First, it is possible that the OP was using sarcasm (which I contemplated) but if that was the case then they undermined their intent by pairing it with a fair and valid criticism of the police officer’s history and fitness to be an officer.

She would have shot Kermit for sure.

I wouldn’t be surprised if she was an aspiring rapper.

Yes, smoking weed makes you a thug.

I don’t want to defend this officer in any way, but it sure is surprising the swiftness with which this action has been taken, how quick the condemnation and disavowels came from her own force. Wonder if her being a woman has anything to do with it. The thin blue (male) line.

Shaun King posted on Facebook:

in her defense, he may have had a book in that hand.

Yes. How “strange” that a black man, when confronted by a cop, would put his hands in the air. It couldn’t possibly be that he wanted to preemptively signal that he was unarmed, given that so many other black person-cop interactions turn deadly without provocation.

I don’t know, I sort of think that women have a responsibility to not put themselves into the sort of situation where this might occur. Which, apparently, involves building some sort of solitary subterranean bomb shelter and just living there for the rest of your lives.

PAT MCCRORY IS AN INSUFFERABLE, IGNORANT, RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, PUTRID SHITBAG AND I WISH HORRIBLE THINGS TO HAPPEN TO HIM.

And the reason they stall is because the tape does NOT support the police lies about the deadly incident.

This was an eyewitness at last night’s protest.

She comes across as so feckless and out-of-the-loop. I am always surprised by how many of these mayors and police chiefs seem to be caught flat-footed by public reaction. This has happened so often, now, that you’d think every single city of any size would have some kind of protocol for how (and how not) to deal with…

The police are public servants. Body cam/dash cam footage should be public record. Period.

I heard the Charlotte mayor on NPR this morning. When she said she hadn’t seen the video yet, I really wanted Steve Inskeep to ask her if that was reasonable. This is now two days after the event, and in the same span of time, Tulsa has already released its video of the event. Is there any possible excuse for the fact…

“The video doesn’t corroborate our story, but trust us, it’s our story that’s right and not the video. Because video, much like science and the female orgasm, is a just a bunch of lies.”

This is ridiculous. They will eventually need to show us the videos. It’s not like the public is going to let this go.

Exactly. Why should he care? It’s not his money, and his voters are unbothered by the cost of defending against lawsuits.

So effectively a union can override the will of the people... Police unions are the worst, they should be abolished.