Same. No one died while I was defending myself, though.

Thank you for sharing. We need to hear about when cops do things right too, so we all don’t go crazy and so the other dumbass cops can learn.

“My body camera wasn’t functioning”

You’d think they worked for free, or were forced into service, given how prone they are to snapping and overreacting.

I hate that we’re supposed to worship the ground cops walk on for “risking their lives every day” when they do nothing beyond shooting people immediately threat or no threat. What risk?

Oh great so we can add unable to check equipment to their list of failings.

His taser was allegedly out of batteries. :/ not that I think a taser was necessary either but

Cops are not public servants. They are executioners meting summary sentences to the powerless. I’m a white male and they frighten me. I can barely imagine how minorities feel about them.

Seriously. I don’t care if she was Ronda Rousey’s black clone - you DON’T need that level of force.

Recently at the library where I work we had a younger black man get his phone stolen, and he was angry about it to the point of storming around threatening to get a gun and shoot people, decapitate the person who stole the phone with a knife, and other threats of death and grievous bodily harm. There were 4 security…

Even one shot would have been too many, obviously. But seven fucking shots? How much do you have to hate someone to shoot them seven times?

So didn’t bother to bring any non-lethal gear, didn’t try backing off and leaving the house with the kid if needs be, or calling for assistance in dealing with someone with mental health issues?

NFL: Niggas For Lease.

I commend you. I haven’t watched in years, but this should be enough for every POC to boycott.

I cancelled my Sunday Ticket this morning. It’s going to be hard because I love football but man, fuck the NFL.

I popped onto the Color of Change site for shits and giggles and as soon as “Colin Kaepernick” left my mouth she was quick to say they weren’t taking calls about him and hung up the phone.

Murder someone as an NFL player, no problem. Peacefully protest the murder of people as an NFL player, no team will take you.

As a white dude, I’ve always been more than a little weirded out by the obvious parallels between the slave trade, and the buying and selling of (predominantly) black men to play a game to make some rich white dudes money.

Those who opposed Kaepernick’s kneeling protest against the killing of unarmed black men, women and children threatened to boycott games.

A lot of us tend to forget that the people that run some of these teams, from the owners on down to the coach and a lot of the fans are white, conservative and from the red part of the country. It speaks for itself with stuff like the team itself silencing support and fans up in arms.