I am a black person. I do not and wouldn’t run from the police. That is stupid and dangerous. The frequency of police shooting peaceful unarmed black men today is so infinitesimally small that to act in an aggressive or erratic manner is exceptionally irrational. The fact that you seem to be approving of black people behaving like th…
I am a black person. I do not and wouldn’t run from the police. That is stupid and dangerous. The frequency of police shooting peaceful unarmed black men today is so infinitesimally small that to act in an aggressive or erratic manner is exceptionally irrational. The fact that you seem to be approving of black people behaving like this person behaved is grotesque. Police kill unarmed white people as well. They kill unarmed people. It happens. Sometimes police make mistakes, sometimes police are not trained well, sometimes police are scared, and sometimes police are horrible people. Regardless, no black person should have it in their mind that an encounter with the police is going to likely end in their death if they do not flee or fire weapons. That is delusional and dangerous. Encouraging it is immoral.
Bingo! Surprised I had to read so far to find your chonk of sanity. Anybody who thinks they need to fight their way out of a police stop is creating that outcome. Those cops should sleep well, they are not to blame.
When angry people with guns scream at you to do something, I suggest you comply. Thank me later.
After watching more footage about it, including body cam, my current hypothesis is that this was a case of suicide by cop. Jayland Walker’s fiancé had died a month prior in a car accident. A gold ring was found on the seat alongside the gun he fired out the window. The guy wanted to be with his fiancé. Sad. Not right to use random cops to get his wish granted, but it worked.
Who puts on a ski mask and leaves his gun and a ring on the seat before hopping out of a car and running after a police pursuit where he fired a gun and then abruptly turning around? Someone who wants to die. This isn’t a story about racism or police brutality. I suspect it is a story about despair.
But the anti police activists will still be very eager to milk it for money and their political goals.
I am a black person. I do not and wouldn’t run from the police. That is stupid and dangerous. The frequency of police shooting peaceful unarmed black men today is so infinitesimally small that to act in an aggressive or erratic manner is exceptionally irrational. The fact that you seem to be approving of black people behaving like this person behaved is grotesque. Police kill unarmed white people as well. They kill unarmed people. It happens. Sometimes police make mistakes, sometimes police are not trained well, sometimes police are scared, and sometimes police are horrible people. Regardless, no black person should have it in their mind that an encounter with the police is going to likely end in their death if they do not flee or fire weapons. That is delusional and dangerous. Encouraging it is immoral.
Bingo! Surprised I had to read so far to find your chonk of sanity. Anybody who thinks they need to fight their way out of a police stop is creating that outcome. Those cops should sleep well, they are not to blame.
When angry people with guns scream at you to do something, I suggest you comply. Thank me later.
After watching more footage about it, including body cam, my current hypothesis is that this was a case of suicide by cop. Jayland Walker’s fiancé had died a month prior in a car accident. A gold ring was found on the seat alongside the gun he fired out the window. The guy wanted to be with his fiancé. Sad. Not right to use random cops to get his wish granted, but it worked.
Who puts on a ski mask and leaves his gun and a ring on the seat before hopping out of a car and running after a police pursuit where he fired a gun and then abruptly turning around? Someone who wants to die. This isn’t a story about racism or police brutality. I suspect it is a story about despair.
But the anti police activists will still be very eager to milk it for money and their political goals.
I've seen that video, and sadly concur. I pity the man.
So many very personal tragedies are simply fodder for the outrage mill now, given some exciting video to exploit for a news cycle.
If I've learned anything recently it is that I can only trust my own eyes and brain. The efforts to deceive are monumental.