Police Officer Shootings

• like_that

  

  sleeper;1807374 wrote:How does one fix the ghetto?

  How about starting to address the fact near 70% of black children are living in fatherless homes? Nobody ever wants to address that.
• iclfan2

  

  Cops kill criminal over weekend = multiple riots
  
  The last 2 weekends in Chicago have resulted in 99 shot and 24 dead 2 weeks ago, and 43 shot and 9 killed this weekend = not a peep.
• sleeper

  

  iclfan2;1807379 wrote:Don't know. Maybe black lives matters should focus on that, if they actually do care about young black lives. Or do they really only care about having an excuse to riot around and act like animals...

  like_that;1807380 wrote:How about starting to address the fact near 70% of black children are living in fatherless homes? Nobody ever wants to address that.

  It was meant to be a rhetorical question but the honest answer is the political climate doesn't allow for any rational debate on how to fix the ghettos other than to blame ghettos on white people and racism. It's really sad.
• like_that

  

  sleeper;1807392 wrote:It was meant to be a rhetorical question but the honest answer is the political climate doesn't allow for any rational debate on how to fix the ghettos other than to blame ghettos on white people and racism. It's really sad.

  I know it was. Just wanted to provide an actual helpful talking point that our political climate chooses to ignore.
• sleeper

  

  like_that;1807393 wrote:I know it was. Just wanted to provide an actual helpful talking point that our political climate chooses to ignore.

  [FONT=&quot]"This is a warning cry," Milwaukee Alderman Khalif Rainey said. "Black people of Milwaukee are tired. They are tired of living under this oppression."[/FONT]

  Pretty incredible that committing crime, not caring about education and not working is living under oppression. Of course life is going to feel like oppression when you ignore any avenue to better yourself and expect someone else to be responsible for your own poor decisions.
• iclfan2

  

  It's also incredible that these people think it's the 1960's and they live in a civil rights era. Actual intelligent blacks that lived during that era are probably laughing at their "oppression".
  
  
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• gut

  iclfan2;1807401 wrote:It's also incredible that these people think it's the 1960's and they live in a civil rights era. Actual intelligent blacks that lived during that era are probably laughing at their "oppression".

  A lot of people have been left behind or left out of the "recovery". Some blame racism and riot, others latch onto xenophobia and vote for Trump.
• wkfan

  sleeper;1807392 wrote:It was meant to be a rhetorical question but the honest answer is the political climate doesn't allow for any rational debate on how to fix the ghettos other than to blame ghettos on white people and racism. It's really sad.

  It's easier to blame whites and racism rather than to look in the mirror to see the actual problem. The larger issues facing black children in 2016 are fatherless households, black on black crime and placing no value on getting an education, not 'white oppression'.
  
  Now, I do believe that racism still does exist in this country, but it is not limited to black people, hispanics, etc. But, that racism is no where near what it was in the 50's and 60's and can easily be overcome by getting an education and doing the right thing in life...if that is truly what you want.
• Midstate01

  

  salto;1807319 wrote:
  
  [FONT=&quot]— July 2014: Convicted for carrying a concealed weapon. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $443 and ordered to serve one day in jail.[/FONT]
  [FONT=&quot]— His record also includes guilty findings on traffic offenses for speeding, operating a motor vehicle without insurance, possession of open intoxicants in a motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.[/FONT]
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  [FONT=&quot]— 2015: Charged with intimidating a witness by a person charged with a felony, which is itself a felony offense.[/FONT]
  [FONT=&quot]— 2015: Charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety, a felony, and misdemeanor possession of THC.[/FONT]
  [FONT=&quot]— February 2015 was a suspect in a shooting. Smith was accused of calling his girlfriend from jail to tell her to call the victim in the shooting case to get him to fill out a sworn affidavit saying Smith didn’t commit the crime, according to court documents obtained by the Journal Sentinel.[/FONT]
  [FONT=&quot]The victim recanted his identification of Smith and the case was dropped after the victim did not show up to court and was uncooperative, the newspaper reports.[/FONT]
  [FONT=&quot]— In 2013, Smith was charged with retail theft.[/FONT]

  Yeah can't wait for the "he made everyone smile", "would do anything for anyone", "didn't hurt nobody" hot takes from his family and friends.
  
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• CenterBHSFan

  

  salto;1807319 wrote:
  

  
  I'm going to get heat for this, but...
  
  Nice picture. Ambition, industry and organization skills begin, literally, in your own back yard >.>
• gut

  So NBC nightly news said about the Milwaukee shooting "...an allegedly armed suspect".
  
  Ummm, ok, technically correct I suppose. But later in the same segment the Milwaukee mayor said he hadn't seen the video, only a still photo "of the suspect pointing a gun".
  
  The segment was mainly around the fact the video hasn't been released. Yeah, THAT'S the story here. Pathetic.
• CenterBHSFan

  

  Sylville Smith's sister speaks out.
  
  http://fox6now.com/2016/08/15/they-knew-each-other-sister-of-sylville-smith-says-officer-was-no-stranger-to-her-family/
  

  During the interview with FOX6 News, Smith said she is skeptical of the ongoing investigation, adding that if body camera footage shows her brother holding a gun, she still will not believe the officer was justified in firing his weapon.

  No words.
• gut

  CenterBHSFan;1807570 wrote:Sylville Smith's sister speaks out
  No words.

  To be fair, it IS the guy's sister. I'd expect her to be defensive and irrational.
• Midstate01

  

  When it does show he was holding a gun, we will then transition to the ole "why do they shoot to kill, and not shoot the legs or arms."
  
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• sleeper

  

  gut;1807573 wrote:To be fair, it IS the guy's sister. I'd expect her to be defensive and irrational.

  The dad came out and blamed himself for not being a great role model.
  
  The sister is just an idiot.
• gut

  Midstate01;1807574 wrote:When it does show he was holding a gun, we will then transition to the ole "why do they shoot to kill, and not shoot the legs or arms."

  I actually kind of look forward to those lulz
  
  Surprised no one has mentioned the black cop only fired two shots....a white cop would have unloaded the whole clip!