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  "To protect and serve".
context: Bruhhhh, article says he lost the legs in a previous altercation with the cops >
  
  How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man? >
  
  I shouldn't laugh at this but holy shit.... >
  
  Well everything else that has been tried to curb police violence in the US has failed so laughter is about all we have left really. >
  
  Nothing has been tried lol wdym? >
  
  Okay, let me clarify.
  Half the country tried to curb police violence, the other half thinks police violence is great, as long as it doesn't happen to them, any political attempt at preventing police violence is immediately stopped by the other half of the country. >
  
  You're misconstruing the numbers, it's more like 1/3rd support, 1/3rd defund, 1/3rd just is so tired of it all they stopped caring. >
  
  The 1/3rd that don't care are almost as complicit as the ones stopping progress. >
  
  Everytime I read something like this, I think about Jimbo wanting to get around hunting laws in South Park by yelling "OMG HE'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!" just before shooting an innocent animal right in the face... >
  
  That's really what it seems like here. They were cautious because he had a knife and was reported for stabbing someone. Ok, fair enough. then he threw the knife at the cops and this was cause for them to respond with deadly force.
  Ok, it's bad that he tried to flee. It's bad that he attacked them. However he no longer has a weapon. This does not justify going Judge Dredd on his ass and issuing a summary execution for attacking. >
  
  Some countries don't have cops with guns. Some countries have cops with training and solid trigger discipline. The US has Jimbo. >
  
  In Japan they come after you with a fucking mattress and just roll you up. Just make a burrito out of you and cart you off to jail. No guns or weaponry - just a futon. >
  
  So, human sushi? >
  
  They should put a cover on it that looks like rice and nori, just for kicks. >
  
  He’s coming right for us jimbo >
  
  Assuming this is a reference from that old South Park episode, it's crazy how closely it aligns to the Stop resisting! from the Tyre Nichols murder. >
  
  Lop almost like they have been doing the same thing for decades now... >
  
  The lesson to take away from this is that we won't change police violence and abuse until we change our own attitudes. Both grand juries were just ordinary people, and they declined to even move forward with a trial. Think about that. They were asked, "should this cop who shot a disabled civilian get a day in court to defend his actions," and they said, "nah, he's good."
  We stop being able to blame the system or the cops once we become complicit, and no matter how you, as an individual, might feel, we as a society routinely let cops off the hook for the most heinous of crimes. >
  
  You are ignoring how much control the prosecutor has over the private grand jury proceedings. >
  
  How much control do they have? >
  
  The joke is that a prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich if they wanted to. As a grand jury only sees the evidence the prosecutor wants to see--and you don't always have to show them exculpatory evidence--if you don't want an indictment, you just... don't show the evidence. >
  
  And this is why they've painted jury nullification as a tool for racism instead of a tool for justice.  The jury can just refuse to enforce unjust laws regardless of evidence >
  
  Jury nullification is a tool, neither for racism or justice.
  The fact is it can be used both for protecting people from unfair drug laws and for protecting lynchers and murderous cops. >
  
  If you cant catch a dude with no legs maybe you shouldnt be police >
  
  Useless cops. "Oh a bad guy! Time to play judge, jury and executioner!" >
  
  
  But he's not Judge Judy and executioner! >
  
  No luck catching them amputees then? >
  
  It's just the one amputee, actually. >
  
  Yaaarp. >
  
  Are you fucking kidding me? >
  
  On the next episode of USA, the police wouldn't shoot a quadruple amputee homeless orphan would they? >
  
  Previously on USA: Florida policeman shoots autistic man's unarmed black therapist.
  its like some misguided dark farce >
  
  Remember that every single cop has the power and right to murder you whenever they feel like, and if they fake acting sorry or scared enough afterwards they will face absolutely no repercussions. >
  
  I beat a dead horse relaying this story on Reddit but it just struck a chord with me at the time. Smoked weed with friends at a house. Went on walk late at night, nothing on us. Get stopped by police and questioned. An officer poked me in the chest while saying “if we find any drugs out in the woods I’m pinning it on you.” Like said the phrase “pinning it on you” to me. Never trusted a cop ever again. I’ll be polite and civil, but don’t trust any police >
  
  Seems like civvies should be carrying bodycams now. >
  
  They're already making it illegal to film police for any reason. Arizona just did it last year and it won't be the last state. >
  
