magnumpi

This one is crazy nuts, he was held down to the ground and shot at point blank range WTF


Protests as Louisiana police shoot and kill black man selling CDs on Baton Rouge street

Stinkypup

They even felt that they were beyond the law by confiscating the CCTV footage- thankfully they were videoed. Even low for their standards

not2old

'what a tragedy', just saw the clip on TV

This sort of thing would never happen in Canada, or would it?

magnumpi

Not here no, he would have to be last one off a tram to get shot here.

Honestly tho if you look at the video on the link it's much clearer, and 100% murder.

BristolUK

I wonder if this latest of incidents of this type might influence the Black Lives Matter movement.

magnumpi

They are doing just that in the US

Linotype

WARNING: THIS IS A VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO:

magnumpi

OMG the gun some one shouted he had was in his pocket. And they was holding him down to shoot him, this is the sickest thing I seen cops do to date !!

magnumpi

Last night US cops shot another black guy after a routine stop for a broken tail light. Video was streamed by the passenger !!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...t-on-facebook/

The US cops really don't like black people do they !!

macadian

I see our 'armchair prosecution/jury/judge' already have convicted. Innocent or guilty, let's wait and see? Personally I don't know, and prefer to wait until ALL relevant evidence is known....I think it's something to do with the presumption of innocence till PROVEN otherwise....

magnumpi

I think both of the videos show that the cops are the ones who are "Judge Jury and executioners" and presume no one is innocent

Dorothy

How about the presumption of innocence for the man lying on the ground being shot while being held down by 2 cops?

How about the presumption of innocence for a guy with a broken taillight who is obeying the cop's (who's holding a gun with his finger on the trigger aimed at him) order to get his license and registration? How about the presumption of innocence for the passenger of that car who, along with her child, just watched her boyfriend be shot to death? I guess putting her on her knees so they can handcuff her and throw her in the back seat of the police car gives her that, huh?

What ever happened to the rights of civilians to go about their daily lives without the fear of being shot to death by over zealous police?

Dorothy

Both of those videos are deeply disturbing. That poor man lying on the ground dying while one cop gets up and walks away swearing and the other pulls his hands back away from him like he's got something contagious. Neither of them tries to help that man as he reaches up, obviously distressed. Nobody comforts him in his last few seconds. That disturbs me. And yes, I will judge the two men who held him down and shot him to death for selling CDs in a parking lot.

Shard

+100

How can this continually happen in the USA.

BristolUK

I heard that on CBC radio last night and I thought passenger in the car? That's not what was on the video posted here. Surely not twice in 24 hours...then they said something like three every day