Protesting for the sake of protesting...

[GoAU 1,600]

I abhor unjustified killings as much as anyone.  To me it doesn't matter the race of the victim, or the person who did the killing - it doesn't matter.  Accountability for actions is critical for all.  BUT, it seems like people are tripping over themselves to go after police - even the justified shootings.  One example is Ma'khia Bryant in Columbus, where the police office CLEARLY made the right decision and very well could have save the life of a girl (of color, if that matters more to some - for me all lives are great, and equal worth). 

 

And we also have this one:

 

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Knoxville sees second night of protest over Anthony Thompson Jr. shooting death: ‘Enough is enough’

Knoxville, Tennessee, saw a second night of protesting Thursday in reaction to the recent shooting death by police of high school student Anthony Thompson Jr.

Wednesday’s first night of unrest followed the release of police bodycam footage of the incident and the Knox County district attorney’s claim that a police officer’s use of deadly force was justified.

The video showed Thompson, 17, was carrying a gun when he was shot in a school restroom, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported.

On Thursday, calls for police reforms and for the Knoxville police officers involved in the shooting to face charges seemed louder than during the previous evening’s protest, the report said.

"This has been going on too long, and we are here to say, ‘Enough is enough,’" the Rev. Calvin Skinner, a local faith leader, told Thursday’s gathering, according to the newspaper.

Thompson was the fifth student of Austin-East Magnet High School to die by gunfire in 2021, the report said.

Protesters argued that the video showed a murder, not a police officer acting in self-defense.

Several police officers watched Thursday’s protest from the roof of the city’s police headquarters, the News Sentinel reported.

It wasn’t clear if there was any vandalism, violence or arrests.

Prior to the April 12 shooting, Thompson was seen roaming around the school during class hours after being involved in an altercation with his former girlfriend, WATE-TV of Knoxville reported.

Four officers had responded to the school after a domestic abuse call from the girl’s mother. The officers went into a restroom where they believed Thompson was, reportedly unaware that Thompson was armed.

According to authorities, the video shows officers locating and then attempting to handcuff Thompson. One officer grabs Thompson's right arm, but Thompson's left arm is in his sweatshirt pocket where the video shows he is holding a handgun. The barrel of the weapon is seen poking through the pocket. A weapon then goes off, with a bullet hitting a trash can.

As the officers react, Officer Jonathon Clabough is then seen firing his weapon and Thompson is seen falling to the floor. Later, after handcuffing him, the officers turn over Thompson and see blood.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/knoxville-sees-second-night-of-protest-over-anthony-thompson-jr-shooting-death-enough-is-enough

 Would anyone care to argue that the police, while attempting to arrest someone for domestic violence against a female, while at school, armed, resisting arrest, FIRES A HANDGUN WHILE BEING ARRESTED, and the police shoot and kill him is NOT a justified shooting?   Perhaps they should have waited until he started shooting?

 

I think we can all get behind holding people accountable in unjustified killings, but we also need to understand when they ARE justified, necessary, and appropriate.  If we all take the time for the facts to come to light before passing judgement we'd all be better off.

 

 

[PUB78 1,358]

Good insight by you. Agree with you 100%.

[DKW 86 7,423]

15 hours ago, GoAU said:

 Would anyone care to argue that the police, while attempting to arrest someone for domestic violence against a female, while at school, armed, resisting arrest, FIRES A HANDGUN WHILE BEING ARRESTED, and the police shoot and kill him is NOT a justified shooting?   Perhaps they should have waited until he started shooting?

I think we can all get behind holding people accountable in unjustified killings, but we also need to understand when they ARE justified, necessary, and appropriate.  If we all take the time for the facts to come to light before passing judgement we'd all be better off.

Man, the Brainless Narrative Whores are gonna take a huge dump on you today. Dont you understand? Facts no longer matter and taking time to react to any issue like an informed and reasonable ADULT? WTH man? Aint nobody got time for that! Remember the Capitol Police Officer that was killed with a fire extinguisher? Sicknick? Turns out no one ever hit anyone with an extinguisher. Just stupid people listening to other stupid people. The completely bogus fire extnguisher story was part of the "Waste America's Time Second Impeachment. Imagine that. Our own govt is run by people sssooo ******* stupid they included completely bogus murder report in official Impeachment Charges. WTF! We have TRULY lost our minds as a nation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/brian-sicknick-death-strokes/2021/04/19/36d2d310-617e-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html

Sicknick's family has been SCREAMING this since January 7th. Nobody listened. Those who claim to be intelligent and "listen to the science," they are in reality just Blue Maga. These folks do not care in the least for science, nor truth, nor reality, nothing but Mindless Party Propaganda. The very same thing they blame on the Red Magas. 

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Between this incident and the Columbus, Ohio incident, reasonable people can see the BLM (the organization) is less than sincere in their claim all police are racist.  However, the people that use facepalms and thumbs are not reasonable people.  JMO @icanthearyou