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Demovictory9

(32,423 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 06:18 PM Jun 2020

officers kicked Rayshard as he lay dying and stood on his shoulders

He said the investigation had taken into account both officers' bodycam and dashcam footage, Wendy's surveillance footage, civilian cell phone footage and several eye witnesses – three of whom were present at the conference today.

Howard said that Brooks presented no threat to the officers who knew that the Taser he had stolen had been deployed twice and therefore rendered useless.

Howard stated, 'Once Mr Brooks was shot there is an Atlanta policy that requires that the officers have to provide timely medical attention.

'But after Mr Brooks was shot for 2 minutes and 12 seconds there was no medical attention applied to Mr Brooks.

'What we discovered is during the 2 minutes and 12 seconds that officer Rolfe kicked Mr Brooks while he laid on the ground fighting for his life.

'The other officer, officer Brosnan stood on Mr Brooks's shoulders while he was there struggling for his life.

He concluded, 'Based on the way these officers conducted themselves that the demeanor immediately after the shooting did not reflect any fear or danger but reflected other kinds of emotion.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8432521/Atlanta-officers-involved-shooting-death-Rayshard-Brooks-learn-charges-today.html

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officers kicked Rayshard as he lay dying and stood on his shoulders (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jun 2020 OP
Filthy, murderous motherfuckers! Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #1
Evil. Just evil. John Fante Jun 2020 #2
So I was right when I said the officer came off hostile JI7 Jun 2020 #3
It sounds like... Newest Reality Jun 2020 #4
White people in USA and other places, not just here, view themselves Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #5
They wanted to make sure he'd die Hav Jun 2020 #6
Exactly.. HipChick Jun 2020 #7
They made their bones, as if they are in the Mafia. LastDemocratInSC Jun 2020 #8
They treated him like an animal. dalton99a Jun 2020 #9
Its just beyond words Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #10
That's murder. Kid Berwyn Jun 2020 #11

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
4. It sounds like...
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 06:33 PM
Jun 2020

It sounds like a great job for sadistic serial killers who have just a little patience while awaiting each victim. Not only do you get the thrill of the kill, but you get pay, benefits and impunity. The opportunity to inflict pain and death is almost unlimited. What's to not like?

That should be in the want ads for today's police, especially if they are going to hire them, keep them on the force and even support and protect that kind of behavior.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
5. White people in USA and other places, not just here, view themselves
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 06:35 PM
Jun 2020

as superior.

Not all white people but WAY WAY more than the 45% which self identify as GOP, of course they are rabid racists, but MANY others are as well.

MLK JR talked about the white so called moderates and did so with concern:



“First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action’; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a ‘more convenient season.’ Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”

Hav

(5,969 posts)
6. They wanted to make sure he'd die
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 06:57 PM
Jun 2020

It simply has to be against the law to not only deliberately delay medical help but to also further attack a victim they shot. When does intent become part of the equation? Those murderers wanted to make sure they got their kill. They are animals who shouldn't be allowed near weapons because they will kill again.
And now imagine how many racist pigs got away with these lynchings, cheered on by their unions.

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