Thursday, August 06, 2015

Where's the outrage?

A 19 year old boy, unarmed, was shot and killed by a police officer and the boy's father asks "Where's the outrage"? He claims his son's death is being ignored because his son is white and the officer is white. What happened was the boy was with a 23 year old woman who had made a drug deal with an undercover officer. When a uniform policeman moved in to make the arrest the boy allegedly accelerated his car towards one of the officers who then shot in self defense. The boy's father claims his son was shot in the back and the attorney hired by the father claims the autopsy proves the car was not moving at the time the boy was shot. I for one can't understand how an autopsy can prove whether the car was moving or not. I can understand how the boy was shot in the back. There were two officers, one in front of the car and the other to the side of the car. The boy could have exposed his back to the shooter as he turned to avoid a full frontal target for the gun aimed at him. That isn't the only possibility. He could have been struck by a bullet from the officer on the side of the car. It could have been a ricochet. An autopsy can't determine that either. What it can do is establish a cause and a time of death and a likelihood cause for his death. What actually happened will most likely be determined by the state's police agency and if their is reasonable cause to believe wrong doing the final determination will be by a jury. We don't need any more outrages or riots. Being a policeperson is a tough job at it's best and a lot of qualified people are not interested in the job because it seems everyone hates the police these days. I do believe it is because so many people smoke marijuana and think it is harmless. Also people think that laws are for everyone else but them. Just drive the speed on our highways and see who the slowest driver is! I have encountered a rotten cop and a few who seemed to enjoy being a legal bully but most are just descent, hardworking folks. Two of the officers helping with my Mom's case are two of the nicest people. The male officer cleaned up the glass from the broken window and then came back later on his own time and his own expense repaired the damage. The other police officer, a woman, has talked with Mom, gave her good advise and a ride to the bank so Mom could get her financial stuff in order. In fact, yesterday the lady officer brought my Mom some peaches and some blueberries she picked herself from a garden. People can badmouth cops all they want but I find that most people approached by the police are just downright disrespectful and it is to the cops credit that they don't get mad. Most are professional and some are just super nice people. If people would drop the antagonistic attitude and realize most often when they deal with the police they are actually in the wrong, and what the police are doing is actually for their benefit or the public good then they wouldn't be so anti-cop. I know it makes one mad to get pulled over and given a ticket one can't really afford and it is embarrassing but it wasn't the cop who made you break the law.

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