arent getting shot.

>>And times like this I feel a lot of conflict personally.
>>
>>Like "oh they didn't shoot him? Must be white"
>>
>>I have those same thoughts but I was listening to the police
>>frequency and heard them exchange fire with him.
>>
>>And i heard whoever was in command warn everyone on the the
>>scene that he might be ready to surrender and basically warn
>>everyone not to be quick on the trigger. Do they shoot him
>>with his hands up if he's black? Maybe, I don't know, but I
>>was listening and these were clearly highly trained officers
>>who were 100% ready to kill if necessary but not eager to
>kill
>>by any means.
>>
>>I don't know. It just saddens me how quick people are to
>pick
>>teams and fight for that team when this happens. A college
>>campus cop was killed trying to respond. At least two people
>>who were at the clinic are dead and they were probably
>>bleeding out for hours while police tried to stabilize the
>>situation and had at least 1 killed and 4 others shot in the
>>process.
>>
>>The whole thing is awful and I'm not at all eager to use it
>to
>>serve my political agenda.
>
>I think this is the way it should be, but it isn't in a lot of
>instances where there are blacks/other minorities involved
>IMO. On the one hand this resolution might be the model I
>desire for all police confrontations but it only makes me more
>angry about the ones that don't go this way for minorities and
>how minority voices who share my concerns get trivialised or
>dismissed by the media or law makers.
>
>>
>>Edit: also thank you for the compliment
>
>I think you make an honest attempt to be balanced, that's
>important in this polarised day and age.
>