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Like most police shooting this day in age they were caught in the act of doing so by a mobile device. While it does not show the man lunging towards them, that here is not the point. You are trained to take measures outside of using your firearm, which they only tried once. Are you trying to tell me they did not have an tasers in hand either. Plus if one bullet can kill a man, why can you hear almost 10 go off in the video. A little overkill
He says the man fell and got up again and approached one officer still holding the knife and that's when officers opened fire, killing him
The logic here seems to be flawed. Because one beanbag didn't work lets open fire on him. He doesn't look like a small man it could possibly take more than one.
ordered him to drop the knife
The police seem to be off to a good start with just this line, following procedure. Something tell me I dont think it is going to stay like this, as we have at least 10 cops surrounding this man as they have their guns drawn.
still holding what appeared to be a large kitchen knife
Okay this would not help his case, but just because someone is holding a weapon does not mean that you have the authority to just open fire on a man. #rvc3
allegedly
I feel like even though this is a short article its provides a lot of evidence that cops abuse their power. This man was an alleged stabbing victim, they weren't even sure if he was, but they shoot him down in cold blood.
Hypocritical, don't you think
Police in general in todays age seem to be more hypocritical than anything else they seem to preach.
complete opposite experience with New York City Police
This seems to be a growing trend as more people seem to hate the police and despise them instead of feeling protected.
but what's the point of having freedoms and rights, if under the guise of the law, it clearly doesn't matter
This is what alot of individuals are running into, as when they are stopped by police and they try to communicate with them they are in turn shut down and treated poorly.
All they did was terrorize us
I feel like this is big amongst the police community, they use their power to intimidate their community into never doing anything wrong, but instead just makes them hate the police in turn.
Our goal was not to get shot. Our goal was to get out of this alive. Our goal was to protect ourselves and each other. No, running was never a thought
This is the sad truth among most people who have encounters among police in todays society. With the abuse of police power you would just like to come out of it alive even if it means a ticket.
why didn't you run?
This seems like the last thing you would want to do if you are not breaking the law as it puts you in even more danger as it gives the cops the opportunity to then use force which we have seen through this article you do not want them to do.
rambled on with their interrogating small talk
This seems to be a trend as they dont tell you what you are being held for until they let you go or have to tell you.
Eric Garner of NYC, Mike Brown of Missouri & Ezell Ford of Los Angeles. Eric Garner died, begging police to stop choking him ("I can't breathe"). Mike Brown died with his hands up. Ezell Ford was shot in the back, while lying on the ground
This is more great uses of pathos as it gets us more connected to the story by showing us past experiences where police have done wrong when the person they are holding as done nothing that warrants them to be shot especially unarmed.
One of them told me afterwards that she was more afraid when she found out they were cops
This is a sad trend among todays African American population in todays society as they seem to be more afraid of the people that are protecting them because those people abuse power and racially profile.
finally, two of the men took out their badges
It took nearly half of the time that these men were in the story to finally show them that they were the police even though they asked in the beginning.
We're trying to cooperate. We don't want any trouble," they pleaded
This is another great line in the article as it evokes pathos as you feel the women pleading with the men. It is also a big point because it seems that alot of todays shooting are of innocent men, this may be here to reinforce that.
I didn't want to be responsible for getting my friends arrested
Police intimidation tactics actually work as you see in this case of the women starting to bend of the will of the police officers are they start to bark threats.
your friends will get arrested 'cause of your big mouth
This line is important because it shows that police abuse their positions of power to strike fear and control their community to try and bend them to their will.
Know Your Rights
These are starting to pop up more and more frequent as the black lives matter movement is starting to gain some momentum.
You don't need to see shit
I am not the biggest on police knowledge, but I think if you ask to see it they are obliged to show you.
assumed these men were NYPD
We finally get the first signs that there may be police in this story, furthering the point that it is hard to distinguish.
four young women
This story could achieve way more media attention because it is four women, it feels as if males almost get put on the back burner for this sort of thing.
when four big men, dressed in dark sweatshirts and jeans, jumped out of a plain, black van and came straight for us
Starting this article off it does not seem like this is a story about police being the bad guy. This starts off with what appears to be 4 people getting robbed. I think this is a good opening because it paints a picture that it is hard to distinguish between criminals and police in todays society.
tens of thousands of African-American lives have been saved due to enhancements in police training
Even thought tens of thousands are being saved, it does not excuse the thousands that are being killed in clod blood.
suggests not all Americans object to local police replicating the discipline and professionalism of our armed forces
Americans enjoy the military we are not trying to then make a separate military.
