-=> On 08-12-20  07:14,  Aaron Thomas <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: It is what it is <=-

 AT> Cops shoot people in the line of duty every day; it is part of their
 AT> job. It's not part of their job to evaluate the color of the suspect's
 AT> skin beforehand. 

It is part of their job only when it is necessary to prevent deadly harm
to themselves or others.  That was clearlly not the cases of Michael
Brown or Tamir Rice or Walter Scott or Philando Castile or Stephon Clark
or Breonna Taylor or Rayshard Brooks.

It is not part of their job to evaluate the color of a suspect -- but
all to often that is exactly what they do.

 DS> DUH -- he held his knee on George's neck for more than eight minutes,
 DS> cutting off his air.  If you think that does not make him culpable in

 AT> I'm not an expert at analyzing the 2nd half of a confrontation. How do
 AT> we know he wasn't throwing punches at Chauvin? If a cop wants to kill

Because the video evidence shows that not to be the case.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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