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Soundwave on 08 July 2016
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thismeintiel said:
Soundwave said:

How many white kids get shot by cops for having a toy gun? I don't recall it happening much at all. A kid with a toy gun shouldn't be shot period. How about that?

There is racial bias, of course there is, cops are human, and as such some of them are going to be shitty people. Just like the real world has shitty people. 

The problem with the police department is these cops in most cases get off scott free after murdering someone because the police are loathe to admit that they may have some officers who acted poorly. With social media they can't hide it anymore, there's a camera now everywhere. 

And you continue to prove my point.  Hindsight and halftruths are your side's only tool.  If the cops thought it was a toy gun, then they could have reacted as such.  But, at that moment, they thought it was real.  There was no indication it was a toy.  The orange tip that was put on it BY LAW so this crap doesn't happen, was purposely removed so it would look real.

So, I guess in your mind if someone held up a bank or was holding someone hostage with a fake or real gun, then the cops pulled up and demanded he drop it, yet he points it at them, they shouldn't fire?  They better make damn sure 100% by touching or getting really close to make sure it is real, otherwise we're going to tear them down?  Going to be a lot of dead cops and innocent civilians if that is your requirement.  Your bias speaks volumes.

Well for starters other countries do handle situations like that differently. Maybe the police should evaulate the way they respond in a situation like that (a kid holding a toy gun for example likely doesn't lead to death if this is say ... Germany). Maybe they should have better screening and training for their freaking officers too. Maybe you shouldn't be able to walk off the street and become a cop in less than a year. Maybe tasers or other non-leathal weapons need to be employed moreso so that the default isn't "oh, I don't know exactly what's happening here is he reaching for a wallet or maybe a gun, I'll just shoot and figure the rest out later".

I'm sorry but that's not good enough. 

It seems to be as a police officer you can make a "whoops ... oopsie, I made a mistake" of murdering someone and then basically get off with a slap on the wrist most of the time. And that's where people begin to get angry.