It's another situation where the person stopped did not follow directions. He told the police officers he was carrying a weapon, and said he was reaching for his ID. The police told him to stop and do not reach for anything, but the person did not follow directions.

Why, oh why, is it so order to keep your hands up and do as you're told, even though you don't think it's necessary. These men and women in uniform are scared for their lives as well. From the video I saw, he was struggling with the police officer, and resisting. I do not know if the gun was on his person or whether it was in the car, but if the police believed it was on his person, they were justified in defending themselves.

I don't know all the circumstances but it seems like it was a deadly over reaction by the police.

Cherrios for the win!

You mean there's more to this story?

Shocking!

Yeah, he was a pedophile who did not register. Burn in hell.

I have not seen any reports on him being a pedophile, I'd double check that.

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I have not seen any reports on him being a pedophile, I'd double check that.

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 Wanna see my shocked face? Of course you didnt hear about it...

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/alton-sterling-article-1.2700893

The police were called by a homeless man that he was threatening with the gun. He was a deadbeat dad, a pedophile, a gang member, and a convicted felon who was not supposed to own a gun.

The police did nothing wrong.




Yes, the nation is once again horrified to learn another black man tragically lost his life after an altercation with police. Alton Sterling was shot and killed Tuesday just after midnight in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Listen to the liberal narrative and you’ll hear that Sterling was killed for selling CDs outside of a Triple S Food Mart. There’s a bit more to the story, of course.

Police were called after Sterling had been threatening a homeless man with a firearm for asking him if he had any spare change. The homeless man had made the 911 call. After police arrived, Sterling had resisted arrest, and appeared to make a grab for his firearm at one point. This is still disputable, however. In the video footage of the shooting, you can hear the officer shout “He’s got a gun!” and “if you f—king move, I swear to God.” One of the officers then says something unintelligible, and two shots are fired.

So who is Alton Sterling? For starters, liberals should know he possessed an illegal firearm. As a felon with a lengthy rap sheet, Sterling is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm. Police records show Sterling had been a member of the Bloods gang, and had a list of offenses including battery, assault, drugs and weapons charges, and owed $25,000 in child support. He was also a registered pedophile, having impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 20. The media, by contrast, has portrayed him as a loving father of five.

And I suspect the TRUTH is somewhere between the two extremes.

flan

Lawyerlady wrote:

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The facts are simple -

1. A person called 911 b/c he was threatening him.
2. He was a convicted felon with a lengthy rap sheet of violent crimes.
3. He was, at the time, illegally carrying a firearm which he had threatened people with.
4. He was a registered pedophile - he got a 14 year old girl pregnant AND he was a deadbeat dad to his 5 children.



The police are the ones that get the benefit of the doubt in this case.

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 As FNW said, it's gotten to the point where most of us cannot keep these incidents straight.

DOES #4 justify killing him?

Possibly #3 does.

As far as #2, THAT speaks to flaws in our legal system.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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All of those things may indeed be true. But, it is not the job of the Police to be jury and executioner. Their job is to respond and address the particular situation at hand. I think this case is different than the one where the man was sitting in his car and shot after he was told to produce his concealed weapon permit.

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 I agree, and as I said, sometimes it's hard to keep the details straight.

flan

flan327 wrote:

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Question:

Because I do not personally know any LEO's...

How would they have known the guy's rap sheet without knowing his name?

flan

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 I think you are missing the point.  The police are involved in a situation where a split second decision can mean life or death.  The rap sheet shows the man had a history of violence, of criminal activity and a disrespect for the law.   Whether or not the cops knew his rap sheet - it tells us a lot about him and how he was likely behaving in the situation to escalate it to that level.  

 

But what the police knew going in was that a man was out on the street threatening people with a gun.  And when they tried to talk to him, he resisted arrest.  

That's enough.  

Because now, innocent police officers are having to pay for the mistakes of others.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Question:

Because I do not personally know any LEO's...

How would they have known the guy's rap sheet without knowing his name?

flan

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 I think you are missing the point.  The police are involved in a situation where a split second decision can mean life or death.  The rap sheet shows the man had a history of violence, of criminal activity and a disrespect for the law.   Whether or not the cops knew his rap sheet - it tells us a lot about him and how he was likely behaving in the situation to escalate it to that level.  

 

But what the police knew going in was that a man was out on the street threatening people with a gun.  And when they tried to talk to him, he resisted arrest.  

That's enough.  

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 So resisting arrest is always cause for a public execution?

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 When you have a gun and have been threatening people with it?  Yes. 

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But there are other methods besides deadly force.

No, I wasn't there. None of us were.

flan

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 A suspect has a gun, and the police were called b/c he was threatening people with it?  The police are already risking their lives just answering the call - they do NOT have to put their own lives at even greater risk to try to save the person that is the threat.  

He was a criminal.  He had a gun.  He threatened people with said gun.  

It was a justifiable shooting.  

Don't want to end up dead?  Don't threaten people with a gun and resist the police when they arrive.

 

 

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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They are using 'resisting arrest' as the excuse to gun down and execute people. If the cop is literally sitting on you and closing off your airway, is your body going to try to breathe? Yes. So, they intrepret that as "resisting arrest". They taser people and then are screaming commands at someone they tasered seconds ago to comply with whatever they are screaming about and then they taser them again and again, when you are not in a state to be able to comply. These kinds of practices are what is resulting in unnecessary deaths. So, some of you can just keep justifying it and we can just keep going down this path. Or, we can look at better means of conflict resolution, engaging the police in the communities they serve so that they develop the public trust and so forth.

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 HE HAD A GUN and the police were called b/c he was threatening people with it. 

 

Stop playing dumb.