When the discussion turns to how difficult it is to be a cop, and how the dangers inherent in police work may affect individual police, it turns away from the real issue that Mr. Howard is describing; the system of incentives and discipline that steers the behavior of the police, attorneys, judges, and others in the…

Honestly, the sense I got from watching the video is that the cop was completely calm the entire time and absolutely knew what he was doing.

You are saying that summary execution is a just consequence for running for your life in America. Is that what you mean to be saying? Because it's what you are saying.

I guess in your head anecdotes > statistics.

I'd rather be a cop, armed and licensed to murder, in Oakland or Chicago, than a civilian, without the right to protect themselves.

I was military police. Pretty much a given that you don't fire at an UNARMED PERSON running AWAY from you with his BACK TOWARDS YOU.

This is idiotic. Your point "you don't run away from law enforcement, period" is indicative of the PROBLEM IN THE FIRST GOD DAMN PLACE - that an unarmed man fleeing from a police officer in an empty lot where there is absolutely no threat whatsoever to the police officer, gets murdered in cold blood.

Could it be, possibly, that police officers use tactics to keep themselves safe and alive? For instance, there was an argument the other day about how cops react to dumb asses fumbling around in cars when they've been pulled over. Some people think its wrong how cops react as if the driver might be a threat which…

This right here! And most cops? Die in traffic accidents.

Being a cop is not that fucking dangerous. Which leads me to believe, given the cop rhetoric, that a lot of them are fucking cowards.

Ok well let me ask you this. How many landscapers are frequently put in situations where they are dealing with people who may be violent, may be criminals, may be armed, may have intent to harm, etc.? I very much doubt it, unless they are dealing with shady clients.

Do you think every landscaper walks up to a piece of…

I'm a structural ironworker, I'm way more likely to be killed on the job than any leo is yet somehow I manage to not kill any brown people in the course of my day to day activities. If I can do it you can too police officers of America.

I see what you're saying, but I don't believe that the "fear of danger/death" is quite as omnipresent as it is in the lives of some police officers. (And I mean SOME, because here in Boston many police officers often preside over lone construction workers fixing potholes!)

Holy Fuck you're right. Maybe he was running towards a loaded cannon. Better put 8 rounds in him just be sure.

Fuck you, fuck your brother and fuck anyone else who keeps repeating this shit about how "the cop feared for his life."

Also a fair representation of Drew’s reaction when a black person tries to talk to him on the subway.

This gif is so white that it gets pulled over by cops in bad neighborhoods to make sure that everything is OK and do you need help finding your way home Mr. Gif?

This gif is so White it has a fully diversified trust fund.

Kyle, clearly, no one knows how kinja works.

Not to be confused with Mypos, homeland of this guy:

This BS with teams like the Yankees being mad at A-Rod and the Angels being mad at Hamilton is so stupid. STOP SIGNING 30+ YEAR OLD GUYS TO $500 MILLION CONTRACTS AND GETTING BUTTHURT WHEN THEY GET OLD.