Another US shooting incident

[2BDriver]

well, there are many policemen who were also gunned down. So maybe some will be especially edgy...... my guess. BUt you might be right, in a way its either you die or I die

 

problem will be solved when there are no legal guns - simple.

Last night I glued to their local breaking news broadcast throughout the night at Boston hotel room, they reported they are expecting more chaos after Obama administration is over and the black and white racist issue will deteriorate.

There are going to start many protests against the white people from now on.

[Fcw75]

Land of the free....so ironic.

[2BDriver]

Land of the free....so ironic.

Boston historical buildings all flying half masks to pay National Respect to the five police officers been killed.

[Mockngbrd]

Amdk!!!!!!!!!!

[Wishcumstrue]

well, there are many policemen who were also gunned down. So maybe some will be especially edgy...... my guess. BUt you might be right, in a way its either you die or I die 

 

problem will be solved when there are no legal guns - simple. 

 

Yes there are many police officer who died in line of duty.

So let's put this in perspective based on 2015 figures:

 

No. of US police officers: 129

No. of people killed by US police: 1000

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_police_officers_killed_in_the_line_of_duty#2015

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/16/the-counted-killed-by-police-1000

[Vratenza]

Dallas mother thanks police for shielding her and her son during protest

 

 

When the bullet struck her leg during the protest in downtown Dallas, Shetamia Taylor's first thoughts were for her four sons.

 

Taylor tackled the nearest boy to the ground then looked up to see a police officer racing to shield them from the gunfire. "That officer jumped on top of me and covered me and my son and there was another one at our feet, and there was another one over our head," Taylor told reporters on Sunday.

 

"I'm thankful for all of them, because they had no regard for their own life."

 

 

Pushed into the news conference at Baylor University Medical Center in a wheelchair and hospital gown, Taylor wept as she recounted seeing two officers shot in front of her.

 

One was a tall, white, bald policeman. "As he was going down, he said, 'He has a gun. Run,'" she recalled.

 

Police said a military veteran killed five officers on Thursday in a rampage that was the most deadly day for US law enforcement since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

 

Taylor, 37, said when she first heard the gunfire, she thought it might be fireworks left over from Fourth of July celebrations. She said the attack left her hurt and angry."Why would he do that?" she asked of the gunman, identified by authorities as Micah X. Johnson, 25.

 

Johnson launched his ambush during a protest against the killing by police of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana, one of a string of demonstrations nationwide.

 

Taylor had attended with her four sons, aged 12 to 17."I was scared, I really didn't know what was going to happen," Jamar Taylor, 12, told reporters, breaking into sobs as he described becoming separated from his mother.

 

Taylor said, in her opinion, the police were not all "out to get us" and that people should reserve judgment. "Please, just stop and think," she said.

 

"I tell my kids all the time, you know, 'Closed mouth, open mind will get you a long way in life.' Sometimes, just be quiet and think first."

 

Another of her sons, Wavion Washington, hailed the officer who shielded them as they escaped.

 

"He was really selfless and he put himself in harm's way ... to protect us," Washington told the news conference. "So, we understand that there are a few bad apples out there, but they don't spoil the whole bunch."

 

 

Irony isn't it? Be quiet and think first, yet the last think she did was to join a protest against the same exact people whom selflessly protected her and her family.

 

[Othello]

 

Irony isn't it? Be quiet and think first, yet the last think she did was to join a protest against the same exact people whom selflessly protected her and her family.

 

 

yeah, white policeman shield black people ....

 

no waaay man, how can that be ?? 

[Chowyunfatt]

 

Irony isn't it? Be quiet and think first, yet the last think she did was to join a protest against the same exact people whom selflessly protected her and her family.

 

 

I concur ... 

[Lala81]

well, there are many policemen who were also gunned down. So maybe some will be especially edgy...... my guess. BUt you might be right, in a way its either you die or I die 

 

problem will be solved when there are no legal guns - simple. 

 

Tiagong the policeman that gunned down the guy in the car was asian-american.

 

Irony isn't it? Be quiet and think first, yet the last think she did was to join a protest against the same exact people whom selflessly protected her and her family.

 

 

I won't really blame them. There is still a lot of racial profiling and innocent black guys do get gunned down by the police needlessly.

The protest was peaceful (unlike the baltimore ones)

 

It's bitter irony.

