How to identify a good gang member

[Seth]

This guy is the very best kind of gang member, something to which all gangbangers should aspire.

[mistermack]

Here's another desperate character that got what he deserved :

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015 ... rt_sms_app

It's amazing. In the UK, this would be the main news story for a week.
In the US, it hardly gets a mention, unless they burn the town down in response.

[tattuchu]

Here's another desperate character that got what he deserved :

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015 ... rt_sms_app

It's amazing. In the UK, this would be the main news story for a week.
In the US, it hardly gets a mention, unless they burn the town down in response.

Cute kid but not too bright. Stupid to run. Why's he running? He also grabbed for his waistband, leading the coppers to think he was reaching for a gun (not an unreasonable assumption, since they were responding to a shots-fired call). A witness says the kid was just holing his pants up so they wouldn't fall down as he ran. Well maybe from the now on the kid should wear pants that fit him instead of the kind that hang halfway down his ass

[tattuchu]

This guy is the very best kind of gang member, something to which all gangbangers should aspire.

"Commissioner Bill Bratton told reporters Tyree was 'very sweet with the mom' and 'his mom was very sweet with him'."

Aw, he loved his momma. Well ain't that sweet.

[mistermack]

Here's another desperate character that got what he deserved :

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015 ... rt_sms_app

It's amazing. In the UK, this would be the main news story for a week.
In the US, it hardly gets a mention, unless they burn the town down in response.

Cute kid but not too bright. Stupid to run. Why's he running? He also grabbed for his waistband, leading the coppers to think he was reaching for a gun (not an unreasonable assumption, since they were responding to a shots-fired call). A witness says the kid was just holing his pants up so they wouldn't fall down as he ran. Well maybe from the now on the kid should wear pants that fit him instead of the kind that hang halfway down his ass

The usual trigger-happy morons. These assholes are walking around just aching for the chance to shoot someone.
The standards for joining the police in the US seem to be incredibly low, as far as intelligence goes.

Our police are only authorised to fire, when they have a clear and unambiguous threat to life from a suspect. It's incredibly rare for an unarmed suspect to be shot, although it has happened.
The firearms cops over here are much more highly trained.
You can do that, when you only need a small number.

[Seth]

Here's another desperate character that got what he deserved :

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015 ... rt_sms_app

It's amazing. In the UK, this would be the main news story for a week.
In the US, it hardly gets a mention, unless they burn the town down in response.

Nobody gives a damn about armed gangbangers getting shot doing their gangbanging thing.

When you run from the police, reach for your waistband as if reaching for a weapon and you are likely to get shot. Please note that a handgun was indeed found nearby, probably where the gangbanger tossed it, knowing that he would go down for having it on him if he was caught.

It was reasonable for the police to shoot him because he could have just as easily shot them with the gun he was almost certainly carrying.

The lesson: Don't illegally carry a handgun, run from the police and reach for your waistband. Not rocket science really.

Or, if you're going to be stupid, run, but keep your hands up as you run, at least until you get around the corner where you can ditch the gun under circumstances where the cops can see you do it and possibly draw the perfectly rational conclusion that you're going to shoot at them.

Derp!

I've been carrying a gun for more than 30 years and never once have I had a police officer pull his weapon on me. Go figure.

[Seth]

Here's another desperate character that got what he deserved :

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015 ... rt_sms_app

It's amazing. In the UK, this would be the main news story for a week.
In the US, it hardly gets a mention, unless they burn the town down in response.

Cute kid but not too bright. Stupid to run. Why's he running? He also grabbed for his waistband, leading the coppers to think he was reaching for a gun (not an unreasonable assumption, since they were responding to a shots-fired call). A witness says the kid was just holing his pants up so they wouldn't fall down as he ran. Well maybe from the now on the kid should wear pants that fit him instead of the kind that hang halfway down his ass

Or not run from the police.

[Seth]

Here's another desperate character that got what he deserved :

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015 ... rt_sms_app

It's amazing. In the UK, this would be the main news story for a week.
In the US, it hardly gets a mention, unless they burn the town down in response.

Cute kid but not too bright. Stupid to run. Why's he running? He also grabbed for his waistband, leading the coppers to think he was reaching for a gun (not an unreasonable assumption, since they were responding to a shots-fired call). A witness says the kid was just holing his pants up so they wouldn't fall down as he ran. Well maybe from the now on the kid should wear pants that fit him instead of the kind that hang halfway down his ass

The usual trigger-happy morons. These assholes are walking around just aching for the chance to shoot someone.

You are talking about the armed gangbanger who ran from the police and then lead them to believe he was going to pull a gun and shoot them, right?

[JimC]

Seth wrote:

I've been carrying a gun for more than 30 years and never once have I had a police officer pull his weapon on me. Go figure.

In the US, I rather suspect that being white is a major factor...

[Brian Peacock]

Yeah, try beong discourteous to a police officer, let alone running away from them.

[Hermit]

You are talking about the armed gangbanger who ran from the police and then lead them to believe he was going to pull a gun and shoot them, right?

Wrong. The teenager was unarmed.

[Seth]

You are talking about the armed gangbanger who ran from the police and then lead them to believe he was going to pull a gun and shoot them, right?

Wrong. The teenager was unarmed.

Funny how they found a gun along his route of flight isn't it?

[Seth]

Seth wrote:

I've been carrying a gun for more than 30 years and never once have I had a police officer pull his weapon on me. Go figure.

In the US, I rather suspect that being white is a major factor...

If I run from the police who are investigating a shots-fired complaint and reach for my waistband they'll shoot me regardless of my color. The obvious solution is not to run from the police.

[Hermit]

You are talking about the armed gangbanger who ran from the police and then lead them to believe he was going to pull a gun and shoot them, right?

Wrong. The teenager was unarmed.

Funny how they found a gun along his route of flight isn't it?

They found a gun several hours after they shot him. Under a car. Where he was not when he was shot. And at any rate, how do you know the gun was ever in the youth's possession? No matter if he was anyway. He was definitely unarmed when he was shot. Not even the cops deny that, but I am not surprised you would assert the opposite. Not only do you habitually see everything in black and white, but when it suits your agenda you claim that black is white.

[Brian Peacock]

If white is black then that's a good reason to arm all the other colours I say.