Current Events > I don't understand anyone who defends what happened to Rayshard Brookes

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Maybe they just don't know the whole story.

He was lightly buzzed and sleeping in his car at a drive through. Because his breath was 0.02 over the limit the harassed him for 40 minutes. They then threatened him with a already spent tazer. This freaked him out so he grabbed it and bolted and started to run. He turned around to look and see if they were gaining on him. When the 2nd officer fired three times towards civilians to kill him in the back.

The officers knew he had a weapon incapable of hurting them, and didn't care. He had did nothing wrong but be belligerent for them harassing him for napping and keeping him there 40 minutes.

If you think they didn't mean to kill him on purpose. Then care to explain why they walked over and stepped on his shoulders while laughing, and watching him bleed to death. Yes they literally watched him for several minutes against police code slowly bleed to death. Then threw in a good hard kick to make sure he was dead. Then called in for a ambulance.

In my opinion what they did to this poor father waiting to take his little girl skating on her birthday was 100 times worse than what happen to George Floyd.

Floyd was a accident, they were just being over violent assholes.

But Brookes, they clearly wanted this man dead.

They literally shot him in the back and watched him bleed to death for several minutes completely against policy. Then kicked his dead body out of hate. Before calling a ambulance.

This was cold evil hate filled murder.

He would of spent the majority if not all of his life in prison for what he did that night if he wasn't killed. Spare me with poor father rhetoric.

I think the cop was wrong for killing him and I believe race played a part however George Floyds murder was worse.

Wasnt he let early out of jail,being in for beating his kids?

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Wasssup Now posted...

He would of spent the majority if not all of his life in prison for what he did that night if he wasn't killed.

No way in hell. What are you basing this on?
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J E S U S posted...

Wasnt he let early out of jail,being in for beating his kids?

That doesn't warrant execution by cop

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TC, it's not a good idea to bring up that he was a father. That's why he was in jail: being a not so good father

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MC_BatCommander posted...

That doesn't warrant execution by cop

of course not

but dont play the loving father card

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Roshutsu_Sha posted...

Maybe they just don't know the whole story.

He was lightly buzzed and sleeping in his car at a drive through. Because his breath was 0.02 over the limit the harassed him for 40 minutes. They then threatened him with a already spent tazer. This freaked him out so he grabbed it and bolted and started to run. He turned around to look and see if they were gaining on him. When the 2nd officer fired three times towards civilians to kill him in the back.

The officers knew he had a weapon incapable of hurting them, and didn't care. He had did nothing wrong but be belligerent for them harassing him for napping and keeping him there 40 minutes.

If you think they didn't mean to kill him on purpose. Then care to explain why they walked over and stepped on his shoulders while laughing, and watching him bleed to death. Yes they literally watched him for several minutes against police code slowly bleed to death. Then threw in a good hard kick to make sure he was dead. Then called in for a ambulance.

In my opinion what they did to this poor father waiting to take his little girl skating on her birthday was 100 times worse than what happen to George Floyd.

Floyd was a accident, they were just being over violent assholes.

But Brookes, they clearly wanted this man dead.

They literally shot him in the back and watched him bleed to death for several minutes completely against policy. Then kicked his dead body out of hate. Before calling a ambulance.

This was cold evil hate filled murder.

They threatened him with a taser after he initiated the fight. Stop lying dude.


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reposting cuz what my dad said really genuinely shocked me:

Alexhander posted...

Had a long talk with my ex-NYPD dad the other day (car was in the shop so he gave me a ride to work)

Man, this guy has openly bragged to me about breaking peoples' fingers, lying about his hours to get free OT, profiling, stealing drugs from people on the street (so he could get high)

It was a crazy talk. First real talk we had in a long-ass time. I could probs make a thread about it but I'm about to be at my post limit. He listens to hannity, and hannity was going on about the cop who murdered Brooks, and lying about what happened. I said "what that's not what happened, there's literally video" and my dad got visibly annoyed with me but didn't challenge me on it or anything.

When he picked me up after work he started talking about the murder, and that's when we had what felt like a real conversation. He said something that completely and utterly shocked me.

"The way it played out makes it seem like they killed that dude because he was running away and they were mad they couldn't catch him"

And I'm like "...yeah it's a bad look" and he goes on about how they were asking him questions leading up to it, like how much money does he have on him and why does he have so many bills. Again, my dad shocks me with "They only asked him that cuz he was black"

And i'm like damn. If my crooked cop dad can see it, why can't so many of you and so many others in this country

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J E S U S posted...

