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Originally Posted by Blackadar
Actually, you shouldn't be shooting at all. Police officers have other methods of subduing unarmed suspects. It's called use of force continuum.
And that's even accepting their version of events, which has been contradicted by every single witness (whose accounts are notoriously unreliable, but still...).
Check your privilege. If you think it's that simple, you're either bigoted or absolutely clueless what it's like out there. People didn't just make up things like "driving while black" for the fun of it.
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I'm not saying whether the police officer is in the right or wrong yet. That still has to be decided and I'm sure that we'll have lots more information that goes into that final decision.
As for the law, it really is that simple. Smoking drugs is illegal. Stealing is illegal. Aggression towards an authority figure is illegal. If this kid does none of the above, there's no way a Ferguson police officer shoots him. No way at all. That's not privilege, that's common sense. My seven year old knows that already for the love of God.