Only 16%
Where is the other percentage?
53
53% is not a lot in a grad scheme of things
less vulnerable to assault
When you are dressed up like a military it is going to take another military to take you down.
than to perish through actions of a white cop
That is not the point. The point is that if someone is not doing anything wrong they should not even be close to being harmed to someone who should be protecting.
isolated and vulnerable
While they might feel isolated and vulnerable they are in positions of power most of the time holding weapons against unarmed men.
because they're itching to try their new fire power
Could it then be because they wish to abuse a position of power or are perhaps racially profiling.
might have even accelerated those improvements in public safety
Improvements of public safety, but it seems as if in todays age people feel less protected than ever by a police force.
The incidence of violent crime reached its all-time high in 1991, and since that time has been cut nearly in half. The homicide rate was also cut at roughly the same pace, reaching its lowest level since 1963
While the crime rate is seeing all time lows the rate of innocent shootings are reaching all time highs. Is this because police are abusing their power to strike fear in individuals?
why seek to change or challenge its direction?
What if it is going in the wrong direction?
There was no evidence tying him to the drug crimes but he was caught making 16 improper searches on police databases, as well as extensive time-theft. Over the course of 13 shifts, he spent more than 45 hours not doing police work and instead hung out at home or with friends
This was one of the crimes that got a larger punishment, but I still feel that it was not enough.
similar incident
But this time it was strictly business?
He left his post and parked his cruiser outside her family home
This is extremely scary that they can almost intimidate like this.
Docked eight days
I think there was way worse things done that got less than 8 days.
The driver was left with the impression … that her ability to get his son a job would impact the manner in which her provincial offences matters would be resolved
I feel like this also has to happen alot, but more with friends that with random people you pull over.
Docked two days pay
Reckless driving= two days of pay. If i drive reckless= possible jail time
repeatedly sounding his sirens and using evasive manoeuvres
I feel like this has to happen alot.
Demoted for one year and docked 20 days
Finally we get a more serious punishment, but when it happened at my work the person was fired.
go to a condo where one of them lived, where they ate snacks and watched TV until their shifts were almost over
Something similar to this happened at my job of jimmy johns.
Docked five days pay
Get weird with a stripper= 5 days of pay
including skipping out of traffic court
I did hear that it was sort of common that the police officers miss the traffic court, but not certain.
He didn’t tell dispatch where he was
This is extremely dangerous as what if something happens to him.
60 hours pay
Tell your officers to lie=2 and a half days of pay.
make false notebook entries
Seems like the type of thing you wouldn't want to do in such a job like a police officer.
18 days pay
Beat a woman= 18 days of pay.
73 hours of police time surfing the web over three months, including hours spent scouring an escort websit
This man is pretty dedicated to get an escort.
undergoing turmoil in his personal life. He had sought counselling on his own
I think there is a question on most applications that asks if you let personal issues spill into work. At least you would assume that there would be in a job as vital as a police officer.
did not like the way she looked
Even though being an escort is illegal, if you want an illegal act you still have to pay for it.
Visiting an escort and watching TV instead of fighting crime — that’s what some cops did while being paid to patrol
Thank goodness they are here to protect.
inventing charges
Inventing charges? This is pretty shocking even though if the charges were invented they couldn't stick in court.
abused their power just to goof off from work
Does turning on the police sirens to not wait at red lights count as goofing off?
searched confidential databases to keep tabs
I have actually been apart of one of those searches, but not to keep tabs. It was to see that I was not a trouble maker.
Toronto
Even though this is still an article based in Canada I still believe its effective as it shows police around the world.
for personal gain
This does not surprise me, until you are given a chance to achieve personal gain you wouldn't know what you would do.
technically illegal but socially acceptable
This attitude is almost complete gone, as you can get arrested for the smallest of things.
