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Dashcam footage of Roof's arrest is released... (Original Post) davidn3600 Jun 2015 OP
Wow just wow, were they all comrades? Seems telling their guns were so quickly put away AuntPatsy Jun 2015 #1
Thank you madokie Jun 2015 #2
I am furious randys1 Jun 2015 #3
And dont forget that he was treated to Burger King after. bunnies Jun 2015 #5
The ones who are not killed instantly, no. randys1 Jun 2015 #13
I cant imagine having to live like that. bunnies Jun 2015 #17
Did you want them to shoot him? pintobean Jun 2015 #16
"Do you want that Whopper with cheese, son?" Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #4
"You know son if you had just been one of us you could shoot all the black people you want... npk Jun 2015 #10
If only Tamir Rice was treated like that Cali_Democrat Jun 2015 #6
Those guns went away pretty quickly NV Whino Jun 2015 #7
Watch it again. I think the black cop had him covered pintobean Jun 2015 #18
Could be NV Whino Jun 2015 #23
Jesus who just approaches a car with a suspected gunman that killed 9 people. npk Jun 2015 #8
Is the problem that he *didn't* get shot, tased, or otherwise The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2015 #9
It's the dichotomy. And how people find ways to say Black victims had it coming. KeepItReal Jun 2015 #14
Amused, and here, we are ... seveneyes Jun 2015 #11
Not even a felony stop RandiFan1290 Jun 2015 #12
It creeps me out to look at him. It's like looking at a monster from hell. Cheese Sandwich Jun 2015 #15
They should treat black people like this. bravenak Jun 2015 #19
Amen - wouldn't that be nice? nt. Juicy_Bellows Jun 2015 #20
+1 Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #22
did they hill2016 Jun 2015 #21

randys1

(16,286 posts)
3. I am furious
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:00 PM
Jun 2015

OH MY god....

A. If he had been Black, shot instantly

B. look at that one very overweight cop, jesus christ people

C. notice the cop CLOSEST to the car PUTS HIS GUN AWAY before he even gets to the door :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


FUCK
FUCK
FUCK
FUCK
FUCK
FUCK
FUCK
FUCK


COMPARE THIS TO any Black person recently....FUCK

Standing around, no guns drawn, etc.

amazing

Walks up to the back of the car and then puts the guns away

NEVER, in two hundred million years does this happen if he is Black

 

bunnies

(15,859 posts)
5. And dont forget that he was treated to Burger King after.
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:02 PM
Jun 2015

That happens ALL the time with Black murder suspects. No?

randys1

(16,286 posts)
13. The ones who are not killed instantly, no.
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:13 PM
Jun 2015

easy for me as a white guy to just get angry about this, but if I am a Black person I am scared that I will be killed, any day

npk

(3,660 posts)
10. "You know son if you had just been one of us you could shoot all the black people you want...
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:10 PM
Jun 2015

and still be free." When you become a cop it's not murder it's self defense, .

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
6. If only Tamir Rice was treated like that
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:02 PM
Jun 2015

Perhaps he would still be alive today.

Roof massacres 9 unarmed people and yet he's treated with kid gloves.

White privilege anyone?

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
7. Those guns went away pretty quickly
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:06 PM
Jun 2015

Really? He shot and killed nine people, and the cops hold not one gun on him when they apprehended him?

Maybe frisking him three times by three different officers makes up for it.

 

pintobean

(18,101 posts)
18. Watch it again. I think the black cop had him covered
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:47 PM
Jun 2015

the whole time. He jumped out of the rear car and ran out of frame to the right. He came back into frame, from the passenger side, as Roof was being cuffed. My guess is, he was talking to Roof and the other cops the whole time, while holding his gun on Roof. Roof cooperated.

npk

(3,660 posts)
8. Jesus who just approaches a car with a suspected gunman that killed 9 people.
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:08 PM
Jun 2015

Aren't LEO supposed to take cover behind their cars and order the driver out at gunpoint.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,858 posts)
9. Is the problem that he *didn't* get shot, tased, or otherwise
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:09 PM
Jun 2015

have the crap beaten out of him, or that black suspects so often do? I don't think anybody, even this guy, should be beaten or injured in the course of an arrest. The fact that minority suspects are frequently abused doesn't justify abusing anybody else. The way Roof was arrested is pretty much the way everyone should be arrested.

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
14. It's the dichotomy. And how people find ways to say Black victims had it coming.
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:15 PM
Jun 2015

I agree all police abuse is wrong.

In this case, the cops seemed really nonplussed about the whole thing.

I do like the high five when they realized who they got, though.

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
15. It creeps me out to look at him. It's like looking at a monster from hell.
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:16 PM
Jun 2015

That's really what I got from the video.

Also just the sense of awe about the historic significance of the whole incident and watching it unfold like this.

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