Current Events > Jacob Blake admitted to picking up the knife during scuffle with police

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/us/jacob-blake-gma-interview/index.html

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This is one where I wasn't surprised he got shot when the story first came out.

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Ah shit. Here we go again.

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*sees who posted this*

Ah, yes.
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Bio1590 posted...

*sees who posted this*

Ah, yes.

I am sorry, I thought this board was called Current Events.

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don't blame him tbh. kinda fucked that cops are often put above the law but this is the kind of panic that creates.

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He was still shot seven times

In the back

Bio1590 posted...

*sees who posted this*

Ah, yes.

CNN?

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Also, he was shot in the back. he didn't charge the cop, he wasn't actively going after the cop....they shot him in the back. fuck outta here with this shit lol.

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"I didn't want to be the next George Floyd," Blake told ABC's Michael Strahan. "I didn't want to die."

Main takeaway from that whole situation. Let's not bullshit here and pretend any A, B, C, D, etc action scenario he would've taken not result in anything different than what actually happened.

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DarthAragorn posted...

He was still shot seven times

In the back

After he had been tased and they physically fought with him. He had every chance under the sun to just be arrested and if it was an unlawful arrest to sue later on.

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So after reading that article I still am on the guys side. Nothing in that account justifies the shooting

And yeah, they still went overboard by shooting him 7 times in the back.

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Monolith1676 posted...

After he had been tased and they physically fought with him. He had every chance under the sun to just be arrested and if it was an unlawful arrest to sue later on.

So he deserved to be shot 7 times in the back because he... *checks notes*... could have sued them later.

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CableZL posted...

And yeah, they still went overboard by shooting him 7 times in the back.

You shoot to stop a threat. There is not a magic number of shots that stops a threat. Remember that woman in Florida that stabbed the cop? She was shot in the head and shot several other times and she was still trying to put up a fight.

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Bio1590 posted...

*sees who posted this*

Ah, yes.

As usual, this guy has nothing to add to the discussion.

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Monolith1676 posted...

After he had been tased and they physically fought with him. He had every chance under the sun to just be arrested and if it was an unlawful arrest to sue later on.

yea man, courts have shown they totally take the citizens side on these things...in the moment its hard to think rationally. He saw a justice system that murdered a bunch of people and let their murderers go free and didn't want to be another statistic. it was fight or flight. Maybe we should start hold cops accountable if you don't want people to be afraid like that? Nah, that's too hard for this country and the people in it.

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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

CNN?

Nah TC's a racist who nearly exclusively posts articles and phrases things in a way that portray black people in a negative light.

Notice what he titled this topic vs what the actual title of the article is.
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VipaGTS posted...

yea man, courts have shown they totally take the citizens side on these things...in the moment its hard to think rationally. He saw a justice system that murdered a bunch of people and let their murderers go free and didn't want to be another statistic. it was fight or flight. Maybe we should start hold cops accountable if you don't want people to be afraid like that? Nah, that's too hard for this country and the people in it.

Let us start at the root of the issue maybe people should not commit criminal acts that put them in such a situation. Granted there have been innocent people that have been killed by police in situations thst should have never happened.

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Why would he reach for a damn knife?

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Monolith1676 posted...

You shoot to stop a threat. There is not a magic number of shots that stops a threat. Remember that woman in Florida that stabbed the cop? She was shot in the head and shot several other times and she was still trying to put up a fight.

Cops lost their trust in the public. They have 0 credibility and have been killing civilians without penalty for years. It boiled over last year and Blake had zero trust in them to do their job, obviously.

Maybe if we held police accountable in all instances and not just ones that involve minority officers (like the guy who shot the white woman in Minnesota), maybe Blake wouldnt have felt like he needed the knife.

But no, continue to shift the blame from police and the system to the black male because reasons.
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Monolith1676 posted...

Let us start at the root of the issue maybe people should not commit criminal acts that put them in such a situation. Granted there have been innocent people that have been killed by police in situations thst should have never happened.

thats not the root of the issue. People will commit crime. we don't have control over that one. we do have control over accountability and how the public perceives cops. letting them get away free for their wrong doings, be it murder, or planting evidence, or anything, isn't helping. the root of the issue is people seeing cops murder innocent people and being afraid they'll be next. you don't stop that by telling them "don't do crimes!" because a lot of them weren't...you stop that by starting to hold cops accountable. its not rocket science.

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sktgamer_13dude posted...

Cops lost their trust in the public. They have 0 credibility and have been killing civilians without penalty for years. It boiled over last year and Blake had zero trust in them to do their job, obviously.

Maybe if we held police accountable in all instances and not just ones that involve minority officers (like the guy who shot the white woman in Minnesota), maybe Blake wouldnt have felt like he needed the knife.

But no, continue to shift the blame from police and the system to the black male because reasons.

They were there doing their job protecting the people in the house who had called the police on Jacob Blake. If someone is violently resisting arrest then violence will unfortunately have to be used against that person.

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VipaGTS posted...

thats not the root of the issue. People will commit crime. we don't have control over that one. we do have control over accountability and how the public perceives cops. letting them get away free for their wrong doings, be it murder, or planting evidence, or anything, isn't helping. the root of the issue is people seeing cops murder innocent people and being afraid they'll be next. you don't stop that by telling them "don't do crimes!" because a lot of them weren't...you stop that by starting to hold cops accountable. its not rocket science.

