Police Shoot Golf Club-Wielding Man Dead During a Raid on His Home. Footage Released.

[playmaker88]

3 seconds after they shot him they said get on the ground... I mean they could have easily tased him.. gassed him.. came in with a police shield.. non lethal force they could have done a multitude of things..

 

[ThaChozenWun]

3 seconds after they shot him they said get on the ground... I mean they could have easily tased him.. gassed him.. came in with a police shield.. non lethal force they could have done a multitude of things..

Fuck he was close enough two of them could have threw his ass to the ground and cuffed him.

I do see why they shot him though, watch it frame by frame, he's holding the golf club like it's a rifle. He pops out from behind the corner in that stance and they shot him because if someone's going to shoot you, you don't have time to go over whether it's a gun, fake gun, object, etc... His own dumbass fault, if you're going to pop out in front of a swat team prepared for possible combat inside the house like you have a weapon you should know there's a high probability you're getting shot. The shooting of the dude with the knife posted not long ago isn't justified, this can be justified.

 

[Chike]

Nice world we live in where mothafuckas can just run up in your house and shoot you and be justified about it.

 

[Swiffness!]

these fucking no-knock warrants, i swear

watch the video

0:23 - "Police!"

0:29 - *GUNSHOTS*

SIX FUCKING SECONDS!!!! (so I guess a black man would get 3?)

Then watch the pigs order him to "GET ON THE GROUND" when he's already DEAD.

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Blair had been under investigation for several months by the strike force on suspicion of dealing meth and heroin. Only a small amount of marijuana, and paraphernalia, was found in the home, Smith said, and a small vial of what appeared to be meth was in the dead man's pants pocket.

Yeah, you nailed Heisenberg alright. Great police work, guys.

And that was a golf club he was holding btw. Obviously.

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

They saw the golf club and got caught off guard and started shooting. They'll get reduced time, cuz cops aren't perfect and they're seen as do gooders who make mistakes..

 

[daboyskill]

shit gotta stop man...4 real

 

[John Prewett]

Reminds me of the Randy Weaver/Ruby Ridge shootings.

Man did not have time nor way to known who was invading his home.

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[Disciplined InSight]

Damn....this is crazy.

 

[bankrupt baller]

SIX FUCKING SECONDS!!!! (so I guess a black man would get 3?)

LOL JUST STOP

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Damn, the bust in there firing like they were playing Call of Duty or something.

 

[Swiffness!]

They'll get reduced time

I'm sorry reduced time? TIME? Are you implying that any of them will go to PRISON? HA. HAHA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Reminds me of the Randy Weaver/Ruby Ridge shootings.

I thought of that too. Like what happens when one of these stupid-ass raids goes down at a gun nut's crib?? Then I realized that already happened at Ruby Ridge. And they may have been some white supremacist crackas, but shit, at least they took some of those stormtroopers with 'em.

Of course, the Law got its payback when that sniper blew Mrs. Weaver's head off while she was fleeing gunfire with her 10 month old baby in her arms. Fight and you'll never survive, run and you'll never escape....

 

[ThaChozenWun]

Again, you have a dumbass who tries being a hardass with police. They are going into a situation where gun fire may erupt so they're antsy, they are human so they no get nerves kicking before busting in. Dude pops around a corner holding a golf club like a rifle, gets shot because you're trained to shoot before the other guy, so fuck him./

 

[Huruma]

His little, golf stick wasn't a threat to them, they could have reasoned with him. I don' see how you can just kill someone in cold blood and move along like it was nothing.

Police should be held accountable for 'wrongful' deaths to the same extent that civilians are. A police officer is a warrior and a warrior should be willing to sacrifice themselves for the innocent. If they're not sure whether or not someone is a threat to them (not to other civilians), they should assume that they aren't.

 

[playmaker88]

Old.. theres a thread on this.. probably on the second or third page of this section ..

 

[playmaker88]

.... here..

 

[ThaChozenWun]

His little, golf stick wasn't a threat to them, they could have reasoned with him. I don' see how you can just kill someone in cold blood and move along like it was nothing.

Police should be held accountable for 'wrongful' deaths to the same extent that civilians are. A police officer is a warrior and a warrior should be willing to sacrifice themselves for the innocent. If they're not sure whether or not someone is a threat to them (not to other civilians), they should assume that they aren't.

Did they know with absolute certainty in that split second the object he turned the corner pointing at them with was a golf club? No. Your brain reacts in one way, when you're threatened you retaliate. They were already headed into a situation where gun fight was a strong possibility, if some dumbass is going to pop out of a corner holding a club like an assualt rifle knowing that police are coming through with guns drawn expecting a firefight your dumbass deserves to get shot. This case they had probably cause to fire. What would have happened had they held fire and it was an assault rifle he turned the corner with, they would have died instead of him. It's alright to call out injustices and misuse of force in most of these cases, this shit aint one of them. Quit giving stupid fuckin people a pass for their actions. The guy was killed because of his fuckin actions and his actions only.

 

[Huruma]

Did they know with absolute certainty in that split second the object he turned the corner pointing at them with was a golf club? No. Your brain reacts in one way, when you're threatened you retaliate. They were already headed into a situation where gun fight was a strong possibility, if some dumbass is going to pop out of a corner holding a club like an assualt rifle knowing that police are coming through with guns drawn expecting a firefight your dumbass deserves to get shot. This case they had probably cause to fire. What would have happened had they held fire and it was an assault rifle he turned the corner with, they would have died instead of him. It's alright to call out injustices and misuse of force in most of these cases, this shit aint one of them. Quit giving stupid fuckin people a pass for their actions. The guy was killed because of his fuckin actions and his actions only.

You make a a good point but this is what they should be prepared for. They should learn to inhibit their instinct and take every precaution necessary to protect civilians.

 

[ThaChozenWun]

You make a a good point but this is what they should be prepared for. They should learn to inhibit their instinct and take every precaution necessary to protect civilians.

And in this case had they taken caution and not acted quickly enough had the guy had a real gun they'd be the ones dead. Their isn't time to think and figure out what he's pointing at you really is, no one wants to die, and when confronted with death, most people will take another persons life before theirs is taken. What else could they have done? It was a bust they couldn't search the house when he wasn't home to be sure he didn't have weapons, they weren't able to tell if he had weapons on him, they didn't have xray goggles to see behind walls to know he was going to pop out aiming a golf club at them. He fucked himself it's that simple. If people want to be upset be upset about the little girl that got shot because of bad planning and not following protocol, or the guy that got shot in the head 4 times because he was wielding a knife when the officer had a taser gun on him and was 20 feet away. Be upset about Shawn Bell. Not this shit, it's his fault he got shot and anyone in the officers position would have ended up pulling the trigger that quick too.

 

[daboyskill]

Damn, the bust in there firing like they were playing Call of Duty or something.

lol............

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

I'm sorry reduced time? TIME? Are you implying that any of them will go to PRISON? HA. HAHA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Yeah I thought about what I said after, who was I kidding.