The methods used by police officers when detaining suspects has been the subject of much scrutiny over the past few years. With incidents like the deaths of Freddy Gray, Michael Brown and Eric Garner stirring controversy and even violent outbursts from groups like Black Lives Matter and the African American community as a whole, the subject of police brutality is one that tends to stir contention.
And after the girlfriend of Philando Castile filmed the death of her boyfriend by a police officer in Falcon Heights, MN, while streaming it to Facebook, that outrage is once again rising.
In a video you can watch on the next page, you can see the whole thing go down. Notice how the demeanor of the police officer isn’t exactly one of somebody who has it under control. This leaves two questions. Does this keep happening because police officers are scared? And is this going to incite more riots, like the ones that took place in Ferguson?
Watch the video on the next page.
But if it was true, wouldn’t they want to get it out? I’m not sure it’s true and might just be a rumor.
One less$#%&!@*on the street..
This is a false statement. Stop the lies. Nothing in this story adds up and yes I have seen her video. If the deceased was in the passenger seat as reported by her and she was in the back seat with the child, who was driving the car???? The man that was shot should not have put his hands in his pocket after admitting he had a gun. Police officers don’t like getting shot and killed either and that was a stupid move on the part of this man no matter how wonderful he was. Stupidity can get you killed. If you have a gun keep your hands on the dash or steering wheel. Do not put them in your pocket. Diamond was more interested in getting noteriety than caring for her injured boyfriend. The police officer as Diamond claimed shot him in the arm, and that is usually not a fatal shot. If the officer meant to kill him he would have gotten a better shot than that. I do not believe the officer meant to kill anybody but he didn’t want to be shot either. Police officers do not have a crystal ball to tell them if the criminals are reaching for a gun or a wallet and by the time they see the gun they are alrady dead.
Yep!
Order out of chaos
I got those directly off his page
Pro police or go home. This is ridiculous. 1/4 of a story.
I read that same report. The media is stirring the$#%&!@* Picture shows he had a gun under his shirt.
You are wrong. He did not have a police record. You are confusing him with the other one who was shot in Baton Rouge who had quite a rap sheet.
Oh I know !! I say good riddance !
This is a travesty those cops should be tard and feathered over wha they done to this poor man they need hanged I’m sorry