Joe: Yesterday, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by police. His kids watched from the ca

[soothsayer]

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Joe Biden
@JoeBiden
·
Aug 24, 2020
Yesterday, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by police. His kids watched from the car. Today, we woke to grieve yet again.

We need a full and transparent investigation.

https://t.co/9X7l25nq8d?amp=1



Mrs. Krassenstein
@HKrassenstein
And of course Trump refuses to say a word. #BlackLivesMatter

[abqtommy]

1. We need a "full and transparent" ass-kicking of the police involved and their supervisors

most of all. Arrest them. Try them. Convict them. Incarcerate them. Rinse and repeat...

[bluestarone]

2. Bad cops across the country are really gonna be a problem for us. I feel

About all we can do is get rid of them WHENEVER we can! EVERY opportunity we get! AFTER the election THIS has to be a TOP PRIORITY!

[llashram]

3. and the children

are traumatized for life. What trump did during his campaign was to tell those who protect and serve monied interest both personal and business, to get meaner with minorities and the racists and others in blue uniforms took his words to heart. And now that it does seem that the orange menace is going down they are getting their racism on big time before they lose their presidential protection.

[Heartstrings]

4. Kenosha has enforced a curfew for tonight but I fear their location

being to close to Racine, Milwaukee and Chicago that curfew isn’t going to matter.

All hell is going to break loose and I fear for friends I still have in that city and surrounding areas.

[rocktivity]

5. A full and transparent investigation will likely conclude that the cops acted legally and as trained

which is what I also expect will also be the outcome of the investigation of Breonna Taylor's death once they're done running out the clock.


rocknation

[soothsayer]

6. So far they seem to be lying about him having a knife

[rocktivity]

7. If they'd seen a knife, they would have shot at him immediately -- instant deadly threat

And aside from that, if he ignored police orders to stop walking, never mind tried to get into his car, that could be used against him.


rocktivity

[JonLP24]

9. They did shout knife

"He wasn't aggressive," the man said. "The police might say he was resisting arrest but he wasn't attacking the police. They were telling him to drop the knife. I didn't see a knife in his hand. He wasn't coming at them with a knife. And they shot him in the back as they were pulling on his shirt. I don't understand that."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wisn.com/amp/article/he-wasnt-aggressive-man-who-recorded-viral-video-of-kenosha-police-shooting/33725162

Sorry for kicking this thread as it was on page 2. This topic is taking up my day but it was so blatant.

[haele]

10. Different shooting, that was Louisville. On edit, they're claiming Blake had a knife?

Kenosha shooting was the cops rolling up late on a DV call (two women fighting) and he was just walking away after trying to get in between. Blake was walking around his car and was getting in when one cop came up from behind, yanked on his T-shirt, and almost immediately shot him seven times as he was opening the door to get into the driver's seat.

Clear in the video - he was getting into his car, ignoring them! Not brandishing anything, not spinning around in a ninja attack, just getting into his car.

Haele

[Cha]

8. Rt.. the Evil trump Lizard better Not ever say Again

that he's done more for Black People than anyone Ever.

I'm sick of this evil going down the rabbit hole.

[rocktivity]

11. UPDATE: Wisconsin Department Of Justice Confirms Jacob Blake Was Armed When He Was Shot

BlueLivesMatter: “During the investigation following the initial incident, Mr. Blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession,” a Wisconsin DOJ statement said. “DCI agents recovered a knife from the driver’s side floorboard of Mr. Blake’s vehicle. A search of the vehicle located no additional weapons.”

The incident...began...when officers responded to a call about a domestic disturbance...The woman who called 911 told dispatchers that Blake “isn’t supposed to be there and he took the complainant’s keys and is refusing to give them back...”

The dispatcher advised the responding officers that there was an alert for a wanted person at that address...Blake had a warrant from another domestic incident in May...He was wanted on charges of third-degree sexual assault, trespassing, and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse that occurred at the same address...

The witness who filmed...the first viral video that was released...told NBC News...“They were also yelling drop the knife. I didn’t see any weapons in his hands, he wasn’t being violent.” (But his) video revealed an object in Blake’s left hand...that looked like a curved-blade knife...(and a) second video released proved that witnesses’ reports that Blake wasn’t fighting with police before he was shot were untrue...

There were too many wheels missing from this bandwagon for me to jump on it -- I love the smell of vindication in the morning.


rocktivity