Alton Sterling
 

Tired of reading and seeing this. Tired of of the garbage people think is important. Tired of trying to explain it.

This is how the world is today, and it's out of control.

I shouldn't have watched the video, but I did. Cried.

One of almost 600 police casualties in 2016.

This is where we should be raging. This is what real prejudice looks like.

It's always been this way. It's still this bad. Orlando was terrible, but everyone agrees it was terrible. The shot the gunman dead.

These cops aren't even in custody. Their body cameras "fell off", and they're on leave.

The murdering racist "goodguys" are on leave.

We'll see how it goes, and the Justice Department is already involved. But Louisiana is a very backwards state, unfortunately.

Heartbreaking. Disgusting. Outrageous.

holy ****.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.2700578

I can't believe no ones talking about this.

I get why some people may disagree over whether one particular shooting was murder or not, but these crimes happen literally every week in America now, if not every day. Every week.

Innocent minority shot by law enforcement. Or minority engaged in unlawful conduct but conduct that does not justify lethal force. "Criminal" or "crime" does not adequately convey the scope. Malicious executions.

And yet, nothing happens. No tidal wave of reform or protesting outcry, just local protests, months later a trial, officers go on their merry way...

I've been following it and I've yet to see a shred of evidence pointing to this being in any way justifiable.

Another, perhaps even more egregious, similar incident happened in MN last night. http://reason.com/blog/2016/07/07/police-in-minnesota

What the ****!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the ****!!!!!!!!!!!!

These Police officers needs to be set an example off, this happens way too often in America. One would think trigger-happy racists would have been weeded out, but no. They don't even get a slap on their wrist when doing this ****, they should be jailed for being the murderous trash they are.

Has the NRA made a statement?
I've been offline for the last few hours, curious as to whether they've maintained their silence.

I believe the unions play a large part in preventing action being taken against racist police officers...

Not a peep. They're more worried about Matt Damon's opinion on gun control. Hollywood lefty who is pro- gun control, shocker.

Silence from good old Donald too. He'll eventually say something horrendous, but not until he finds a way to make it about himself.

When it comes to the murder of Castile in Minnesota. NRA should come with a statement that they don't condone the killing of a person that had a concealed carry-permit that didn't do anything threatening with the weapon.

But that's not gonna happen.

Really makes me sick. I don't often get disgusted by things but this makes my stomach turn.

I can't get over how little coverage this is getting. Two murders by cops in 48 hours, and no real outrage. There really are two Americas.

What are you using to define coverage, because the places I frequent have rightly been taking about very little else.

I haven't seen much coverage besides the things my friends are posting.

This type of **** is disgusting, and the people who say, "All lives matter." are just as disgusting as well.

People are getting slaughtered every goddamn day. Not because they're threatening the cops, not because they're putting others in danger... No, because of the color of the skin. Because the world has generalized black people as dangerous. It's disgusting.

But the part that really got to me? I watched the grotesque and graphic video of his murder, got a little nauseous, but that was it. But then I watched the video of his family speaking out. How his son was bawling because he's never going to be able to see his dad again. That's what sickens me; these people have families, and these trigger happy cops take fathers and mothers away from sons and daughters, brothers from sisters, etc. And the frequency of this makes it so, so much worse.

My city is covering it pretty well; morning and afternoon radio, both discussing it. Not that there's much new to say...

Racist police officers getting off scotfree because unions.

They finally did

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cm3edw1WYAAsBCA.jpg

Seemed kinda insincere to me.

I'd like to know what facts of that situation are unclear to these guys.

I can understand the officer being scared that Alton had a gun and was attempting to reach for it but shooting him ( multiple times might I add ) is beyond excessive force.

Pfft.

Again, I say: Pfft.

As a pretty strong supporter of the 2nd amendment, just let me say that the NRA is ****. They're only a lobbyist for the firearms manufacturing industry, they don't care about the American people. I'm surprised they even issued a statement.

