The PC and Perpetually Offended Brigade

[hellfire]

I remember somone saying that police are trained to shoot at the torso as they have the best chance of landing. That was around the time the Gardai shot that lad in Dublin.

[Kunt 4 Life]

Yeah I think that's the same with the American cops. Legs move a lot and are a smaller target, which means missing and hitting Somone else.

Just wondering if a conversation about police shooting black people etc is really suited in a thread for moaning about the snowflake generation?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The question that'll be asked is whether a non Afro-American teen, on her own property, in a fight with two black girls, even if she was brandishing a knife, would have been shot on sight having called the cops about an incident at her home.

[Emphyrio]

It's likely, on here at least, you'll be the only one asking that question.

[ldj]

Speaking of which, whatever happened with the lad that got shot in Dublin a while back, has it all blown over?

For the most part but there was another shitstorm on social media about two weeks ago because the lads 16 year old brother was caught driving with no license or insurance and the police ended up having a scuffle with his family because they were getting in their faces screaming "you murdered our brother", which obviously in the current world of social media means the Gardai are the second coming of the KKK because they didn't let an underage kid joyride in peace.

[Emphyrio]

"Taking a knee and other forms of athlete protest to be banned at Tokyo Olympics"

https://www.the42.ie/protests-at-tokyo-olympics-5416604-Apr2021/

I'm all for anti-racism initiatives n that jazz but in football, taking a knee has lost all impact. It's probably about time sport became depoliticized again anyway.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

It's likely, on here at least, you'll be the only one asking that question.

It is the question that will be asked though, especially by proponents of "unconscious bias." Personally though, I don't think a rich bitch teen wielding a knife at a couple of other girls, of any colour, in front of her residence in a well-to-do neighborhood would have been shot on sight. And from what I've learned about the US from TV and cinema, such occurrences are the most common thing in the world over there! 

[hellfire]

I'll let someone else deal with his nonsense today. I've done my bit last week.

[open face surgery]

"Taking a knee and other forms of athlete protest to be banned at Tokyo Olympics"

https://www.the42.ie/protests-at-tokyo-olympics-5416604-Apr2021/

I'm all for anti-racism initiatives n that jazz but in football, taking a knee has lost all impact. It's probably about time sport became depoliticized again anyway.

Banning protesting is opening themselves up to a total shitshow.

[Emphyrio]

Oh for sure there'll be backlash. Par for the course at this stage. Stupid whiney cunts.

[Grim Reality]

The question that'll be asked is whether a non Afro-American teen, on her own property, in a fight with two black girls, even if she was brandishing a knife, would have been shot on sight having called the cops about an incident at her home.

There is always the context in everything. I would expect a gard called out to a domestic on a halting site or in some kip of an estate in clondalkin to naturally approach the situation differently to one where he is called out similarly to Dundrum or Terenure.

And then there is always perspective to consider. I'd imagine there are hundreds of violent incidents a day in the US involving police intervention. Bad White Cop is not out stalking the country picking off random innocent black targets willy nilly.

[Kurt Cocaine]

The question that'll be asked is whether a non Afro-American teen, on her own property, in a fight with two black girls, even if she was brandishing a knife, would have been shot on sight having called the cops about an incident at her home.

Did you see the video? The girl with the knife had only got off one opponent on the ground when she leapt up and started going for the girl in the pink tracksuit. This was just as the cops were arriving. They hadn't much time to react, much less think I'd say.
As for a white girl attacking two black girls in a nice neighbourhood? You know full well that scenario is highly highly unlikely. In fact, next to nil. So we'll knock that one on the head, yeah?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

As for a white girl attacking two black girls in a nice neighbourhood? You know full well that scenario is highly highly unlikely. In fact, next to nil. So we'll knock that one on the head, yeah?

from what I've learned about the US from TV and cinema, such occurrences are the most common thing in the world over there! 

[Kurt Cocaine]

As for a white girl attacking two black girls in a nice neighbourhood? You know full well that scenario is highly highly unlikely. In fact, next to nil. So we'll knock that one on the head, yeah?

from what I've learned about the US from TV and cinema, such occurrences are the most common thing in the world over there! 

Oh right, I'm supposed to read all your posts on each page and answer collectively. Gotcha mista...  :

[Carnage]

Watching the video, I can't see what choice the cop had. Just arriving on the scene, seeing her lunging at someone else with a knife, he has to make an on the spot decision to stop her from potentially killing the other girl. She's moving so aiming for limbs isn't viable, you go for centre mass. Was four shots excessive? Probably. Split second, adrenaline fuelled decisions aren't always perfect but he probably saved pink tracksuit's life.