I just want to remind her that an at least partially African American man was just elected to office, & African Americans hold some of the most political posts in this country. So please stop your whining.

One of the most discriminated against people in the world now is the white Christian male who had noting to do with slavery, because he wasn’t born yet.

But anyway.. All that BS whining aside. It only takes a human being to see that the shooting was not justified. There is nothing to suggest that it was racially motivated, or that the officer will be exonerated based on any racial bias. Your comments are complete conjecture, & totally divisive. Very disappointing post Vanessa, especially since I thought your opinions on better psychological evaluations of LEO, were very constructive & valid.

I just want to remind her that an at least partially African American man was just elected to office, & African Americans hold some of the most political posts in this country. So please stop your whining.

One of the most discriminated against people in the world now is the white Christian male who had noting to do with slavery, because he wasn’t born yet.

But anyway.. All that BS whining aside. It only takes a human being to see that the shooting was not justified. There is nothing to suggest that it was racially motivated, or that the officer will be exonerated based on any racial bias. Your comments are complete conjecture, & totally devisive. Very disappointing post Vanessa, especially since I thought your opinions on better psychological evaluations of LEO, were very constructive & valid.

The only rational I can imagine that went through this guy’s mind is that he was afraid of the crowd getting out of control if he didn’t do “something” drastic. The right thing however would have been to let them go if they didn’t feel they had enough back up. The offenses committed obviously weren’t worth anyone dying over. I think the guy just snapped. Its a sad story, but he must be charged.

I have seen many people I worked with dismissed for violating the rights of inmates and I wasn’t unhappy to see them go. Their presence only made it difficult for the rest of us to be trusted to do an honest job.

Unfortunately the actions of a few can tarnish an entire occupation. Hence the distrust of LEO’s, corrections officers, lawyers, politicians…. the list is endless. Even fast food workers are suspect because of the “Caught On Tape” television shows.

Not every public servant is a menace to society, but there are those who are not mentally and emotionally suited for the jobs they perform.

We as a society fear what we are not familiar with. We perceive threats where there are none because of race, religion, ethnicity, socio-economic status and any thing else that is not a part of our individual circles. We are a nation of shoot now…. ask questions later and guilty until proven innocent. These things make us fearful, mistrustful and trigger happy.

I believe there are MANY LEO’s and people paid to “protect and serve” who are camels waiting for that last straw. Regular psychological evaluations should be a job requirement for ANY civil servant who carries a firearm. And I don’t mean that BS “diversity training” that some are required to sit through annually.

There should be accountability for the system that turns these people loose upon the public they are paid to serve. They are trained… and the entity that does the training should be held accountable for the products they produce.

Thanks for your comment. Cameras protect both the civilian and the officer.

How many dash cam videos have we seen where the suspect either shoots the officer or tries to fight him or another car comes and runs him over or whatever.

When it’s right there on camera, it just makes the investigation so much easier, in my opinion.

Besides, we are pretty much on film anywhere we go in public, whether it is into the bank or the convenience store of the gas station or the courthouse or even the traffic intersection.

I pretty much assume I’m on camera once I step out into public.

I know there is a lot of anti-cop sentiment on this thread, but I would like to hear from more officers, no matter where you stand on this incident.

I think there is a huge amount of distrust on both sides of the badge and I would like to use this forum to make some attempt at seeing each others’ side.