Oakland

[DerbyCat]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

If you're referring to the cop killing that kid because he "mistook his tazer for his gun," kindly GTFOHWTBS. Oakland may be filled with morons, but that cop deserves the goddamn chair and he got off with involuntary manslaughter. I'd riot too.

seriously? Have you ever been a young cop surrounded by a bunch of crazy people screaming things at you where you're completely stressed out and you forgot what you did five minutes ago? I have. I was a cop in Central Los Angeles and San Jose. I never killed anyone but I easily could have, accidentally. The BART cop pulled his trigger once, that tells me he didn't think he had his firearm in his hand - ALL cops will tap twice or more when they shoot, that's more than training, you do that without even thinking. It's obvious he didn't mean to fire a round into the guys back, look at his reaction, he knew when he heard the pop that he made a mistake. It was an ACCIDENT. The BART cop just made a really huge life altering mistake.

Rioting isn't the proper response to this. Teaching your children to resect others, not just cops but everyone, is the correct response.