Minneapolis

[MrPrena]

Reminds me of this incident in OK.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/27/us/tu...ial/index.html

[Mtneer]

Donut Operator nails it:

[hollohas]

Don't know who that guy is. But I share his opinion on this subject.

[Bailey Guns]

Yep... It looks like the officer screwed up. No question. From a former LE perspective I also don't like how they're trying to take the guy into custody right next to his OPEN car door. In my opinion this was a poorly conducted traffic stop. No excuse for Wright to wind up being shot and killed, though.

Having said that... Hey, Daunte...this is partially on you, dude. Comply with the officers, don't resist arrest and don't try to get in your car and drive away after you've been told you're being arrested for having warrants. If you hadn't set this chain of events into motion you'd still be alive. You'd be in jail but you'd still be alive. I seriously doubt the cure for cancer and other evils plaguing society died with you so I'm not gonna get too worked up over your death. I'm more concerned the life of an apparently valuable member of society has forever been altered and likely ruined because you decided to, once again, be an asshole.

The city manager was fired for saying in a press conference that all employees should be given due process (in regards to this shooting). OK...so now we're firing people for saying due process is a thing for everyone. Great.

One good thing that came outta this? Professional sports games were apparently cancelled overnight. At least we didn't have to listen to overpaid kids that play games for a living tell us what's wrong with society.

And Donut nailed it...as usual.

[Bailey Guns]

Didn't work out for Daniel Shaver, and others.

No, it didn't. Neither did getting drunk and playing with a gun that appeared to some people to be real. And the police officer that shot him was charged and processed and put thru the system. He didn't run from police or do anything else stupid or get drunk and act a fool. He went to court and presented his side of the story and a jury found him not guilty. And he's still facing a civil trial as far as I know.

So if we're gonna bring things like this up maybe it would be appropriate to tell the entire story.

[CS1983]

No, it didn't. Neither did getting drunk and playing with a gun that appeared to some people to be real. And the police officer that shot him was charged and processed and put thru the system. He didn't run from police or do anything else stupid or get drunk and act a fool. He went to court and presented his side of the story and a jury found him not guilty. And he's still facing a civil trial as far as I know.

So if we're gonna bring things like this up maybe it would be appropriate to tell the entire story.

The video is available for all to see. They wanted blood, and they got it. Their professionalism was lower than the freaking Iraqi army. I've seen 19 and 20 year olds act more professionally in a combat zone with people who don't even speak English. They wanted to play conflicting orders Simon says the whole time continuing to escalate the situation.

Brailsford's dust cover said it all: "You're Fucked". He's a piece of shit. Let's not act like the legal system is worth anything.

ETA: Do you know WHY those 19 and 20 year olds were of a mindset which enabled them to act as cordially, professionally, and sensibly as possible? Because they understood that if they did something which resulted in dishonoring an elder, a woman, or just in general a local national, or injured/killed them, that it would result in retribution beyond the normal day to day attempts on the lives of themselves and their brothers in arms.

It would behoove the police to recognize that cus as Donut says with the most recent situation, these events are going to cost officers their lives.

It's not hard to not be a dumbass.

[Bailey Guns]

Don't try to make this sound as if I'm defending Brailsford. I don't necessarily disagree with what you say about him. But we can't have it both ways. You've done it as have others...bitch about officers acting with impunity and not facing the same system as everyone else. Well, he did face the system and it's not over for him yet. Daunte didn't and he's responsible for setting the chain of events into motion that got his dumbass killed. So did Shaver. That doesn't mean either death was necessary. People die unnecessarily every day from doing stupid shit.

So, yeah...it's NOT hard to NOT be a dumbass for most people. But some people, like Daunte, make it a lifestyle.

[exxonv]

Amen, and Donut nailed it

[TFOGGER]

Things happen for a reason. Sometimes, that reason is a person is stupid and make bad decisions. Sometimes, those bad decisions have unforeseen consequences: Fail to appear, have warrants issued, get stopped by the police, elect to act inappropriately, receive a fatal life lesson. A series of bad choices led to this encounter, continued bad choices, combined with a regrettable mistake by another, proved fatal.

[Doc45]

Both the cop and the chief have resigned. It’ll be interesting to see what charges are filed against her.