The reports from Minnesota are troubling.

F'ing understatement. :trolleye:

When a Texas has problems with the NRA, you know you done f'ed up.

Oh so NOW the NRA has learned the value of restraint.
Well that was well and conveniently timed.

I don't mean to start an arguement, so I'm just going to call this more a statement of fact, but I just don't comprehend how someone can support the right to bear arms in this day and age.

I have a home defense shot gun and a .22 rifle just for target practice. I do find it hilarious that people think the 2nd amendment protects them from tyranny though... if the government wants to pull anything, they're gonna have us outsmarted and outgunned in any scenario.

I think we need some more firearm regulation, but I just fear that it'll be a step in the wrong direction. If we end up having a complete gun ban, law abiding citizens have no guns, but the criminals and psychos will still have them.

And don't get me started on the criminalization of unnecessary **** and the net widening that follows. The last thing America needs is more citizens in prison.

Yeah, exactly, and that's why I don't support any guns at all. Now they're only tools for hunting [which I don't like the practice of at all, either] and murder. They wouldn't be necessary for self-defense if they were infinitely harder for everyone in the country to get, and if you wanted to shoot something, there's always non-fatal weapons, including gun-shaped ones. Although I personally would find fencing or archery way more fun. [I also wouldn't have as big a problem with hunting if they used things like bows and arrows instead of ****ing guns]

The right to bear arms was granted because back then it was necessary, but like you said, if the government wants to pull anything, they'll pull it and we won't be able to do a damn thing about it, guns in hand or no.

Also, you're very very right about this too. That's a particular subject I have a lot of feelings about since it affects me on a personal level.

I enjoy archery way more, so it wouldn't bother me as far as recreation goes.

But if there ever is a gun ban, that won't solve anything. The government has prohibited the sale of most drugs, but I could score heroin, coke, mushrooms or meth before the sun goes down, if not quicker. No exaggeration.

Same can be said for a prostitute.

Well, I mean, you can just grow mushrooms and most of those other drugs are still pretty easy to cultivate yourself. Different than a gun.

Apples to oranges, I know. I'm just saying just because the government says "you can't have that", doesn't mean people won't have it anyways. And it'll pretty much be the same people who you DON'T want to have them in first place.

The laws we have in place aren't there to just deter people from breaking them, but to give people recourse when they are broken.

So yeah, passing legislation that says NO YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT is never going to be 100% effective in keeping those things off the streets, but...when people are found with them, it's grounds for further prosecution.

Yay! More penal system fodder!

I honestly have no problem with people hunting if it's for food. Near where I live in VA, there are some hunting grounds and we can pay hunters to hunt deer and bring back the meat for us. My family's never actually done this, though. I'm 100% against people who hunt for sport.I pretty much agree with all of what you guys have said. The 2nd amendment is obsolete when you get down to it, and pointless as well as seriously outdated. It was put out during a time when people had muskets and stuff. They really need to update it or something.

I don't think getting rid of guns will ever happen because of all the paranoid people who feel they need one.

*sighs* I've been in Japan too long...the paranoia of moving back home and getting accidentally shot scares me...

I don't think it's obsolete so long as the "well regulated" clause is actually adhered to.

Yeah I don't care as much about people hunting for food, but the fact is that the vast majority of hunters don't. Even if they're going to eat it, the hunting aspect is pretty unnecessary most of the time.

You have to realize though, these people are meat eaters. If not a deer or turkey in the woods (which easily might end up as roadkill or prey to a coyote), then they're just gonna go home and eat a pig, cow or chicken that had a short, miserable life.

Yes, but at least the animals we breed for food aren't out in the wild, and mass murder of particular species can be damaging to the ecosystem. I mean, I know there are laws and whatnot to try and keep things balanced, but we humans literally breed animals for the purpose of food, can we just eat that?

I know the treatment of those animals is generally pretty awful, but that's a different issue altogether.