I will say Tamir Rice, Philando Castile and George Floyd were responded to abysmally. But the amount of people killed by police that are 100% innocent is not even a tenth of a percent. If someone is worried about being killed and their first idea is to resist and then pick up a knife when you have three cops pointing guns at you, your logic and thinking process is flawed.

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Seven times in the back

Middle hope posted...

Why would he reach for a damn knife?

It explains in the article. Combination of not thinking straight, and wanting to put the knife away in the car. He said he was going to lye down and submit after he got the knife in the car but the cops didn't wait

DarthAragorn posted...

Seven times in the back

https://youtu.be/js0haocH4-o

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Zikten posted...

It explains in the article. Combination of not thinking straight, and wanting to put the knife away in the car. He said he was going to lie down and submit after he got the knife in the car but the cops didn't wait

Can you use that excuse after already pulling out a knife and already fighting with officers?

thats like being in a car pursuit and promising you were eventually going to stop soon. Its not like forgetting something at home. Theres like multiple violent felony crimes happening lol

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Monolith1676 posted...

After he had been tased and they physically fought with him. He had every chance under the sun to just be arrested and if it was an unlawful arrest to sue later on.

Because we've definitely never had any black person killed by police in the process of being arrested. For instance, knees on the neck suffocating them, a dog pile suffocating them, deaths related to having their flesh pressed directly against the hot summer pavement, etc.

Oh wait, yeah, those all have happened more than once.

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DarthAragorn posted...

He was still shot seven times

In the back

Would it had made any difference if the cop shot him in the back of the head once?

Monolith1676 posted...

I will say Tamir Rice, Philando Castile and George Floyd were responded to abysmally. But the amount of people killed by police that are 100% innocent is not even a tenth of a percent. If someone is worried about being killed and their first idea is to resist and then pick up a knife when you have three cops pointing guns at you, your logic and thinking process is flawed.

So you're speaking in defense of that system which has 1/10th of a percent chance of perfectly innocent people getting killed by an officer?

Christ.

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gunplagirl posted...

So you're speaking in defense of that system which has 1/10th of a percent chance of perfectly innocent people getting killed by an officer?

Christ.

Nothing in life is perfect. Human make mistakes and poor decisions all the time.

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Monolith1676 posted...

Nothing in life is perfect. Human make mistakes and poor decisions all the time.

Wait



Monolith1676 posted...

I will say Tamir Rice, Philando Castile and George Floyd were responded to abysmally. But the amount of people killed by police that are 100% innocent is not even a tenth of a percent. If someone is worried about being killed and their first idea is to resist and then pick up a knife when you have three cops pointing guns at you, your logic and thinking process is flawed.

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Bio1590 posted...

Monolith1676 posted...

Nothing in life is perfect. Human make mistakes and poor decisions all the time.

Wait



Monolith1676 posted...

I will say Tamir Rice, Philando Castile and George Floyd were responded to abysmally. But the amount of people killed by police that are 100% innocent is not even a tenth of a percent. If someone is worried about being killed and their first idea is to resist and then pick up a knife when you have three cops pointing guns at you, your logic and thinking process is flawed.

You see, the part he didn't say is uh, well, you know.

Monolith1676 posted...

Nothing in life is perfect. Human make mistakes and poor decisions all the time.

Suppose that every time you breath out there was a 1/10th of a percent chance that your dick would explode in some sort of horrific gore fest scene. You'd agree that that's far too high for your own comfort, yes? Especially with how many times you have to breath in any given day.

Yeah. It might be statistically small, but the fact it's happening at all is fucking bad. That said, having your dick explode is still better than being killed by the police for doing literally nothing wrong.

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Dont fight cops.

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It is almost like trying to fight someone with a gun is going to have less than a desired outcome.

"I'm not goin out like George Floyd but I completely wasn't gonna stab the cops". That makes a lot of sense dude.

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gunplagirl posted...

Suppose that every time you breath out there was a 1/10th of a percent chance that your dick would explode in some sort of horrific gore fest scene. You'd agree that that's far too high for your own comfort, yes? Especially with how many times you have to breath in any given day.

Yeah. It might be statistically small, but the fact it's happening at all is fucking bad. That said, having your dick explode is still better than being killed by the police for doing literally nothing wrong.

That's quite the embellished stretch there, pal.

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gunplagirl posted...

Suppose that every time you breath out there was a 1/10th of a percent chance that your dick would explode in some sort of horrific gore fest scene. You'd agree that that's far too high for your own comfort, yes? Especially with how many times you have to breath in any given day.

Yeah. It might be statistically small, but the fact it's happening at all is fucking bad. That said, having your dick explode is still better than being killed by the police for doing literally nothing wrong.

That is a large leap in logic. People have the ability to control themselves hence the phrase "you need to learn better self control." That saying applies to 100% of everyone on planet Earth. When it comes to continued criminal activity there are two outcomes, death or prison. No one is drawing a pension from their life of crime. My mom is a perfect example, she chose to lead a life of drug use and it caused her death. If she would have exhibited better self control she might be alive today.

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