Cops Kill Six Year Old Boy

There has been another police shooting, this time in Lousiana. WBBM in Chicago reported that the father of the child had led the cops on a chase, at first. However, the body camera shows that at the time of the shooting, the father had his hands up in the air. He was shot, regardless. The father survived the shooting. The child was a six year old, still strapped in the seatbelt inside the car. He was shot by the cops and died. The two cops are black. The father and son are white. The cops have been charged, arrested, with bonds of a million dollars.

 

A terrible thing. In this case "Hands up, Don't shoot" wasn't a blatant lie. But I doubt there will be any marches, signs or calls from the president this time. And I'm certain there will be no WLM movement. We live with a double standard in the US that was created by the press and politicians. Since white people are so plentiful, it doesn't matter if a few of them, even babies, get offed by the pigs. At some point we may reach parity on these issues. This case will be buried by the press.

 

Good thing the cops are actually facing murder charges this time. In most cases, cops get paid administrative leave when they kill an innocent child.

 

I hate to say it, but I really have to wonder if it were two white cops that killed a 6 year old black boy, would they be facing murder charges?

 

I hadn't previously heard any mention of race in this story.

I can't help but think if the officers were white and the victims were black, the story would always be described as "unarmed black father and son shot by white police officers".

 

Not only facing murder charges, there would be riots too.

 

what is going on with the gun happy cops these days? Some of the cops....you hear good stories about cops , too, if you look hard enough. there are good and bad people in all races, professions, etc...i am sure i don't need to tell you that.

 

best get down to family dollar and get some paper towels

 

^ that is so true

 

Well Dude, the riots happen when the white cops are let off after killing a black fellow. This time the commanding officer dropped the hammer on the two black cops. Either way it happens, the matter is sad as hell. The saddest thing about this one is the 6 year old boy was autistic and was still strapped in the seat belt. The news report said the body camera captured the moment they shot him. The CO said it was an unspeakable vision.

 

Agreed.

My point is that if the officer is white and the shooting victim is black, there will likely be riots unless the officer is charged and convicted.

What I've read so far suggests that the father was backing his car in a collision course with the police, and that he had been chased by police prior to the shooting.

I'm not sure how much blame should go on the police here, but the dad should take most of the blame, imho. If he didn't run from the cops, and didn't try to back into them, none of this would have happened.

 

what a lousy father

 

I second that about the father. What kind of father does that when they have a child in the car?

How horrible this must be for the family of the child.

 

increased militarization of police, martial law seems inevitable.

 

True, if the father had not started the problem, nothing would have happened. It is a matter of culpability. From what I have read on it, the CO charged the cops with killing the kid, after the body camera showed an outright execution. The Body camera also showed the father had his hands up. He had surrendered, after causing all the commotion. So, I would think that a sharp lawyer can make a heavy civil rights case out of the body camera footage. But, if I am on that jury, I would look at the actions of the father long and hard before deciding on it.

 

Excessive force by a police officer should never be condoned. That is part of why so many of them think they can step out of bounds, or twist the law in order to 'keep it.'

A police officer is given a badge and a gun after training and is expected to be a professional. In my own profession, I was expected to act professional, and look out for those I dealt with, especially those who were not professionals--in fact most of the regulation was about protecting the rights of those who were not professional---and there were legal consequences if I treated them in a non-professional manner, or infringed upon their rights. Our legal system does not make a policeman (or policewoman) a judge, jury, and executioner. In their dealings with the public (non-professionals) tempers will flair, people will do stupid things, and dangerous situations will unfold. Because lives are at stake and officers are commissioned to carry deadly weapons, it should be demanded that they act professionally, which includes ensuring that lives are protected.

As long as we allow strong-armed police tactics. People of all races are victimized by cops that are also of all races. Having said that, we also need to keep in mind that if you are born Native American, then on a per-capita basis you have the greatest chance of being shot and killed by a police officer. If you are Black you have the second greatest chance. Hispanics have the third greatest chance. This is very wrong. (Native American shootings hardly even make the news. Between the Ferguson shooting and the New York chokehold case, A young Native American was executed by police officers in Utah, and it barely made the news---he was with a friend driving his grandmother's car. Police officers thought the car was stolen and chased them. Neither one had any warrants, but they are regularly harrased by the police, so they took off, (as Indians do in such areas for that very reason). They went down a dirt road and high centered. His friend took off running, but he didn't want anything to happen to his grandmother's car so he stayed with the car. As his friend jumped over a hill and headed down a gulley, he could hear the cop car pull up, and shots ring out. This young kid was shot multiple times, and was, of course, unarmed.)

Race is certainly a serious problem, just as it is in many areas of life here in America. Just because nestled in our enclaves of whiteness, it seems like there is no racism in America, does not mean it is not an issue. In fact the very people that complain about black people getting angry and rioting because of such things as police brutality are themselves demonstrating racial insensitivity. What they are saying without saying it is, "Why don't them negroes stay in their place"

For example, consider Fox News and their claims that the Black Lives Matter movement is 1.) creating a war against cops, and 2.) creating a race war in this country. In other words, "Why don't them negroes stay in their place"

Racism may not be as blatant as it was up to the 60's and 70's, but it is stil alive and well.

Since Ferguson, there have been numerous killings of black people by white officers that did not result in riots. It has happened here in Denver, for example. Some of these cases have made national news and nation-wide public outcry, but they did not result in riots.

Denver, for example, has a fairly diverse population and the racism has always been fairly subdued. I didn't see racism so blatantly expressed until I went to Virginia and the South East in the 70's. But that does not mean that racism does not exist here.

However Ferguson, where the black population was openly victimized by the Police, and where Federal investigation has uncovered open racism throughout the local police departments was a powder keg waiting for a spark to set it off. There are other similar places across this nation. Can you really blame them for wanting to take a stand?

 

I womder if all the white people are gonna start looting Whole foods and Target...






Doubt it

 

White people have done their share of looting. During the Great Depression white people looted plenty of stores. I have read many accounts in public law classes when I was working on my degrees in political science and criminal justice. I think any racial group that starts to feel oppressed and hopeless could end up in that situation. When you ain't got nothing, you've got nothing to lose.

 

Yes, you are right.....Keep people distracted hating each other or watching every shit a Kardashian takes to even notice.

a boy was killed and that is very sad.

 

aw darnit! I'd loot Trader joes today if i could, but ill be at work