‘I’m Not Jumping in After You’: Arizona Cops ‘Stood and Watched’ Black Man Drown

[toobfreak]

Why should they jump in after him and put their own safety at risk?

As a public servant, shouldn't they preserve life? They could have thrown the guy a rope or something.

As usual, the media places that information halfway down the article while implying at the very beginning there is a racial motive when there is no evidence of such.

This is how American media is taught to lie presenting false news as a means of skewing public opinion. Very similar to how the Red Chinese operate.

One cannot hate the media enough for the division they create in this country.

No, but we can sure try.

 

[Divine Wind]

I've heard a lot of bad things about AZ cops. Mostly excessive force.

Figures since they support Trump and his secret police.

 

[Dante]

It's unlikely that article would have been written.

You are so blind to your racially tinged bullcrap. I forgot about that side of you. I remember you saying you had connections to Charlestown. I've known many there, well. Far too well.

Now, I could not escape the outrage from right wingers - white in the O.C. Ones who like you would spout your crap if the victim were a minority.

see?

Your kneejerk reaction is to spout racially tinged bs without doing anything resembling due diligence we should all expect from each other as members here, and that we should all expect from each other as human beings.

I remember this story well. Could not escape it. It was all over the media and constant.

Kelly Thomas (Fullerton, CA)

AT HOME WITH THE HOMELESS: Remembering Kelly Thomas part 1​

Killing of Kelly Thomas​

https://www.cato.org/blog/lessons-death-kelly-thomas

In recent months, there have been notable cases of mentally ill individuals killed by police in both Orange County, California, and Orange County, Florida. [, 2]

Recent Incidents

• Rudy Martinez (Anaheim, CA): In February 2026, the family of Rudy Martinez filed a legal claim following his fatal shooting by Anaheim Police in September 2025. Martinez was experiencing a mental health crisis and was armed with a shovel when he was shot within seconds of officers arriving on the scene.
• Terry "TJ" Washington Jr. (Orange County, FL): In June 2025, 30-year-old Terry Washington Jr., who had schizophrenia, was fatally shot by Orange County Sheriff's deputies. Deputies were called because he was acting erratically; they reported that he charged them with a knife and attempted to grab a deputy's firearm. [1, 2, 3, 4]

High-Profile Historical Case

• Kelly Thomas (Fullerton, CA): Though this occurred in 2011, it remains a defining case for the region. Kelly Thomas, a homeless man with schizophrenia, died after a violent encounter with Fullerton Police. Two officers were initially charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, though they were later acquitted

 

[Correll]

It's all about the numbers...and the money. That's all that matters to those at the top.

Short sighted fools.

 

[Divine Wind]

Short sighted fools.

They are mammon-worshipers. Money is the only thing they have faith in.

 

[frigidweirdo]

So, in other words, he put himself in that situation after he was warned not to? The cops aren't lifeguards. Why should they jump in after him and put their own safety at risk? As usual, the media places that information halfway down the article while implying at the very beginning there is a racial motive when there is no evidence of such. One cannot hate the media enough for the division they create in this country.





Of course, she did, because why should her son be held accountable for his own actions that resulted in his death in the first place, right?

Is it the media who create the division, or is it the media that pounces on the division because it sells?

The division is caused by the two party system.

The two party system is because of the FPTP system, which the rich (who do own some of the media, but probably not Diamond Diaspora Media who own this particular newspaper) like to keep in place because it gives them a lot of control.

Keep the people warring with each other, and they won't notice who's causing all the problems, THE RICH.

 

[Correll]

I was at a Block Party in East Hollywood, LA yesterday. I spoke bluntly with white, latino, and black people there. They know genuineness vs racism as soon as it rears up.

**** la. **** the idea that they have any right to judge us.

Whites as a group have voted for Democrats back in the day when the Southern White, Christian Conservatives (Many KKK) were powerful forces within the Democratic party. When left for the GOP, we got what Atwater was speaking to.

REally? Then explain this.

Your victimhood is hilariously sad and pathetic.

You attack me and mine and then attack me for noticing that you are attacking me?

Go **** yourself.

 

[Correll]

Is it the media who create the division, or is it the media that pounces on the division because it sells?

The division is caused by the two party system.

The two party system is because of the FPTP system, which the rich (who do own some of the media, but probably not Diamond Diaspora Media who own this particular newspaper) like to keep in place because it gives them a lot of control.

Keep the people warring with each other, and they won't notice who's causing all the problems, THE RICH.

The rich supported Hillary and Biden and Harris.

TRUMP, MAGA, are the peasant revolt.


You are on the side of the rich, fighting to keep the policies that THEY want.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

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Not much to it. They cut out the part where he drowns.

 

[SaxonJackson]

Poor choices on all sides. "Protect & Serve?"


The cops. This is an old story. Cops I knew growing up would never have been sad sickening in their response and views.

