Orpheus wrote:
Not really. I just refreshed myself on the case. He was 12, he had an airsoft gun and he was killed in a matter of seconds. He wasn't given first aid for over four minutes, which even if you believe he deserved to be shot is ridiculous. The result of whatever you believe happened was a dead 12-year old child. That's a fact.
Those are all facts of the case, yes. But what you said is that he was "shot for having a toy gun", which is not accurate. He was shot for having a gun which was later determined to be a toy. There is a world of difference there.
Orpheus wrote:
I really don't give a shit about the original thread title, any of that. I'm arguing the cases that compelled someone to climb on top of a building and murder cops. This is not my delicate liberal sensibilities at stake, I don't give a shit about that. We are at 10 minutes to midnight on a race war right now. This shit is serious and has to be addressed.
I too am a liberal. Pretty liberal in fact, but I demand evidence before forming an opinion and most of what is in this thread is far from that. It's the same tired bullshit about the police being out to kill black folk when the evidence does not bare this out. If you disagree, show me some evidence that backs the claim or stop making it because this race war ( which ain't happening, people are not as evil as you think) is predicated on people repeating the story until, much like shark attacks at beach, people think the tragedies are happening everyday. (And no, there is no acceptable number of people of any race that cops can maliciously kill.)
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."