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Originally Posted by Mindz
I don't view it as racism, I view it as a figure of authority shot some guy in the back while he was laying face down on the ground unarmed... considering I had a co-worker who was present for the incident...
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Not that I think the victim needs defending, because he's dead and his family are undoubtedly distraught, and I feel for them.
That being said, the dead kid was obviously in the mix of something (haven't read a story that says exactly what started the interrogation in the first place)...and the "bad cop" was a young one who screwed up...royally. In the videos I've seen you can see the cop's face after his firearm discharged...absolute terror. He knew what he just started and couldn't believe it happened. It's not like a cop just walked up on some random guy and shot him in the back. A person was struggling and not cooperating and when the cop got defensive he obviously mishandled his weapon.
I just can't believe that justified rioting. What does that accomplish? And the best part is that it's pretty EO rioting, the rioters aren't concerned with just annoying the white folks, they are ravaging their own shops and property as well. It's just savage and ridiculous.