uh, actually it does. cops are supposed to take into consideration innocent civilians and bystanders before shooting their guns. especially children, you know. we usually try to protect them. conservatives used to be really big on protecting life, born and unborn.
Wow. You seem to have missed that 'consider innocent civilians and bystanders' isnt to take into account their feelings, it's to ensure no shots fired will hit them. Right?
Yes, but he could have. He fired 7 shots into the vehicle they were in. Just like the cop in Atlanta shot over cars in a crowded Wendy's parking lot.
Same conversation again as last time. Why not let him go and issue a warrant if he was suspected of doing something wrong? If he had a knife and was getting into his car, what is the logic of holding on to his shirt? If he had ever attempted to use the knife or appeared threatening, the cops would have done something at that point. And it would've been visible in the video.
Look at the angle the cop shoots from. Any stray bullets are going into the driver's floorboard, nowhere near anyone else.
As for letting him go and issue a warrant...
Kenosha County Case Number 2020CF000736 State of Wisconsin vs. Jacob S. Blake
Case statusFiled Only - Arrest warrant issued
07-07-2020 Blake, Jacob S.
That is, if we believe the Kenosha courts.
I still can't tell if he had a knife, if he stated he had a gun or what ever was in the car as he went for the driver's seat. But, the cops would have likely been informed of this fella's arrest history, and outstanding warrant on the way there, IF the call for cops identified the black man involved. Perhaps once they confronted him and got his name, they recognized the open warrant?
Don't take this as justification for the shooting. I haven't tried to argue that. But some info you likely didn't have when making the above statement is that the suspect DID have an open warrant (perhaps motivation to NOT be detained?) and a criminal history (Court records indicate Blake had been charged with third-degree sexual assault, trespassing, and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse on July 6, and
felony count of resisting arrest causing a soft tissue injury to a police officer and one misdemeanor count each of carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, endangering safety-use of a dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct, for starters.
Cops shooting 7 bullets into a car with children is okay, father with knife getting into his own car with his own children not okay. Got it. Makes total sense.
Interesting how you automatically use the word "suspect" when referring to him. Especially when there's no reason to believe he is or ever was a suspect in any crime. The eyewitness who heard "drop the knife" also said he never saw a knife.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY has said 7 shots is ok. Should a man with a knife, being told by the cops to put the knife down as he walks away, that should be ok? Anytime? And, if the info on the outstanding warrant is correct, the term suspect is accurate, if you really feel like arguing words.
