Sean Bell thoughts

thoughts on sean bell

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[carterjt47]

damn

[cboy8]

This may stop the next guy from talking shit about getting a gun to f..k somebody up with. If you want to believe the guys that couldn't keep a story straight on the stand, that were worried about how their testimony would effect their 50 million dollar lawsuit, that's fine. We won't ever agree then so there's no further point to waste time discussing this. Paid Killers? 30,000 plus cops on the streets, 1 questionable death every few years and you call them paid killers? That's comical

[Fisue928]

What gun? Where was it? That was a lie those paid killers made up.

[cboy8]

They were considered a threat because they said they were going to get a gun! Wake up! John White (black) shot and killed a white kid that he felt threatened by on Long Island. He got off. Funny thing is Al defended him, marched for him because of the threat he felt and the actions he took. I think John White was OK to defend himself because of the perceived threat against him and his family. So you are able to do that. Protect yourself, just don't threaten people, you'll be fine.

[lkspence]

I know. This is a bad deal all the way around. The black police officer who (i believe) apologized to the family didn't even have facial hair. He was just a kid himself. The policies I think were ignored here are there for a reason--to save police officers AND the people they are supposed to protect. More than any other time I fully understand and appreciate the job police officers do. But we can't afford to live with mistakes like this. (They can't either.)

[Fisue928]

They were considered a threat because they were Black. If someone was walking up to your car with a gun, you would be a fool not to try to kill them. If you felt threatened, and you shot someone several times, reloaded then shot them so more, you would be locked up for life. Those police officers were told, it is just fine to kill Blacks, just say you feel threatened. We should all be able to do that.

[cboy8]

Imagine having a job for 20 years and never making one mistake? Imagine if that mistake could lead to this. I had a girlfriend, her brother was on the job, shot and killed in the line of duty. Split second decision, I guess he waited too long. He left a son, a wife and a family that never was the same. There's two sides, they both suck. It's like white people grouping blacks together when a couple do bad things, the cops are the same. They unfortunately are human.

[lkspence]

I know the police officers involved would take the events of that night back if they could.

But they chose the job. They have a responsibility to do the job right. In this case it is pretty clear they did not...no matter what crimes Bell and his partners were previously guilty of (and selling wolf tickets isn't a crime).

[cboy8]

The cops were doing their jobs that night. Things went tragically wrong. How many operations do they perform every day like this that don't result like Sean Bell's case. They are trying to keep you safe. These guys were drug dealers, they were acting like thugs, they caused what lead to this. If the cops didn't step in, I wish they didn't, the pimp in the truck probably would have shot them. One of their lives was going to end like this.

[lkspence]

i'm not sure what al's intent is...but i don't think it matters. what is more important to me is creating a climate where black people feel safe in their homes. the first step there is getting the police to do their jobs. why should black people do the job of the police?