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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI just saw the video of Andrew Brown on CNN. From what I saw it appeared that Brown's shooting was
not justified. It looked to me like the car was avoiding the police when driving away.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)We already knew that Running Away While Black was supposedly enough to justify being shot in the back. And putting your hands in the air on command is also reason to be shot.
They need to make it easier for everyone and just say the truth. LIVING, MOVING, STANDING STILL while black is reason enough to be killed by police.
JohnSJ
(92,433 posts)serious questions about his bias, and worse
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)whether charges would be brought. He was acting as the defense attorney for the police and prosecutor, judge and jury of the dead man who could not defend himself.
marble falls
(57,319 posts)everyonematters
(3,435 posts)People face this in a Walmart parking lot every day. At the time he was shot Brown was driving away. If he wanted to harm the cops, he could have driven a lot faster.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)The police jumped in front of the car and then claimed he was trying to run them over.
That does not make a car a lethal weapon.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)... jumped in front of it.
The sound wasn't loud but from what I heard they started shooting the most while he was driving away.
Too many PDs set the "fear" trigger to 100 when it comes to non-whites in America
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)... very high and when it comes to PoC in America the ingroup uses the lowest setting for "fear".
The DA's reasoning for sending a battalion after him wasn't good imho seeing the guy showed no history of violence, maybe barricading himself but not violence
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)after someone they think has 3 grams of coke? They went at him like he was a fucking terrorist.
WarGamer
(12,485 posts)This cop just missed getting hit by the car.
Having said that... if they hadn't approached the guy like the 101st Airborne in Fallujah, maybe he wouldn't have freaked out and tried to run?
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)WarGamer
(12,485 posts)They shot first AFTER he'd put the car in DRIVE and driven several feet forward.
Did you watch the video?
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