#TeamBlacknessAlpha made another appearance on Current TV’s Viewpoint last night to discuss the community anger over the actions of the NYPD and the shooting death of 16-year-old Kimani Gray.
On today’s #TWiBRadio, it’s Pi Day! Also, we revisit the issue of the Michelle Williams “native american” comment and we continue our coverage of the aftermath of the Kimani Gray shooting.
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And this morning on #amTWiB, #TheMorningCrew discussed Scott Prouty and his 47 per cent video, the injustice of military rape trials, and politics of confidence in success.
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Cacti
Good shooting:
White cop shoots black male with bullets.
Bad shooting:
Hired help shoots video of Mitt Romney saying how much he hates the poors.
JWL
A good shooting is when a cop believes her life is in danger, accordingly fires her gun in self defense, and the perp is ascertained to have indeed possessed a weapon.
ranchandsyrup
Whatever internal affairs says it is.
scav
@JWL: And sometimes cellphones count as weapons. And that case was a white guy working late at his own store, in a smallish city no less. Go figure.
JWL
@scav: No doubt about that. Cops make mistakes, because cops possess a survival instinct too.
Baud
This post reminds me of another story that the blogs seem to have ignored (Politico link):
Ben Franklin
A good shooting is many AR-15’s firing simultaneously at suspected newspaper delivery girls.
Because a good cop will do anything, and anyone to get a rogue cop.
‘Natch…
Baud
OT, but this is awesome (via Reddit):
Keith G
There are no good shootings, never. On occasion a gun is fire in a way in which justification is proved. But even then the shooting is not good.
PurpleGirl
@scav: The ultimate absurdity is that a wallet could be a gun and get you shot upwards of 30 times with 20 or so bullets hitting you.
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: Good.
scav
@Keith G: keep firm track of simultaneous tongue placement.
and huzzah for more shoes moving toward the edge! FL probe to focus next on campaign money
sorry, I’m giddy, I went long
Keith G
@scav: While tongues can easily be “cheeked” here, four or five hundred million of our neighbors use terms like: “He/She must have been doing something wrong or she wouldn’t have been in the position.”
Or
“Saved the tax payers some money. One less punk to throw in jail.”
RepubAnon
Ah, if only the kid had had a gun – he could have protected himself… Oh, wait, having a gun is what got him killed.
This death shows the futility of carrying a gun for self-defense. Some plainclothes guys say “Police, hands up!” Muggers, or cops? Either way, they’ve probably got the drop on you. Plus, in Florida, they can say that they were “standing their ground” when they shot you.
MJ
Thanks for posting this. Bloomberg’s “shoot first” police department is a complete mess.
Odie Hugh Manatee
I think cops believe that a good shooting is one that Internal Affairs says was justified.
Which means almost all of them.
scav
@Keith G: Tongue placement is pretty much why I enjoy posting here rather than dealing with many dodgier meatspace neighbors. Droning conventional pieties in the usual terms is draining.