  Sounds like a state law.  That sounds unconstitutional.
  Off to the Supreme Court!  well.oh.nevermind. >
  
  Exactly. >
  
  It feels like cops just trying to one-up each others at this point. It's like a competition at how much they can get away with while on the force. >
  
  It's worth noting he lost his legs from injuries caused by police in a previous event. >
  
  Guess they're tying up loose ends. >
  
  It's pretty insensitive of you to refer to his empty pant legs as "loose ends". >
  
  It's starting to look like that "thin blue line" is them holding themselves back from killing all of us >
  
  It’s the fear of them getting a dose of what they give. Brutal unnecessary violence >
  
  "Oh no, he's got a knife and can't run away...let's just kill him"...some police officer, probably. >
  
  I gotta boost my stats! >
  
  More like finish the job:
  The family told the LA Times that Mr Lowe lost the lower halves of both legs recently, following a different altercation with police in Texas. >
  
  Both times, what the cops did to him was illegal. >
  
  Unfortunately, what cops do to the people they beat and murder is rarely illegal. >
  
  How incompetent can you be at your job that you have to shoot someone, ferchrissakes they could have thrown a fucking blanket over the guy. >
  
  Because the use of guns is purely option #1 reflex for police now. When the worst punishment is paid leave and maybe having to change towns for work. Hell there’s a SLC cop who shot and killed a handcuffed man IN lockup and was quoted on video saying “you’re about to die my friend” before shooting him. That was the third person he’s killed and literally nothing has happened. You can’t tell me there’s not numerous other police just like this all over the country >
  
  Holy crap you have a link for that story? >
  
  Let me get this straight, the cop fired because he felt threatened. I’m trying to figure how he felt threatened, when the gun being grabbed is the one used to shoot the suspect. He was also looking for a ridiculous reason to support a threat of violence, because the previously searched, handcuffed and suicidal suspect says he has a gun in his shoe. This guy wants to kill and does so as soon as he knows he can get away with it. >
  
  Land of the brave? Yeah right, never seen a country of people more afraid >
  
  I’m amazed the police don’t carry guns in England. That says something. Unfortunately we have too many sociopaths that are given badges over here. Either that or they are a CEO or work in HR. >
  
  They don’t have nearly as many firearms floating around in their society as we do. 
  In America we have enough guns for every single person. >
  
  Enough to arm school children! >
  
  Make police reports public. I wanna read what policemen write to justify such use of force. Did that guy had machine gun legs or something? >
  
  A police report isn’t imbued with magic that compels one to be honest >
  
  no i think the commenter was interested in what kind of obvious lies and bullshit the officer then followed up their actions with
  to be honest Im curious too. it helps give a more complete picture about how fucking brazen these assholes are >
  
  Remember that George Floyd died of a medical condition after being placed in handcuffs according to the initial police report. >
  
  yup. fucking died of a medical condition. 
  that should just be completely illegal to put in a report. fucking everyone 'dies of a medical condition. fucking all of john wayne gacy's victims 'died of a medical condition' too. >
  
  not being able to breath could be call a medical condition I guess >
  
  exactly. you can say that about any cause of death. 
  "oh no he didnt die because of radiation exposure he died because of a medical condition where the insides liquified" 
  "oh no he didnt die from being stabbed he died because of a medical condition where his heart wasn't working" >
  
  You know, if we had any singular gang getting as much publicized attention for murdering random people on the street as cops do, the government would be all over it. And yet, when they pack a badge; it's just thoughts and prayers. >
  
  It's not even that. Fox News will just trot out their token black guy to explain how this is really the fault of single black mothers or border crossing immigrants. They don't even bother with the thoughts and prayers. >
  
  Damn, we really ran out of thoughts and prayers? Never thought I'd see the day >
  
  Thoughts and prayers are reserved for the almost-daily mass shootings. None left over for police shootings. >
  
  This is not the equality we are asking for.  We want everyone to be treated equally well not equally shot for no good reason. >
  
  If you were property, the police would protect you.
  Checkmate, emancipation! >
  
  Makes me wonder at what point does "anecdotal" become "representative"?
  Because sure criminal behavior by police must have passed this point by now. >
  
  Always has been. >
  
  Couldn't they just bring out one of those long dog catching poles? He had a knife but I feel like there must have been a better way to handle this lmfao >
  
  That's actually not a horrible idea, but I doubt that's standard equipment