Wasnt he let early out of jail,being in for beating his kids?

No that is propaganda, is charge was simple cruelity to children. Which sounds "vicious" but for Georgia's law can be anything from not having food in fridge to hitting their mom in front of them.

Considering his long rap sheet and short sentences, he was clearly doing minor stupid things and the mother of his kids was call the cops happy.

Roshutsu_Sha posted...

No that is propaganda, is charge was simple cruelity to children. Which sounds "vicious" but for Georgia's law can be anything from not having food in fridge to hitting their mom in front of them.

Considering his long rap sheet and short sentences, he was clearly doing minor stupid things and the mother of his kids was call the cops happy.

Dudes spouting non sequiturs and you're rewarding him with a real answer

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Cornmuffins posted...

No way in hell. What are you basing this on?

I know it won't make sense but in Georgia taser can fall under aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. That charge on a police officer with priors is 20 years by itself. Knew a kid getting 7 years with no priors on a civilian. Justice system is garbage

Edit- the justice system is racist too btw

ClunkerSlim posted...

I'm still of the belief that cops can't let people get away. And if you run and the cop can't catch you, then what is he supposed to do? There's a reason "stop or I'll shoot" is a common catchphrase.

If it's the zodiac killer maybe. Not a DUI suspect or a child stealing candy.

ClunkerSlim posted...

What if the Zodiac Killer got stopped for a DUI? How many big arrests have resulted from like simple traffic stops?

Lol.....wow.Oh and 1 bullet to the leg would stop just about anyone trying to run.

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Floyd wasn't an accident either

but other than that, I agree with everything you said

ClunkerSlim posted...

I'm still of the belief that cops can't let people get away. And if you run and the cop can't catch you, then what is he supposed to do? There's a reason "stop or I'll shoot" is a common catchphrase.

just cause someone runs away from a minor crime, doesn't suddenly mean you can do a street execution. they could have found him again later very easily. especially since he was drunk and stumbling around

ClunkerSlim posted...

What if the Zodiac Killer got stopped for a DUI? How many big arrests have resulted from like simple traffic stops?

You're right on that. But the amount of traffic stops is exponential compared to serial killers. Not okay to kill innocents 'just in case'.

You're making the mistake of thinking they treat black people as equal. They don't, and so it's easy for them to justify murdering them.

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Not really a good interpretation of events. You left out the part where he fought with police and punched one of them

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MC_BatCommander posted...

That doesn't warrant execution by cop

He wasn't executed, stop being insincere and using trigger words. He was clearly intoxicated, the entire thing was going fine, he resisted and stole a taser, shot it at the cops and a taser was initially used to stop him when it didn't work. He was shot in the only area you are supposed to shot someone, not made to go on his knees as he was shot in the head.

The issue is he was shown that he was willing to commit excessive violent actions to escape and had a weapon where you could disable someone that puts their life at your whim. Shooting someone during escape is a tough one, but just cause they are running away doesn't make them not a danger and considering he had a weapon that he already used on a cop it at least makes this a grey area not a fucking execution.

So he had a non-lethal weapon that can be used twice and it had already been used twice.

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ClunkerSlim posted...

I'm still of the belief that cops can't let people get away. And if you run and the cop can't catch you, then what is he supposed to do? There's a reason "stop or I'll shoot" is a common catchphrase.

Yeah I have never heard of any type of enforcement say just let someone go, especially if they already had been violent and have a weapon. The fact that the other taser was deployed first should make this justified.

Houston posted...

Not really a good interpretation of events. You left out the part where he fought with police and punched one of them

He did, but it still doesn't justify them killing him while he was running away.

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MARKINGRAM22 posted...

He wasn't executed, stop being insincere and using trigger words. He was clearly intoxicated, the entire thing was going fine, he resisted and stole a taser, shot it at the cops and a taser was initially used to stop him when it didn't work. He was shot in the only area you are supposed to shot someone, not made to go on his knees as he was shot in the head.

The issue is he was shown that he was willing to commit excessive violent actions to escape and had a weapon where you could disable someone that puts their life at your whim. Shooting someone during escape is a tough one, but just cause they are running away doesn't make them not a danger and considering he had a weapon that he already used on a cop it at least makes this a grey area not a fucking execution.

Because thats the only method of execution that exists

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MARKINGRAM22 posted...