I bet you were and are against Crisis teams responding to people in trouble scenarios -- got caught in the bs around what "defund" meant.

And you're worse than any mythical media you are so high and mighty about. The story is from the:
Atlanta Black Star/News

They are Not any "The Media" anymore than a violent criminal pardoned by Trump because he participated in Jan6, is The GOP

If I'm a cop and a criminal decides to jump off a cliff to avoid capture ... should I jump off the cliff as well in an attempt to catch him before he falls to his death?

Cops wear several pounds of gear. Chest plates, handcuffs, guns, stun guns, badge, keys, etc., etc. Have you ever tried to swim with all of that gear on? And wouldn't they be stupid to remove that gear and attempt to fight a criminal in water?

Their job is to "protect and serve" the innocent public. Not the bad guys.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

The man entered the lake of his own free will.
The cops told him not to, and yet he did.

It is not their responsibility to be helping people that do not want to be helped.
They COULD though, have sent a police boat after him or thown him a flotation device of some kind.

 

[SaxonJackson]

The rich supported Hillary and Biden and Harris.

TRUMP, MAGA, are the peasant revolt.


You are on the side of the rich, fighting to keep the policies that THEY want.

I gotta disagree with you here. Trump was hired by the rich and powerful. It's why he won't prosecute the men named in the Epstein Files.

Marjorie Taylor Greene tells us that Trump told her that he wanted to drop the Epstein files so he "wouldn't hurt his friends."

 

[Divine Wind]

Is it the media who create the division, or is it the media that pounces on the division because it sells?

The division is caused by the two party system.

The two party system is because of the FPTP system, which the rich (who do own some of the media, but probably not Diamond Diaspora Media who own this particular newspaper) like to keep in place because it gives them a lot of control.

Keep the people warring with each other, and they won't notice who's causing all the problems, THE RICH.

Sex, blood and controversy always sell. "If it bleeds, it leads!"

This is America. It's all about the money!

 

[1srelluc]

I ran the river as a kid with two twins, both black, neither could swim, and both would go home about an hour before the sun went down.....They were afraid of ghosts or "spooks" as they called them.

 

[Correll]

I gotta disagree with you here. Trump was hired by the rich and powerful. It's why he won't prosecute the men named in the Epstein Files.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene tells us that Trump told her that he wanted to drop the Epstein files so he "wouldn't hurt his friends."

I remember the way that the rich adn the deep state mobilized in 2016 and 2020, and indeed in 2024.


They made their opposition to trump very clear.


How have you editted your memory to forget this?

 

[markef]

Figures since they support Trump and his secret police.

Democrats disrespect US immigration laws and demonize immigration law enforcement officers, in complete harmony with Alinsky's anti-American rules for radicals

 

[LibertyWeeps]

I gotta disagree with you here. Trump was hired by the rich and powerful. It's why he won't prosecute the men named in the Epstein Files.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene tells us that Trump told her that he wanted to drop the Epstein files so he "wouldn't hurt his friends."

Thats partially true.

Trump is thinking more of what will happen in the long run if he did release the rest of the documents.

A lot of those people are more than likely innocent, as they just used Epsteins plane services for the rich.......they never actually went to any of his estates or the island. But they will still be blamed and labeled for it anyway.

Many of those rich people are high end business dealers. Many of them getting "brought down" by having their names shown on ANY of the log books would be detrimental to them AND the businesses they run or own. Which means there could be billons of dollars worth of damages to the economic industry in this country. Wall Street could possibly collapse overnight. And we would be in another REAL depression era.

 

[SaxonJackson]

I remember the way that the rich adn the deep state mobilized in 2016 and 2020, and indeed in 2024.


They made their opposition to trump very clear.


How have you editted your memory to forget this?

I haven't. They're all corrupt and they're all in the game for self-interests. None of them (not one) gets into a position of power to help the American people. Not a single soul on either side of the Swamp Aisle (except for Thomas Massie and, on occasion, Rand Paul).

 

[SaxonJackson]

Thats partially true.

Trump is thinking more of what will happen in the long run if he did release the rest of the documents.

A lot of those people are more than likely innocent, as they just used Epsteins plane services for the rich.......they never actually went to any of his estates or the island. But they will still be blamed and labeled for it anyway.

Many of those rich people are high end business dealers. Many of them getting "brought down" by having their names shown on ANY of the log books would be detrimental to them AND the businesses they run or own. Which means there could be billons of dollars worth of damages to the economic industry in this country. Wall Street could possibly collapse overnight. And we would be in another REAL depression era.

All should be investigated. The innocent should be released and absolved of any wrong doing. The guilty should be tried and punished. Trump literally said that he "was protecting his friends." If they're innocent then there's nothing to protect. If they're guilty, then Trump is an accessory to the crimes they committed.

 

[eagle1462010]

Possible turbines that could have sucked him under.

So was it the turbines that sucked him under?? And had the officers went would they be just as dead?