They were local butchers or bakers who lacked formal training and did not carry weapons other than a stick or a lamp
These things were bound to change ever since it was a paying job. If you're being paid to be a police officer you would want adequate protection for yourself.
Such attitudes can cause rifts between police and the community they vow to serve and protect—especially when coupled with long-standing racial or social tensions
When you're trying to intimidate or enforce your power amongst the community there is bound to be tensions.
For 350 owners, it took more than two years to get their money back
For such a substantial amount of money this is a extremely long time period.
22,000 such seizures worth about $1 billion through the Justice Department program.
Way too many in my opinion.
These guys get all fired up because they’re seeing photo after photo of seizures on the PowerPoints
This is the exact point that was trying to be proven earlier in the article by saying that the cops are trying to all make their name.
Now Anderson has gone to court to get the money back, saying he signed the waiver and mentioned the gambling debt only because he felt intimidated by Frye
This seems like it would be a rather hard case to get your money back.
An hour and six minutes into the stop, Frye read Anderson his Miranda rights
Seems rather delayed to read the Miranda rights.
Again, none of the personal information is held within the system, only the summary of the seizure
While this does seem good after everything that was presented in this article are we really going to believe them?
the intent behind it is
I actually agree with this. It was not meant to start with all of illegal non sense. It was made because of 9-11 and they were attempting to find terrorists.
We don’t go hunting for money in general
If youre searching for the big bust are you not looking for money then?
If you seized large amounts of cash, that’s the gift that keeps on giving
"The gift that keeps giving" thats a pretty messed up way to look at it.
make their names with large drug busts
If they try to make their names with large drug busts they will stop and search everyone to attempt to find it. Bad business model
He rejected a settlement with the government for half of his money and demanded a jury trial
What the heck is this? We take all of your money on a traffic stop and we come up with a settlement ot get half of it back.
stopped on Interstate 95 in Virginia for having tinted windows
This is actually pretty big in our society today, most officers don't like tinted windows and will pull you over to make sure their not too dark.
75,000
While this does seem like a ridiculous amount of money, it still is possible.
legal law enforcement tool
Finally someone with a rational thought.
But in 41 percent of cases
So only a twelfth of the people got their money back?
There have been 61,998 cash seizures made on highways and elsewhere since 9/11 without search warrants or indictments through the Equitable Sharing Program, totaling more than $2.5 billion
Holy guacamole that's a lot of money and seizures.
Those laws were meant to take a guy out for selling $1 million in cocaine or who was trying to launder large amounts of money
Seems like a slight difference between someone that just got stopped for a traffic violation.
turning our police forces into present-day Robin Hoods
Robin Hood wasn't someone in power he was fighting against a king. If anything people who stood up to these police officers would be Robin Hoods.
Social Security numbers
Seems like a really easy way for something bad to happen.
private police-training firms
This makes me think of some sort of Russian super police, like the Spetsnaz.
six Big Ten titles, a national championship
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Another example of a big school going down because the players and coaches couldn't follow rules
ways on how to police this
College sports are filled with illegal activity
While this seems like an impossible task, if anybody could do it it would be the NCAA. Just based on how strict they are.
no reason to believe things will improve in big-time college football before the end of the millennium.
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Even the people that are in college sports for a living think we need a change.
Kirk Herbstreit
through shortcuts
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Didn't anybody tell them short cuts don't work forever.
serious and fundamental change in many critical aspects of college sports.
College sports are filled with illegal activity
I think this is true for all of college sports and not just a single university. Just because we haven't found them yet doesn't mean they are not breaking the rules of the NCAA.
tried to cover up the matter
College sports are filled with illegal activity
This is something that I think you would never want to do. Especially when someone may investigate you. Just makes the situation worse
Nevin Shapiro
death penalty
This is something that is huge, because if you want to stop the activity, banning a team can stop illegal activity for the time being.
The NCAA only considers giving such a penalty to a university facing a second major violation within five years or dealing with a particularly outrageous situation.
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Not being able to learn your lesson the first time is what gets alot of these colleges in trouble.
rarely is a month, week or day that passes without a big-time program in college football sprinting deep into scandal while daring the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to tackle it.