He wasn't executed, stop being insincere and using trigger words. He was clearly intoxicated, the entire thing was going fine, he resisted and stole a taser, shot it at the cops and a taser was initially used to stop him when it didn't work. He was shot in the only area you are supposed to shot someone, not made to go on his knees as he was shot in the head.

The issue is he was shown that he was willing to commit excessive violent actions to escape and had a weapon where you could disable someone that puts their life at your whim. Shooting someone during escape is a tough one, but just cause they are running away doesn't make them not a danger and considering he had a weapon that he already used on a cop it at least makes this a grey area not a fucking execution.

That's a good assessment. This guy worked pretty hard to be put in a position of danger. Resisting arrest and fighting with cops? Check. Stealing a taser? Check. Shooting the taser at a cop? Check. Like oh man I couldn't even imagine myself doing any of those let alone all three.

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IDK how a crooked NYPD cop with blood on his hands can admit this is fucked and you guys cant. Like, it's wrong, you know it's wrong, and you know youre wrong. I hate this fucking "etiquette" of having to treat liars (who know they're lying) as if they are being civil and fair

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I love how TC's story left out the part where he physically assaulted 2 police officers.

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Roshutsu_Sha posted...

He was lightly buzzed and sleeping in his car at a drive through. Because his breath was 0.02 over the limit the harassed him for 40 minutes. They then threatened him with a already spent tazer. This freaked him out so he grabbed it and bolted

By this point, you could already tell this shit isn't worth reading.

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Heavy_D_Forever posted...

I love how TC's story left out the part where he physically assaulted 2 police officers.

because that was not relevant to the kill. the cop was not in danger when he shot his gun.

Yeah seriously. Hes giving him no responsibility. He was only a little over the limit behind the wheel! He has a long history of arrests why would a misdemeanor scare him

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Zikten posted...

because that was not relevant to the kill. the cop was not in danger when he shot his gun.

Brought to you by the guy who doesn't think it counts as DUI if they find you passed out drunk behind the wheel in a roadway. Excuse everyone if they think your connecting of events isn't pathetic and biased.

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If you two are okay with shooting an unarmed person in the back as they flee how would you feel if it was a family member gunned down?

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Wasssup Now posted...

He would of spent the majority if not all of his life in prison for what he did that night if he wasn't killed. Spare me with poor father rhetoric.

No he wouldn't have.
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Funkydog posted...

If you two are okay with shooting an unarmed person in the back as they flee how would you feel if it was a family member gunned down?

TBQH no one in my family would ever fight 2 cops, steal their weapon, and then just try to run away thinking it's all good and nothing bad will happen.

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Funkydog posted...

If you two are okay with shooting an unarmed person in the back as they flee how would you feel if it was a family member gunned down?

>Taser
>Unarmed

pick one

Oh, and BTW. To answer this? I would be upset, but fully understand the consequences if anyone in my family did all the stupid shit.

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Heavy_D_Forever posted...

TBQH no one in my family would ever fight 2 cops, steal their weapon, and then just try to run away thinking it's all good and nothing bad will happen.

But let's say they did. What then? Would they deserve to be murdered for something they would normally never do while sober?

YugiNoob posted...

>Taser
>Unarmed

pick one

It had been used and was of no more use, the cop wasn't seemingly affected by it, so unarmed fits.

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YugiNoob posted...

>Taser
>Unarmed

pick one

Oh, and BTW. To answer this? I would be upset, but fully understand the consequences if anyone in my family did all the stupid shit.

A taser is non lethal. It was fired twice, which was the maximum. He did not pose a threat to anyone.
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You do know that police tasers have multiple shots, right?

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YugiNoob posted...

You do know that police tasers have multiple shots, right?

This particular taser had 2 and 2 shots were already fired.
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ThisGuyAreSick posted...

A taser is non lethal. It was fired twice, which was the maximum. He did not pose a threat to anyone.

And was there proof of which taser he had?

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YugiNoob posted...

And was there proof of which taser he had?

Eyewitness testimony from the other cop.
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Well then I retract my statement. Apologies.

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ThisGuyAreSick posted...

Eyewitness testimony from the other cop.

Like I said in the other topic, they knew the taser was unusable and shot him anyway.

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he's facing up to life in prison or even death

I don't support the death penalty though so I hope they don't give him that

so he drove to a drive-thru while drunk? shouldn't have resisted arrest.

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