I used to live in the Dorchester section of Boston and the majority of my neighbors were black. The Boston Police who patrolled our neighborhood were white, black, Asian and Hispanic and they were there to "control" things all right...because that's what the Police DO! They have the unenviable task of enforcing the laws that they don't write.
Let's take the case of Freddie Gray...shall we? You've got a black District Attorney, Marilyn Mosby, who pressured the Baltimore Police Department to increase patrols in that neighborhood because her husband (a City Commissioner) was getting irate calls from his constituents about drug trafficking that was taking place there. So a black City Commissioner asks a black District Attorney to ask a black Police Chief to basically harass drug dealers on that corner and so you've got Baltimore Police officers...some white and some black there doing what they were ORDERED to do!
So what does Marilyn Mosby do when Freddie Gray dies in custody? She indicts the officers that SHE sent there to do exactly what they did! Suddenly this isn't a problem of a black City Commissioner, a black District Attorney and a black Police Chief! Oh no...somehow it becomes a symbol for how white Police are killing young black men! It borders on farce!
You couldn't make this shit up...
Cops should never control any community. How have you become so brainwashed? They should only have a presence and that presence should be based on respect.
Increasing patrols have nothing to do with snapping a persons spine not secured by a seat belt. what kind of retarded correlation are you attempting to draw here? Have you lost your fucking mind?
criminals don't respect the community or cops, which what leads to most cases of cops needing to use force.
Cops need to control a situation to bring criminals to arrest and stand trial.
again you blame cops for what you perceive as crimes they have been cleared of.
Criminals dont have to respect the community or cops. Thats why they are criminals. Police should not consider an entire community as criminals. This is the issue we are dealing with. All that other bullshit is just mental noise you are using to rationalize why you feel that this is okay. If you lived under constant occupation by feral cops harassing you because of the color of your skin it would change your tune.
We need more of this.
Police were call on a 911 about McDole
Police saw him reaching for something
McDole had a gun on him
>>A bystander's cellphone footage shows officers repeatedly telling McDole to drop his weapon and raise his hands and McDole reaching for his waist area before shots erupt.
In court records that predate last year's shooting, law enforcement officials have stated that McDole, who was shot in the back by an associate in 2005, used his wheelchair to hide things.
Authorities said their investigation into the shooting included interviewing witnesses, officers and McDole's family members, analysis of ballistics and autopsy results, video evidence, and consultation with experts, including two nationally recognized police use-of-force experts who had recommended criminal charges against a Cleveland, Ohio, police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun.<<