US police shoot homeless man dead in Los Angeles

[gau8av]

they have the money for gear and training, maybe they should use rubber or sand bullets as a first offensive option for cases like these general policing/beat duty incidents but go all in with SWAT etc in an "active shooter" scenario ?

these seemingly frequent incidents of US cops killing unarmed/mentally unstable suspects is giving them a bad name.

 

[jamahir]

So many Mentally disturbed US are popping out now days.

please see my post above.

 

[gau8av]

why was he homeless in the first place?? usa establishment can declare someone as "psychologically troubled", put him forcibly into a psychiatric facility, and then throw him into the streets??

how is some mba in citibank hq on wall street not insane but angry black men are... how is usa military slaughtering hundreds of thousands not a threat to humanity but a homeless man with a stick is...

this episode is bloody sad... reminds me of this... ( Woman working 4 jobs to make ends meet dies while napping in car between shifts — RT USA ).

what usa needs is revival of the left-wing radical movements of the 60's and 70's, and supported by external agencies.

jamahir mian, ever thought about not injecting your radical left wing derp into every topic here ?

 

[K-Xeroid]

why was he homeless in the first place?? usa establishment can declare someone as "psychologically troubled", put him forcibly into a psychiatric facility, and then throw him into the streets??

how is some mba in citibank hq on wall street not insane but angry black men are... how is usa military slaughtering hundreds of thousands not a threat to humanity but a homeless man with a stick is...

this episode is bloody sad... reminds me of this... ( Woman working 4 jobs to make ends meet dies while napping in car between shifts — RT USA ).

what usa needs is revival of the left-wing radical movements of the 60's and 70's, and supported by external agencies.

Well , I really want US to continue to this way, racism, terrorism and every negative thing they supported in rest of the world should return to them and i don't care if these mentally disturb people are targeting muslims even, these days are examination for USA.

 

[jamahir]

jamahir mian, ever thought about not injecting your radical left wing derp into every topic here ?

why should i... after all, it is going to get me lot of ladeej.

Well , I really want US to continue to this way, racism, terrorism and every negative thing they supported in rest of the world should return to them and i don't care if these mentally disturb people are targeting muslims even, these days are examination for USA.

there are many people there who don't like the system they have... look at the "occupy" movement.

 

[MokshaVimukthi]

US police have shot and killed a homeless man during an altercation in central Los Angeles, in an incident caught on video.

The graphic film shows a violent struggle between the man and several officers in the city's Skid Row area.

Police say that three officers opened fire after the man tried to grab a gun from an officer.

Witnesses said the dead man was known as Africa and had been homeless after treatment for mental illness.

The LA police department said officers had been responding to reports of a robbery and had attempted to use a Taser to subdue the suspect but he had "continued fighting and resisting"

It is unclear from the video what exactly happened, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports from Los Angeles.

The video begins with what appears to be a black man swinging punches at four police officers in daylight, near the tents and cardboard of a pavement homeless camp. Two other officers run up to join their colleagues.

As the man is knocked to the ground, a woman can be seen picking up a fallen police baton and a voice seems to shout "Give me my stick! Give me my stick!"

Several police officers turn to tackle the woman, in the foreground of the video, and her detention partially obscures what is happening with the man on the ground.

A voice can be heard shouting "Drop the gun!" four times before five shots ring out.

The police officers step away from the suspect lying on the ground and nobody approaches the body again for one minute 13 seconds, by which time police reinforcements have arrived.

The man taking the video can be heard swearing as he records it.

After the shooting, he can be heard saying. "Ain't nobody got no [obscenity] gun. I'm gonna record this [obscenity]... They just shot that man right here, man, they just shot that [obscenity] man right here, yeah."

The man was shot dead in Skid Row, where many of LA's homeless live


BBC News - US police shoot homeless man dead in Los Angeles

Though i was not really critical of US police on what happened before but this seemed really unnecessary.
However we can't accuse the police officers before the investigation is complete.


Members please give your views.


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Its a police state............... no point in debating that to death.

 

[Diggy]

why was he homeless in the first place?? usa establishment can declare someone as "psychologically troubled", put him forcibly into a psychiatric facility, and then throw him into the streets??

how is some mba in citibank hq on wall street not insane but angry black men are... how is usa military slaughtering hundreds of thousands not a threat to humanity but a homeless man with a stick is...

this episode is bloody sad... reminds me of this... ( Woman working 4 jobs to make ends meet dies while napping in car between shifts — RT USA ).

what usa needs is revival of the left-wing radical movements of the 60's and 70's, and supported by external agencies.

i will convey your concerns to US govt

Oh lo, yar they should be trained to negotiate and convince, not every situation demands or require firing shots. How do you think cases involving hostages are handled?

theek hai

 

[Levina]

Whats the update?
Was the victim innocent?

 

[45'22']

US police have shot and killed a homeless man during an altercation in central Los Angeles, in an incident caught on video.

The graphic film shows a violent struggle between the man and several officers in the city's Skid Row area.

Police say that three officers opened fire after the man tried to grab a gun from an officer.

Witnesses said the dead man was known as Africa and had been homeless after treatment for mental illness.

The LA police department said officers had been responding to reports of a robbery and had attempted to use a Taser to subdue the suspect but he had "continued fighting and resisting"

It is unclear from the video what exactly happened, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports from Los Angeles.

The video begins with what appears to be a black man swinging punches at four police officers in daylight, near the tents and cardboard of a pavement homeless camp. Two other officers run up to join their colleagues.

As the man is knocked to the ground, a woman can be seen picking up a fallen police baton and a voice seems to shout "Give me my stick! Give me my stick!"

Several police officers turn to tackle the woman, in the foreground of the video, and her detention partially obscures what is happening with the man on the ground.

A voice can be heard shouting "Drop the gun!" four times before five shots ring out.

The police officers step away from the suspect lying on the ground and nobody approaches the body again for one minute 13 seconds, by which time police reinforcements have arrived.

The man taking the video can be heard swearing as he records it.

After the shooting, he can be heard saying. "Ain't nobody got no [obscenity] gun. I'm gonna record this [obscenity]... They just shot that man right here, man, they just shot that [obscenity] man right here, yeah."

The man was shot dead in Skid Row, where many of LA's homeless live


BBC News - US police shoot homeless man dead in Los Angeles

Though i was not really critical of US police on what happened before but this seemed really unnecessary.
However we can't accuse the police officers before the investigation is complete.


Members please give your views.


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Looks like an racist attack to me

 

[Diggy]

Looks like an racist attack to me

no offense but blacks in US have a reputation of committing more crimes than whites but however this seemed like a racial attack , the only thing that can save that officer now is that the deceased really had a gun in his hand.

 

[Skull and Bones]

I don't know about LA, but police in NY is very friendly. Got stopped by them several for speeding and breaking traffic lights, they let me go without any tickets or fine all the time.

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

I don't know about LA, but police in NY is very friendly. Got stopped by them several for speeding and breaking traffic lights, they let me go without any tickets or fine all the time.

Maybe your make-up scared them off?

 

[I.R.A]

Whats the update?
Was the victim innocent?

Hi trainer

I hope you don't know what cannibalism is

 

[Levina]

Hi trainer

I hope you don't know what cannibalism is

LA police is full of cannibals?

 

[I.R.A]

LA police is full of cannibals?

Who knows ....................

I was referring to your DP. You DD. Your DP is making me phery phery uncomfortable