College sports are filled with illegal activity
This is why I chose the topic, because you do see more and more scandals popping up monthly.
If convicted, the gambling business and gambling conspiracy charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The other charges carry up to 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, or twice the value of the property involved, whichever is larger.
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Someone who could possible go to jail for above 20 years should not be involved with college students. It is setting a bad example and putting them in the wrong direction.
The NCAA can impose sanctions for violations more than four years ago
College sports are filled with illegal activity
They received huge penalties and ended up taking away all of their wins from that season. Why cheating will never get you anywhere.
Michigan has banned Martin from its programs since March 1997. However, he allegedly continued giving players money until 1999
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Seems like a rather poor job of enforcing the rules, they just keep allowing the activity to occur.
Louis Bullock, who played at Michigan from 1995-99, received $71,000.
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Again a monetary value is placed on the students play.
Robert Traylor received $160,000
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Seems as if they were paid based on importance
he knew nothing about such payments
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Again.... seems unlikely that you wouldn't know about 280 thousand just appearing in your bank account.
about $280,000 from 1988-93, a period extending from his freshman year at Detroit Country Day high school through his sophomore season at Michigan.
College sports are filled with illegal activity
This is an obscene amount for a student in highschool and college. Way to much money to know what to do with. But college students always have a way to burn through money.
innocent
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Seems rather unlikely to me
"some were, and some were less than forthcoming."
College sports are filled with illegal activity
When faced with a situation like this, it would probably be best to cooperate so you don;t jeopardize your future.
gambling operations
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Whether it be a ponzi scheme or a gambling ring, there seems to be something more under every top booster.
Chris Webber
$600,000
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Seems like a small amount compared to the University of Miami amount
Michigan basketball booster Ed Martin
College sports are filled with illegal activity
These boosters seem to be a reoccurring theme. Maybe the elimination of boosters is needed.
booster payments are inherently wrong
College sports are filled with illegal activity
I think boosters are a bad part of college sports, but would be near impossible to get rid of
If the NCAA wants to regulate booster payments, there are ways it can do that
College sports are filled with illegal activity
If you cant completely get rid of them, why not allow it so when something bad happens your organization doesnt look bad.
And what's so bad about a booster using money to convince players to go to a school?
College sports are filled with illegal activity
While I could agree with this, most college athletes get scholarships allowing them to go to school for cheaper. So isnt getting paid in a education enough?
boosters could circumvent the system and pay players more to go to certain schools.
College sports are filled with illegal activity
I think some colleges already have advantages, that's why Alabama is such a football powerhouse. Because recruits want to go there. Its creating a monopoly of the top teams.
booster
College sports are filled with illegal activity
This is the same issue that struck the University of Miami and their scandal
I have this friend named Felipe.
Didn't really like the first part where he talked about his friend. Also with the amounts of annotations I'm assuming I'm not alone.
Rembert Browne
Hotline Bling
is that on Drake’s end, we actually see him, unedited, for long periods of time
Is this Drake maturing as a rapper from someone trying top showoff to now someone trying to send a message?
feeling himself
Drake
Pitino's record on the basketball court has reached legendary status
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Again these allegations only seem to hit bigger names.
According to Cox, McGee's attorney, his client "was not highly paid at all" at Louisville. His primary compensation, the attorney said, was a free room at Minardi Hall
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Wouldnt it still be bad, even if they werent paid?
Pitino had to know something about it
College sports are filled with illegal activity
This would be bad for such an historic basketball coach.
pay women to have sex with Louisville players
College sports are filled with illegal activity
Having private dancers would be one thing, but the side deals might make the punishments worse.
2010 to 2014
College sports are filled with illegal activity
This once again shows the reoccurring theme as it lasted for four years.
. Of the five players interviewed by ESPN, three said they attended parties as recruits and again when they were players at Louisville
College sports are filled with illegal activity
This sentence and interviewing the players shows that it was a reoccurring theme and not just a one time thing.
But the school now finds itself mired in a sex scandal that could tarnish its reputation and question the integrity of its leaders
College sports are filled with illegal activity
The same thing happened with the University of Miami, where they struggled to become relevant again. When the integrity gets questioned it is hard to get recruits again.