And even if they did and it wasn't incriminating, this story would get run exactly as it was, because sacrificing a few pigs who were well within their rights to open fire is worth it if you think it'll somehow deal with a larger systematic problem.

Yeah, because throwing a pregnant woman to the ground because you didn't like her tone is totally the same as shooting a mentally unstable guy who drew on you.

He was at 90 feet, that's close to 30 meters and plenty far enough away to miss a whole bunch of times. 16-25% accuracy at two thirds of your maximum effective range isn't super hot, but they weren't at the range shooting for qual, either.

The reason his threat to taser somebody's dog, and his assault of someone three weeks prior, and his history of arson are relevant, is that people are saying that the police lied about his behavior, that he wasn't aggressive and was just gunned down in cold blood for not being white.

The reason his threat to taser somebody's dog, and his assault of someone three weeks prior, and his history of arson are relevant, is that people are saying that the police lied about his behavior, that he wasn't aggressive and was just gunned down in cold blood for not being white.

A history of mental illness and…

Really? She's obviously a beautiful woman, but I'm not a fan of the photo at all. The light is harsh and cold, the contrast is too high, and the framing isn't super great. I'm not surprised the photographer or editor or whoever dumped it.

What, precisely, is Jordan going to do that the current air campaign isn't already doing? The coalition that we're leading has dropped more than 5000 bombs on ISIL. The planes and munitions the Jordanians are using were supplied by us. Our ISR and signals intelligence are vital for any strikes to be meaningful. Any…

But, if you're a "good white person," a piece about "good white people" is, actually, about you.

Horseshit. Of course you should get positive reinforcement for being a decent person.

A gem from the comments there:

What do you mean by "rethink"?

Three guys employing 1 baton and at most "brandishing" a taser (quelle horreur) didn't take a big dude to the ground quickly enough for you? Should they have hit him harder or something? Actually used a taser? Are you volunteering to teach them krav maga?

If there's a conflict cops will continue to pile on until they have control. That should not be surprising.

Right?

The only "recourse" being armed gives people is shooting cops. If that fails to curb police violence, the ostensible reason for shooting in the first place, what kind of recourse is that?

I'm really sympathetic to this objection, but it's worth noting that a good data set on police killings, combined with more general homicide statistics, police fatality data, and some sort of central incident database of how often police were verifiably met with a deadly weapon would let use parse those differences in…

Aggressive police culture is fed by gun culture on multiple fronts. A more heavily armed society will have police that reflect that—not only will their perception of threat be higher, they'll also be consuming the sorts of received wisdom that privileges firearms as a response to perceived threats. The same impulse…

Please don't reply to koala rainbows. This is either a really vicious cop hater, or, more likely, someone who thinks they're being clever by pretending to be a vicious cop hater in order to discredit people demanding greater police accountability. His or her greatest hits include things like advocating violence…

Probably. He is a certifiable crazy person after all.

Comment of the year.