[sake]

Many of the racial problems, not just in USA but everywhere else are deep rooted, complex and festering for a long time.That is why it is of paramount importance that racial problems not be allowed to take root in Singapore, or else we are doomed.

[Lala81]

There was an emirati guy wearing his traditional clothes in USA (there for some cancer treatment). He was talking on the phone and some woman thought hes a terrorist. Lol he kana taken down.

 

Now there is an official release by their govt to NOT WEAR their traditional dress in AMERICA 

[RadX]

There was an emirati guy wearing his traditional clothes in USA (there for some cancer treatment). He was talking on the phone and some woman thought hes a terrorist. Lol he kana taken down.

 

Now there is an official release by their govt to NOT WEAR their traditional dress in AMERICA 

 

 

cf the US of A, our 'xenophobia' here is like Happy Family man  

[BanCoe]

The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and was adopted on December 15, 1791

Wow!!  way before even Raffles founded Singapore..... we were still almost all jungle and lions/tigers and other animals roamed freely  

[Vratenza]

Tiagong the policeman that gunned down the guy in the car was asian-american.

 

I won't really blame them. There is still a lot of racial profiling and innocent black guys do get gunned down by the police needlessly.

The protest was peaceful (unlike the baltimore ones)

 

It's bitter irony.

 

Agree that racial profiling and excessive police violence still permeates in their system....so are self victimizations and  low self esteem.

 

I for one do not see a point in differentiating peaceful or violent protest/demonstration. Most protest/demonstration starts off peaceful.....but the logical and responsible adult will know that she is putting herself and her kids at risk should the peaceful protest turns violent which is expected from historical evidence when racial issues are at hand.

[Lala81]

Agree that racial profiling and excessive police violence still permeates in their system....so are self victimizations and  low self esteem.

 

I for one do not see a point in differentiating peaceful or violent protest/demonstration. Most protest/demonstration starts off peaceful.....but the logical and responsible adult will know that she is putting herself and her kids at risk should the peaceful protest turns violent which is expected from historical evidence when racial issues are at hand.

 

I agree with the responsibility part.

But i can see why they would do it. not that i would participate.

but I'm also the type who won't participate in candle vigils etc etc 

[Philipkee]

The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and was adopted on December 15, 1791

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

 

It was believed one of the original intentions for the right to bear arms is to overthrow any govt (USA) that has become tyrannical, similar to the situation when America declared independence against Britain. So any attempts at gun control is very sensitive as some might interprete it as the govt intending to become a tyrant and yet remove the capability of the people to defend themselves.

 

Might not be relevant now but it is what it was written and that is the situation now in America.

 

And i find it mildly offensive when someone quoted more people died in the hands of police than police die in the hands of criminal. The police were doing their duty and if there is malice on the part of police, then the police should be punished.

 

Otherwise, i can imagine someone saying that more people die while under the care of doctors/surgeons than via criminals in singapore. So it is more ethical to be a criminal than a doctor since a criminal is less likely to be involved in a death. An exaggeration but the way one poster wrote ...........

 

Unless there is malice or negligence on the doctor then the doctor should be punished.

 

Peace

Edited July 11, 2016 by Philipkee

[Lala81]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

 

It was believed one of the original intentions for the right to bear arms is to overthrow any govt (USA) that has become tyrannical, similar to the situation when America declared independence against Britain. So any attempts at gun control is very sensitive as some might interprete it as the govt intending to become a tyrant and yet remove the capability of the people to defend themselves.

 

Might not be relevant now but it is what it was written and that is the situation now in America.

 

And i find it mildly offensive when someone quoted more people died in the hands of police than police die in the hands of criminal. The police were doing their duty and if there is malice on the part of police, then the police should be punished.

 

Otherwise, i can imagine someone saying that more people die while under the care of doctors/surgeons than via criminals in singapore. So it is more ethical to be a criminal than a doctor since a criminal is less likely to be involved in a death. An exaggeration but the way one poster wrote ...........

 

Unless there is malice or negligence on the doctor then the doctor should be punished.

 

Peace

 

It's just like how the government over here is portrayed as just want to take all our money away. Don't matter that the govt gives u stable infrastructure, safe streets, relative lack of racial and religious discrimination 

 

U polarise the issue to magnify the flaws and discount the strengths 

 

So police become black-killers despite the fact that they probably gun down many whites/latinos as well. And they get gunned down themselves.

[Lala81]

The best way to tear two people/races/countries apart is to emphasis the differences.

Time tested method