly that Brown was charging him and that's why he's dead.
With the 12 year old you have a pair of cops responding to a 911 call. They were not scared IMO, but were going to neutralize the threat as quickly as possible.
I agree that it's very sad that a 12 year old had to lose his life in this manner.
Brown was part of the criminal element and attacked a cop. If this was white on white, with the exact same circumstances we'd have never heard of this case.
As a (mostly) law-abiding citizen I don't have a whole lot to fear as to negative encounters with police.
In analyzing these two shootings I think there are two distinct differences.
In Ferguson, there's a cop on his own who says to two individuals "quit walking down the middle of the street. move to the sidewalk." he gets a "fuck you", is attacked while still in his squad, his gun goes off and he then pursues them.
He is without a partner or a backup. At this point he is scared (as Duchess has mentioned) and will react accordingly. I still believe wholeheartedly that Brown was charging him and that's why he's dead.
With the 12 year old you have a pair of cops responding to a 911 call. They were not scared IMO, but were going to neutralize the threat as quickly as possible.
I agree that it's very sad that a 12 year old had to lose his life in this manner.
Brown was part of the criminal element and attacked a cop. If this was white on white, with the exact same circumstances we'd have never heard of this case.