Just two days ago, another black man lost his life, just because he had an encounter with the police. Not too long ago George Floyd lost his life. What do I think about this ?? I’m not too sure because this is a death that could have been avoided. The story was he was parked in a drive-through lane and was sleep in his car. Police were called and that led to his death(which shouldn’t be the case)
I understand the issue from both sides. This is where I think the police need extra training. How is it that the 2 police officers could not restrain one unarmed black man? They had to shoot him??? from what I understand they tried to tase him, we all saw how that ended up, he took the taser from one of the officers and attempted to use it on the officer. Not too many people can think on their feet in hostile situations. From the story they appeared to have everything under control, it is when they attempted to arrest him, that is when it all changed, and he managed to take the taser from one of the officers, and then the police ended using deadly force. They shot him twice in the back which means he attempted to run away
What they should have done was as soon as he attempted to get away or got away they have let him go, got the car towed from the drive-through, no one had to die, hence the title of this article, “ you live to fight another day”. He failed a breathalyzer test which means he was intoxicated, the interesting thing is that he was actually asleep, and not being a danger to everyone else and himself on the road, just because of that alone, I don’t think he should have lost his life
They could have tracked him down and arrested him later if that Is what needed to be done. From the footage, the police appeared scared, and if a police officer is scared, of an unarmed man, he better find another profession, which is why I agree with the officers being fired. We all have fear in us but you can’t let fear control you especially in the line of duty. How we use fear is the difference no one is immune to fear.
In the case of that individual, I wonder what was going on in his head before he got drunk and got behind the wheel, moreover why would you park in a drive-through lane? Why would anyone do this?
In recent times the police do not have a good reputation, they are now the scapegoat of whatever goes wrong in the nation, never mind the civilian deaths, black on black murder, and all. “Someone said” if you play a stupid game win a stupid prize”, this is not the time to test the police.
The family already got a lawyer and I smell a wrongful death suit coming, According to multiple sources, Tyler Perry as offered to pay for the funeral of the individual, Rayshard Brooks. The police chief resigned, and those two officers were fired (rightfully so), they were not responsible with their weapons.
Here is an officer who should still have a job, but they fired him anyway for not using deadly force, this is an officer who spotted mental issues from a mile away. In 2016 A black man by the name of RJ Williams who was suffering mental issues had a gun and wanted to commit suicide by police, Officer Stephen Mader had responded to a 911 call, and came face to face with this man, he drew his weapon and asked Mr. Williams to put his gun down, Mr. Williams said: “ I don’t want to, just shoot me “, officer Mader responded,” I’m not going to shoot you brother “ he clearly figured out that there was something wrong with this man, he tried to talk him out of it, well 2 other officers responding to the same 911 call came there and shot Mr. Williams, here is the twist in this story officer Mader was actually fired for not shooting Mr. Williams, they said he was negligent and put the lives of his fellow officers at risk, wow a police officer actually doing the right thing and he was fired for it. Still don’t think there are good police officers ??
I still don’t think defunding the police is the answer, li just think the police need extra training and follow this man’s example on how to spot situations like Mr. RJ Williams and learn to save lives, but I also call for responsible citizenship. We all should be responsible for our actions and should have no excuses at all. No one should attempt to take advantage of the situation at hand. This happens far too often. I think everyone was wrong in this situation, but sadly one person wouldn’t be around to correct his mistake, he is dead!
