Ryl
2018-12-02T00:32:41.000Z
Trigger warning: discussion of violence, murder, and police misconduct
latest #81
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:33:12.000Z
So Thanksgiving evening, there was a shooting at the local mall
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:33:23.000Z
Two people wounded
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:33:50.000Z
The police said that they killed the shooter
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Ryl
2018-12-02T00:34:04.000Z
Flash forward a few days
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:34:14.000Z
The truth starts coming out
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:35:24.000Z
The young man they shot was not the shooter but a 21-year-old military officer home for the holiday while he awaited his long-term assignment
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:35:54.000Z
His father was former military and a current police officer
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:36:26.000Z
They said he seemed like a threat because he was coming from the direction of the shooting with his gun drawn
no mortal blade
2018-12-02T00:36:30.000Z
oh jeez, that was local for you? I'd been following the story
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:36:37.000Z
Yep
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:36:49.000Z
I love 15 minutes from that mall
no mortal blade
2018-12-02T00:36:54.000Z
I'm sorry, I can imagine how much harder that makes it
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:37:04.000Z
I used to work at the Sears there
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:37:28.000Z
I still shop there and my work has me picking up and delivering food there
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:37:41.000Z
My uncle used to work at that Belk
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:38:24.000Z
I just found out today from a friend that the young man did NOT have his gun drawn at all
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:38:40.000Z
He was running from the gunshots with everyone else
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:39:17.000Z
The police didn’t bother to secure the scene at all
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:39:29.000Z
They didn’t speak to him first
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:39:41.000Z
One of his fellow officers was with him
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:40:12.000Z
The police forced him to the ground and, iirc, they cuffed him immediately after killing his friend
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:40:19.000Z
I just...
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:40:31.000Z
I respect the police in general
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:40:45.000Z
We need them
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:41:03.000Z
I have known several who are good people
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:41:17.000Z
But then you have these...
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:41:34.000Z
I can’t even think of an appropriate word for them
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:41:46.000Z
Who clearly don’t care about the law
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:42:20.000Z
Don’t care about the fact that they are undermining the public’s trust in any and all law enforcement
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:42:43.000Z
Don’t care that they are making their fellow officers’ jobs more dangerous
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:43:23.000Z
Don’t care that they’re putting their own families at greater risk by failing to do their job
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:43:44.000Z
Sure, I’m a woman and most people assume I’m white
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:44:07.000Z
But this bs doesn’t just effect one race
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:44:30.000Z
I’m not afraid the cops will decide I’m a threat to them
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:45:45.000Z
But I don’t feel safe when they knowingly shoot the wrong person and say the shooter is dead instead of actually trying to find the real shooter before he comes back and actually does kill people the next time
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:46:31.000Z
And if that had happened, those lives would be on the hands of Hoover PD as much as their direct victim’s
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:46:58.000Z
I’m glad they caught the actual shooter before he could try again
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:47:13.000Z
But, oh, wait
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:47:23.000Z
That wasn’t Hoover PD
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:47:41.000Z
That was some precinct in Georgia
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:48:12.000Z
I really hope this goes to trial
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:48:30.000Z
And not only for the cop who committed the murder
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:49:07.000Z
Everyone who helped try to cover it up should be indicted for a minimum of obstruction of justice
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:49:20.000Z
Also for aiding and abetting
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:49:30.000Z
Possibly even conspiracy
no mortal blade
2018-12-02T00:49:40.000Z
yes.
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:50:04.000Z
I don’t care what they think about race
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:50:39.000Z
They want to just blame the first black guy?
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:51:06.000Z
Guess what, they’re not just putting black people in danger
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:51:33.000Z
And that’s beyond how unjust and evil that is
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:51:44.000Z
I just...
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:52:09.000Z
Even a racist asshole should be able to figure this out
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:53:07.000Z
And, yeah, I bet you any money that if he’d been white and the actual shooter, he would have been taken alive
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:53:20.000Z
Based on how badly they botched everything
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:54:06.000Z
I find it very difficult to believe that race was not a factor here
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:54:51.000Z
There was literally no other apparent motive
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:55:13.000Z
Unless the cops involved had some kind of history with the two men
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:55:40.000Z
In which case they neglected their jobs for the sake of a personal vendetta
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:55:51.000Z
Which might almost be even worse
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:56:25.000Z
Men and women like that should not be allowed to wear a badge
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:57:02.000Z
Their job is directly stated in the polo motto: To protect and serve
Ryl
2018-12-02T00:57:14.000Z
These cops did the exact opposite
StupidSexyV⚠der
2018-12-02T01:45:12.000Z
there are good cops out there but those who are bad...way out number therm i feel
StupidSexyV⚠der
2018-12-02T01:45:28.000Z
but I'm sorry this was so close to home
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:45:41.000Z
It’s weird
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:45:55.000Z
I’ve seen the stories in the national news
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:46:10.000Z
But this is the first time it’s been local for me
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:46:22.000Z
And...
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:46:45.000Z
It feels like some cops are almost like two different people, potentially
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:47:04.000Z
Most of my interactions with them have been pretty positive
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:47:36.000Z
But now I look at the cops doing security at the library and have to wonder if they were involved
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:48:00.000Z
It’s unsettling
StupidSexyV⚠der
2018-12-02T01:52:52.000Z
yep that's. common
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:55:23.000Z
I just... how do they not see they’re endangering people who they don’t necessarily look down on?
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:56:12.000Z
How do they not realize they are creating an atmosphere where people will take the law into their own hands rather than call the authorities?
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:56:49.000Z
How do they not see they’re making their fellow officers’ jobs more dangerous?
Ryl
2018-12-02T01:57:08.000Z
If nothing else, they should at least care about that!
StupidSexyV⚠der
2018-12-02T02:12:46.000Z
group think, the psychology of people, especially men, who want to become cops, and the indoctrination in their training
Ryl
2018-12-02T02:13:47.000Z
And now their victim’s mother has had a heart attack
StupidSexyV⚠der
2018-12-02T02:53:47.000Z
poor family
Ryl
2018-12-02T03:35:09.000Z
Yeah...
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