The Shooting Gallery: Police Violence MEGATHREAD

[Habbaku]

He's blameless in his own mind; he just uses a thin veneer of humility.

How is Obama in any way blame-worthy for what happened in Dallas?

[CountDeMoney]

If only Rudy Guiliani had gotten there in time.

[jimmy olsen]

Politics . He does give a shit about the black man, unless it gets his VP selection from Trump.

That kind of statement is much more likely to hurt his chances of being VP than help.

[derspiess]

He's blameless in his own mind; he just uses a thin veneer of humility.

How is Obama in any way blame-worthy for what happened in Dallas?

He's probably not. But that's beside the point.

[CountDeMoney]

lol, "probably."  Congress should look into that. 

I mean, that whole Poland thing could just have been an elaborately staged hoax; he never went there in the first place.  WIKTOR ONE

[Ed Anger]

I loved Dubya swaying and bouncing during the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

[sbr]

I loved Dubya swaying and bouncing during the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

That was fantastic

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/752953055629471744

[derspiess]

lol, "probably."  Congress should look into that. 

I mean, that whole Poland thing could just have been an elaborately staged hoax; he never went there in the first place.  WIKTOR ONE

Threw that in there just for you hon.

[Berkut]

He's blameless in his own mind; he just uses a thin veneer of humility.

"He" is blameless?

Just because he is black doesn't mean he is the representative of all black people. They are each, individually, people themselves.

[DGuller]

lol, "probably."  Congress should look into that. 

I mean, that whole Poland thing could just have been an elaborately staged hoax; he never went there in the first place.  WIKTOR ONE

Threw that in there just for you hon.

I think you may want to lay off trolling for a while, people are legitimately unable to distinguish your act from your real self.

[11B4V]

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Marine stops man from killing Memphis officer
WMCActionNews5.com Staff, Rose Eiklor
Jul 6, 2016 03:45 PM
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - A good Samaritan spotted a Memphis police officer in trouble, so he stepped in to help.

Memphis Police Department said an officer saw a man trying to sell an EBT card outside Cash Saver on Madison Avenue around 1:20 Monday morning.

The officer asked Michael Greene to walk with him to the police car, but Greene started acting very nervous. When the officer patted him down to look for weapons, he felt a metal pipe in Greene's waistband.

The officer put one handcuff on Greene, at which point the officer said Greene hit him in the face with the handcuffs. Greene hit him several times with his fist and tried to grab the pipe in his waistband. According to the report, Greene screamed, "I will kill you, you little (expletive)."

This is when Marine Darryle Tate drove by. He saw what was happening and jumped out of his car.

"One handcuff was on this arm, and he was using the loose part of the handcuff to hit the officer," Tate recalled.

Tate was able to pull Greene off of the officer and get control of the situation.

"I just straddled him out--put my arm around his neck and pulled him up with enough force to get him off the ground," Tate said.

Tate spent 25 years as an active duty Marine. He also served as a police officer in California.

Memphis Police Department said Tate may have saved an officer's life with his actions.

Tate said he's just happy he was able to help.

[11B4V]

Listed to most of Obama's Dallas speech on NPR.  Pretty typical "both sides are right, both sides are wrong" Obama speech on race (or anything really).

That being said, giving that particular speech at a memorial for dead cops does move the pile a bit IMO.

What got me specifically was how he said, "None of us is entirely innocent. No institution is entirely immune, and that includes our police departments."

Yep, really great thing to say at the memorial.  I'm sure the cops' families appreciate that.  And as always, when Pres. Obama uses "us" and "we" in a preachy context, he means everyone *but* him and his side.

I watched most of it and it was an excellent speech. Onus on the cops, African-Americans, Krackers, and the country. Well done speech.

[derspiess]

He's blameless in his own mind; he just uses a thin veneer of humility.

"He" is blameless?

Just because he is black doesn't mean he is the representative of all black people. They are each, individually, people themselves.

You're missing my point. I meant he thinks he's blameless in general. I wasn't even talking about race.

[Berkut]

Of course you weren't.

[derspiess]

Of course you weren't.