Police shoot homeless man in the back killing him

[Quixote1818]

Last edited Mon Mar 24, 2014, 05:39 PM - Edit history (1)

He does pull knives AFTER the police break their agreement with him and fire a flash bang directly at him, however he is turning around AWAY from the officers and appears to be bending over to lay down when they open fire into his back. Clearly murder.


1:02 Cops says 'booyah' after shooting the guy. How tasteless is that?

Here is the phone number to voice your opinion on this mater to the Mayor's office: Telephone: [phone]

More info here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/james-boyd-killed-by-cops_n_5021117.html

[Ed Suspicious]

1. Just called. Left a message with the mayors office. Please do the same.

[SoCalMusicLover]

7. They'll Be Suspended With Pay....

Then after a brief investigation by the police department, they'll be exonerated. Perhaps even given the key to the city by the mayor.

After all, they are cops, and their rights trump yours everyday of the week.

[grahamhgreen]

2. Horror show. He has a thermos in one hand and a bag in the other.

[Ed Suspicious]

3. Legitimate question. How do these videos get out? I ask because I want to ensure they continue to

surface in order to keep pressure on our city and state paramilitary police forces.

[amerikain]

4. Hard to Believe Assassination

Can barely believe this video. I had to find a New Mexico news video on youtube where news anchors were saying he was dead for it to sink in that these over-armed cowards were shooting someone barely conscious in the back.

[Ed Suspicious]

5. But, he didn't drop the knife when he was dead. Can't you see the need to pump a few rounds

and sic the dog on him? Good god. They felt comforted by the fact that they could talk about a knife in his hand.

[passiveporcupine]

12. I think they were shooting him with bean bags after he was down

To test his responses. But still...how much damage can a man do when facing away from you? I don't think he was bending over to lay down. If he was going to lay down, he would not have turned away from them first. He would have complied. I'm not sure what he was reaching for...or maybe he was going to put his knife down. I only know that he was not an immediate threat when they shot him in the back with real bullets.

What do you want to bet they thought he was reaching for a gun, but found no gun after he was down.

I think cops are let off all the time for someone reaching for some unknown thing, because it "might" be a gun. I don't think that makes it right. They just seem to be a little too trigger happy these days.

[wildbilln864]

17. perhaps he did not want...

to just lay down on a cactus or sharp rocks and was hesitating to find a place to lay down? deadly force was not warranted!

[uppityperson]

6. He was a "direct threat" to those cops? Bull.

[geretogo]

8. cut spending

This is the way Republican police forces cut spending on welfare . A homeless man to a Republican
has no more value than dog . Rather than put him asleep at a dog pound they just shoot him enough times
to make sure he is dead . Problem solved .

[Schema Thing]

9. disgusting

[AtheistCrusader]

10. "Negative effect"

Holy shit. Unbelievable. Those 'bean bags' are full of lead shot. You pump three rounds of that into someone and they don't move...

The flash bang was clearly dumb. The two shots from the rifle were unwarranted, the guy was laying down.

The man needed help, not 2 rounds of .223 through the back.

[rhett o rick]

11. The police are becoming desensitized to the value of human life. nm

[markpkessinger]

19. Agreed . . .

. . . and I say that as someone who has two nephews who are cops (one a municipal cop, the other a Florida State Trooper). I nearly caused a family row at a family gathering last summer, when I had the temerity (!) to suggest that not only am I resolutely opposed to capital punishment, I am just as opposed (perhaps more so) to a two-tier justice system where those who are convicted of murdering cops are singled out for capital punishment when others are not, because I think it sends a message that the lives of law enforcement are somehow more valuable than those they serve. When it comes to my nephews, I hope, and I certainly want to believe, that they discharge their duties ethically and professionally. But, any time a discussion of these issues comes up, I'm sorry to say they're like every other cop in defending and/or making excuses for misconduct.

And of course, the problem will continue unabated, and indeed will get worse, so long as juries, in the rare instances that cops are charged and tried, continue to acquit them (as they almost always do).

[marble falls]

13. Sure looks like cold blooded calculated murder.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. Fucking pigs.

[Vashta Nerada]

15. Someone needs to tell the cops that real life isn't Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty.

[phil89]

16. What kind of human beings could do this to someone and be psychologically healthy in any way?

I cannot imagine it's a good thing to have them patrolling the streets. This is scary. Extremely sick individuals.

[MrScorpio]

18. Yay, Cops...

They're the best.