An encounter with police in Charleston, South Carolina, has left another black teen dead. Multiple witnesses, all refusing to give their names, told the same story that 19-year-old Denzel “Jaba” Burnell was shot in the back of the head by an officer while Burnell was kneeling with his hands behind his back. According to witnesses, Burnell was unarmed. The police tell a different story:
Police described the case as a “possible suicide,” saying there was no evidence that the officer, Jamal Medlin, fired a weapon. But Curnell’s relatives are asking how the teenager, who was left-handed, could have shot himself in the right side of his head, said Dot Scott, president of the Charleston NAACP branch. “We’ve got to the point where our police department has been able to get by with any story they come up with,” Scott said.
Apparently black kids are bionic now. They just grab guns from cops and then shoot themselves in a blaze of glory. Sure.
Team Blackness also discussed a new study that revealed men would rather electrocute themselves then be alone with their thoughts, new insight on feminism from Fox News, and a Texas city that wants to ban undocumented children, because ‘Murica!
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Elizabelle
This breaks my heart. I have nephews.
White nephews, yes.
But no difference. It’s heartbreaking.
MomSense
I’m going to listen now to the podcast but just reading the story about what happened to Denzel makes me want to smash things.
Porco Rosso
Maybe this is just a new form of agitated/excited delirium where a young buck’s brain just goes Magneto all of a sudden, drawing the bullet by inexorable force to the base of their skulls.
An officer is powerless to stop something like this.
Kropadope
@efgoldman: If it were NYC, he’d be named a hero.
some guy
00:30 A.M. All told, 82 rockets and mortar shells hit Israel on Wednesday, and 21 rockets were intercepted. The IAF struck 326 targets in the Gaza Strip throughout the day
Porco Rosso
Btw, Elon needs to include shots of his garden and dog (Aloysius?) to improve readership capture here.
chopper
“He, very sadly, accidentally brutally cut his head off while combing his hair.”
another Holocene human
@efgoldman: All my life I’ve believed if the north really wanted to they could re-occupy the south and straighten up this shit.
I have no faith now. Never happen. Wouldn’t work. The evil is pervasive.
I don’t wish to be alone with my thoughts either.
another Holocene human
@Porco Rosso: Fruitvale Station
some guy
Left handed people always commit suicide by cop using their right hand. Duh
some guy
Hope the people of Ashkelon, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Bersheeba, Kiryat Malachi and surrounding towns enjoy their sleeping arrangements tonight. May every night be so joyful for them as tonight.
Ramalama
I have difficulty listening to your podcast on my current computer but I’m glad you’re writing this stuff down too. Our country really sickens me sometimes.
rikyrah
Possible suicide.
Uh huh.
Well we know the phrase ‘ shot in the back while resisting arrest’ was invented for Black folk.
Sounds like another Oscar Grant.
kc
I believe the cop in this case was black as well. Not that that makes the shooting less questionable.
Elon James White
@Porco Rosso:
Do you really want to go down this rabbit hole. You don’t know how ridiculous/sad/awesome/sad those posts would be…
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@rikyrah:
Link.
ETA: Communists and Jews were shot while “resisting arrest” in mid-20th century central Europe. the even made a satirical reference to it in Casablanca. Things like that are always a weapon against minorities.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Elon James White:
People read the stuff Cole posts. BTW, you are still in my doghouse for posting the Iggy Azalea shit the other day.
someguy
@some guy: Hope the people of Ashkelon, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Bersheeba, Kiryat Malachi and surrounding towns enjoy their sleeping arrangements tonight. May every night be so joyful for them as tonight.
Nice.
Elon James White
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
Well we wanted to talk about cultural appropriation and what better example could i bring to the table right now than her? ;-)
David Koch
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Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Elon James White: You have a point, but sadly the sung refrain by the guest vocalist works as an earworm for me. I will concede that my personal pain is less important than the issue. But I still felt the pain.
Arclite
Shot while black. It’s always suicide. Because of course it is. The police abuse seriously needs to get under control. Like that baby in a coma from the flash bang the other day. There’s no need for SWAT in 95% of the cases they use it in.
Ever since Sandy Hook, Raw Story has been posting every gun tragedy they can get their hands on. I applaud them for that. If only the rest of the lamestream media would take that tack, we might get somewhere with gun control.