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Detroit Police Shoot Fleeing Black Suspect In The Back

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I have no idea if this link is going to work or not since it goes to a FaceBook video of a Detroit PD press conference.

Anyway, Detroit cops pull up and start to arrest some guy who was just standing there doing nothing. The guy's buddy IMMEDIATELY puts his hands straight in the air and then, as the cop start to pay attention to him, he turns and flees but the cops blow him away. What else could this kid have done? He put his hands up. He tried to leave the area. Then the cops shot him because he's black. It's no wonder we have riots.

Chief Craig gives an update regarding... - Detroit Police Department
 

I Googled this story and am getting conflicting stories, but there are reports that the suspect fired at the officer before the police shot him. If this is true, it is one of the very few times police should be authorized to use lethal force.
 
What is the point of this thread? This has nothing to do with cops killing innocent people. Do you think that all black people should be shot down because some are criminals.
 
Phys251 said:
I Googled this story and am getting conflicting stories, but there are reports that the suspect fired at the officer before the police shot him. If this is true, it is one of the very few times police should be authorized to use lethal force.
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No, the police should never use deadly force. Because black people are only acting violent because of white systems of oppression
 
Citizen said:
What is the point of this thread? This has nothing to do with cops killing innocent people. Do you think that all black people should be shot down because some are criminals.
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Sounds like a lot of the story is not being told in this post.
 

For one thing, he could have decided to not run.

And no, cops did not shoot him because he's black.
 
Rexedgar said:
Police video of fatal shooting shows victim fired on cops

Looks like there were shot fired at the police????
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That's what I surmise.

I'm not going to watch the video for the simple reason that I'm tired of watching death-by-police videos, but I don't mind taking the word of reliable sources that the suspect did fire shots. I do wonder about whether he pointed his gun in the general vicinity of the officers, but I'm guessing that he did.
 
this is b.s. no black man should have to fear his life just because hes breaking the law and fighting with police and hurting innocent people
 

Detroit police release video of man firing at cops before officers fatally shoot him
“It’s simply a miracle he wasn’t struck in the head,” the Detroit police chief said of the officer, who was unharmed.

Detroit police release video of man firing at cops before officers fatally shoot him | Fox News

Newly released body and dash-camera footage by Detroit police in a deadly officer-involved shooting shows the suspect fired at police first before officers fatally shot him.

The death of 20-year-old Hakeem Littleton Friday sparked protests throughout the city, but Police Chief James Craig said the video puts rumors that Littleton was unarmed to bed.


Craig said at a news conference following the shooting that Littleton was no more than 3 feet away from officers when he suddenly pulled a semi-automatic pistol out of his pocket and began shooting at officers as they faced each other.



Officers were investigating a shooting that occurred at a block party during July Fourth weekend and arrested a separate man, Darnell Sylvester, who had an outstanding warrant against him for drug distribution.
 

That's an understatement.
 

Another case of lies being told to distort the truth and create a problem with police where there was none. This is the problem we see in these shootings, the immediate claims that its murder, an unwarranted shooting. That's BS in this case and many others but it's what we often see. The Body cams clearly show what happened and despite that video some are still claiming murder. YOu cannot fix a problem where there is no problem and you cannot fix situations where there is a problem when you cannot believe the sincerity of the accusers.
 
Grim17 said:
That's an understatement.
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You highlighted the wrong phrase of my post. Here, let me help you:

Your latest armchair quarterbacking does not make you a reliable source. Dismissed. :2wave:
 

You need not guess since the linked video(s) show that the "suspect" did fire at one of the officers immediately before he was shot (four times) by three police officers.
 
Phys251 said:
You highlighted the wrong phrase of my post. Here, let me help you:


Your latest armchair quarterbacking does not make you a reliable source. Dismissed. :2wave:
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Wow... I answer your question and you sling insults... What a putz move on your part.
 

He was 3 or four feet away, and it was a point and shoot at a specific cop.

But why does it matter? It's OK to fire on police as long as it's just general vicinity?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
You need not guess since the linked video(s) show that the "suspect" did fire at one of the officers immediately before he was shot (four times) by three police officers.
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And this is the part of my post that you need highlighted:

 
jimbo said:
He was 3 or four feet away, and it was a point and shoot at a specific cop.

But why does it matter? It's OK to fire on police as long as it's just general vicinity?
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That is a creative way to misinterpret my comment. :lol:
 
"Mayhem quickly followed in the west-side neighborhood of San Juan near McNichols, with more than 100 protesters gathering in the streets, shouting at police in riot gear, throwing bottles and bricks, and demanding justice for what they believed was another case of police brutality against a Black man."

Detroit Free Press - Breaking news, sports, business, entertainment
 
Phys251 said:
And this is the part of my post that you need highlighted:
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OK, yet refusing to see what actually happened may well lead to making incorrect guesses or taking the word of others who did so.
 

Did I tell any lies? The kid DID put his hands up. You can see it in the video. The kid did run away and the kid was shot in the back.

Sure, the kid also pulled a gun out and shot at a cop's head before he got shot but if you want to post a propaganda story you need to avoid all that.

Such is the narrative that BLM is built on. They take one or two LEGITIMATE stories and then create a false narrative around a whole lot of ILLEGITIMATE stories for the sole purpose of furthering their cause. It's called "propaganda" and it's EXACTLY the crap that's leading to the destruction of this once fine nation.

For those of you that may have actually watched the video and listened to the Chief, he was hustling to get this video out because the FALSE narrative had already blown up on social media and there had already been protests and associated violence because of the social media narrative created and proliferated by PROPAGANDISTS. This idea that if someone says it on Twitter then it's got to be true needs to be combated. Just search "Hakeem Littleton" on Twitter and then scroll back 20+ hours in the timeline. See for yourself how this cancer of social media created propaganda spurs these "protests".

People just plain aren't living in the real world these days and that's because they find it so easy to adopt whatever narrative fits their mood and happens to come across their feed.
 
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Your extreme sarcasm is duly noted.

The rioting mob wasted no time rushing to justice.
 
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