(July 21, 2016 at 6:50 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(July 21, 2016 at 6:41 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I think that there are two different conversations going on here... the original general conversation, and then this incident which was linked to, in which the man was clearly complying with the officers, and trying to care for the mentally handicapped boy. I agree, (even though I think discharging the firearm was not intentional) that the whole thing was wrong on many levels. I do think that from what I read, you are mistaken in classifying it as just a traffic stop however.
(Aside - I don't think the discharge was intentional - nor do I think it was accidental. It was negligent.)
When I was speaking of the "traffic stop" I was speaking towards the incident that I linked to, the shooting of an innocent man in Minneapolis just last week, who was complying with the police and was shot - and left to bleed to death - for his trouble.
(July 21, 2016 at 6:41 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Not much was given in the story about the extent of his injury, or what happened afterwards when he said he was bleeding on the road. My inclination is similar to yours, but with not much details, I don't just assume mal intent
Who is assuming malicious intent? It's entirely possible that every single one of these unjustified shootings was a result of negligence. That doesn't detract from the fact that something needs to be done about it, and to date, little has. The fact remains that in the particular case under discussion today (the therapist shot in Florida) that the whitewash has already begun and it's pretty damn clear that no one is going to be accountable.
Let's be perfectly clear here that the people who need to be held accountable are not necessarily the individual officers - but could also be those who are responsible for properly training them. It's abundantly clear that there is a widespread problem with how police deal with people with mental disabilities, aside from the racial issue. Combine that with the military weaponry that cops are increasingly being issued, and this is what you get.
Ok... A third discussion, and one that I was not aware of... So not talking about that either
