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Baton Rouge Police Shot

Aunt Spiker said:
A lot of what MLK believed in and tried to instill in the black community has been forgotten by some members of that same black community. He never would have supported this. And where's the sensible voice in this modern age that people listen to?
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There is no sensible voice. The BLM supporters will say, "this is wrong, but I understand why it happened".
 
Deuce said:
Motivated by similar outrage, perhaps, but not actually representing the movement.
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Oh please. This is part of their movement. They chant about dead cops, and they actively support this out in the open. Its no coincidence that as soon as the movement picks up national coverage again, there are two incidents of cops being targeted. What did BLM members want? Dead cops. They got it.
 
apdst said:
It's rained the past couple of days in the Baton Rouge area. It's been a wet summer.
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If you have ever been to the south, the humidity after a rain shower is often brutal.
 
Any information about the shooter?
 
Besides being armed what was the person doing before the cops showed up?
 
PoS said:
Well you know how people are these days, they want everything easy. It's a simple formula really, if its cops getting shot, then its BLM. If its anything else, then its ISIS.
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Maybe because it often turns out to be true. Not always; but often enough to be a trend.


Granted we don't know yet... but as guesses go, it isn't a bad one. Hear hooves, expect horses, not zebras...
 
Erod said:
Time to militarize the police and open fire on BLM.
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Yep, that will calm things down and increase respect for law enforcement tactics. ;)

Did you have a specific location or individuals in mind or will any (black?) person anywhere flying a (protest?) sign suffice?
 
Aunt Spiker said:
A lot of what MLK believed in and tried to instill in the black community has been forgotten by some members of that same black community. He never would have supported this. And where's the sensible voice in this modern age that people listen to?
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No, he would have endorsed trespassing on private property. Murder is of course worse than trespassing, but they're both crimes and violations of other peoples rights.
 
Goshin said:
Hear hooves, expect horses, not zebras...
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Unfortunately as we head into hot August this is going to be one long ugly summer.

Blacks don't trust police.
Police don't trust blacks.

Maybe trust isn't the correct word but perhaps cautious would be better. A few bad apples does affect how you think about buying the whole box .
 
Why are black people ALWAYS blamed for violence committed by blacks ?
 
LowDown said:
Alton Sterling was recently shot multiple times and killed by Baton Rouge police while being held down on the ground. The police say he was reaching for a gun that was in his pants. I don't know how dumb you'd have to be to try to get gun out of your pants after the police have you pinned to the ground. Suffice to say that many people don't believe Sterling's shooting was justified. There have been many credible threats against the police since Sterling was killed.

Nevertheless, it goes without saying that this sort of response, shooting cops, will just make things a lot worse for everyone.
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No matter the motive, there is no excuse to gun down police officers doing their job. Right now I don't know the race or motive of this shooter, but his actions are reprehensible. But, just like we shouldn't judge all law enforcement by the actions of a few, we shouldn't condemn all BLM members for the actions of a few.
 
apdst said:
It's rained the past couple of days in the Baton Rouge area. It's been a wet summer.
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Really? Last week's graph showed daily highs above 90. And you say it has been raining? It doesn't mention it, but weather stations sometimes get these things wrong.
 
joG said:
Really? Last week's graph showed daily highs above 90. And you say it has been raining? It doesn't mention it, but weather stations sometimes get these things wrong.
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Rain doesn't really cool things off in South Louisiana. Not this time of year, anyway.
 
Dibbler said:
Why are black people ALWAYS blamed for violence committed by blacks ?
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Perhaps it is related to the way all cops are blamed for every bad cop shooting.
 
Texmex said:
No matter the motive, there is no excuse to gun down police officers doing their job. Right now I don't know the race or motive of this shooter, but his actions are reprehensible. But, just like we shouldn't judge all law enforcement by the actions of a few, we shouldn't condemn all BLM members for the actions of a few.
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If some cops were saying, "we wanna kill black people", I bet you wouldn't be separating the goats from the sheep.
 
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