Rashad Brooks killed for falling asleep in a drive through line.

Originally posted by Surtur
It's just unfortunate someone felt the appropriate response to this was to burn something down.

And Wendy's frosties are excellent!

Also unfortunate cops feel the appropriate response to a drunk black guy resisting arrest is to shoot them.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Also unfortunate cops feel the appropriate response to a drunk black guy resisting arrest is to shoot them.

Also unfortunate the guy felt the appropriate response to cops just doing their job was to resist arrest, physically beat them, and fire a weapon at them.

Just awful 🙁

Who the heck falls asleep in a drive thru?

Usually, violent drunks.

Cops need better non-lethals

Originally posted by Surtur
Also unfortunate the guy felt the appropriate response to cops just doing their job was to resist arrest, physically beat them, and fire a weapon at them.

Just awful 🙁

Yeah drinking makes you do stupid things. Who would have thought?

Especially if the person drinking is already dumb and possibly violent.

Haven't we just reached the point that we should just allow All Blacks to commit what ever crime they want with no worry of consequences?

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Yeah drinking makes you do stupid things. Who would have thought?

For normal people this is usually stuff like drunk dialing an ex or tripping and falling in front of a bunch of people. Not physically attacking and using weapons on people who are armed.

It will be interesting to see the initial interaction, if I was a black man in contact with the Police who are capable of killing me and in this case did. Prior to my death I might have reacted to protect myself.

I still wanna say that I feel cops need more training. They need more money, not less.

Originally posted by Surtur
I still wanna say that I feel cops need more training. They need more money, not less.

Originally posted by Surtur
For normal people this is usually stuff like drunk dialing an ex or tripping and falling in front of a bunch of people. Not physically attacking and using weapons on people who are armed.

Sure. And neither is falling asleep at a drive thru normal for drunks.

So they knew he was drunk. Like they literally tested him and knew that. And they knew he was a bit strange.

But when are you going to get Surt thats its not okay just to shoot people dead for a bit of social misconduct?

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
They need to spend it differently, les on becoming an army and yes more on training, community programmes etc.

that's fair

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Sure. And neither is falling asleep at a drive thru normal for drunks.

So they knew he was drunk. Like they literally tested him and knew that. And they knew he was a bit strange.

But when are you going to get Surt thats its not okay just to shoot people dead for a bit of social misconduct?

It's definitely not okay to shoot people merely for being drunk, but that isn't what happened.

I also will say again what I have said before: I think there should be laws that all cars need to have breathalyzers and u need to pass the test to be able to start your car. These things exist, but are usually only given to people who repeatedly get caught driving drunk.

But it IS ok to LIE and say that IS what Happened....because Muh Narrative.

Why do people care less about Rashad than Mr. Flyod?

Originally posted by SquallX

We are the only race in this country that have become static as a whole.

Here's some graphical representations since spreadsheets are an eye sore. It's the first two.

https://blackdemographics.com/households/african-american-income/

The only concerning thing is the growth of the wealthy black class relative to the poorest black class. The fact that they were stable, even growing some years, during the recession compared to the poorer classes is unfortunate. It seems to mirror the class problems of general society. The goal wasn't to create a hyper rich black class and ignore the poor black class. Happy to see the growth though.

Regardless, the black community isn't a monolith. Saying black people are static undercuts the hard work going on in most segments. This board is mature enough to start talking intersectionality, no? Rich black experience not being the same as poor black experience and that kind of stuff?

We should start a law that lets you defend yourself from an officer if you A. Don't have a warrant and they touch you first. B. Are doing something very obviously illegal right in front of the cop.

In some ways I wish there'll be another civil war just to wake the racists up.

That said, this can all be avoided if they do one thing: Pass a law in all states that disallows the use of firearms on a person if shots aren't first fired. If a cop breaks this law, mandatory death penalty. If it's a proven accident; 30 years in prison. 🙂

Originally posted by Jmanghan
We should start a law that lets you defend yourself from an officer if you don't have a warrant and they touch you first.