OPINION: NYPD Should Be Investigated For Its Killing Of Black Men
Another Black person shot and killed by NYPD police officers. Another death at the hands of the people who are sworn and paid to protect the very same citizens they end up killing. Of course, I don’t know the circumstances, but it seems to be an alarming pattern to shoot to kill Black people, despite or in spite of the situation. And, he had no criminal record but I would imagine if he did, it would have been key in the defense of the police officers.
I am still and will always be a staunch opponent of the shoot to kill mentality of police officers when it comes to facing Blacks. It always seems to me that at any other time, with a different race, in a similar situation, the police are never that quick to, not only shoot, but shoot to kill. How often do you hear of white people being shot to death by police officers in stark contrast to their Black counterparts?
Now, I’m in no way saying that the young man killed was right in any way or that he didn’t pose a realistic threat to the cops, all I’m saying is that it seems all too common that we are reading and hearing that Blacks are more than likely to be killed by police officers than whites. What makes it worse is that there hasn’t been any referendum, retraining or even talk about the aggressiveness of police forces when it comes to the ‘apprehension’ of Blacks, even if they are innocent of anything outside of being Black.
This is the time when I’d like to see politicians, especially the likes of the more visible Blacks in office to take a stand, do a study, at the very least, INVESTIGATE the reasons this is a common occurrence! President Obama, Governor Patterson, Mayor Booker and any Black politician or influencer NEEDS to speak about this and have reforms when it comes to the mentality of police officers!
It just shouldn’t be Al Sharpton being the leader when it comes to this, we NEED dialogue and answers as to why this happens ALL THE TIME!
And my brothers, stop giving the police reasons to shoot us! It’s that simple! You know what’s going on and yet, your ignorance puts my life in jeopardy because of your actions, police fear me based on the stereotype you perpetuate! It won’t stop if you’re out here doing stupid shit….






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deshawn121 said:
is it ok for black criminals to rape and kill his own people? why are we always ready to defend criminals and then cant understand our kids affiliation with criminal behavior. for years we called criminals revolutionaries, victims of circ**stance, and cool while downgrading black law enforcment as uncle toms, this must stop if we must save our children, they are now killing each other with no end in site and we are also innocent bystanders in their onslaught, CRITICIZING THE POLICE FOR DOING THEIR JOB IS OLD THINKING WHEN WE ARE THE VICTIMS OF THE CRIMINALS.
This discussion was not about defending black criminals at all. Unless you’re talking about the criminal acts police are performing against black males nationwide. SO JUST SO WE ARE ALL ON TOPIC, the discussion here is about SWORN PEACE OFFICERS who racially profile LAW-ABIDING black males, make up false reasons for pulling them over, claiming they FIT THE DISCRIPTION of someone involved in a crime, illlegal searches which are routinely done in black communities, and finally black males being shot or beat to DEATH at the hands of these white officers. We even know the end of the story, whether the black male is an innocent citizen, a fellow officer, an acclaimed Ivy-League professor, or a person with some criminal past…doesnt matter. The officers never get convicted of anything. It doesn’t take another one-sided police investigation to know this is wrong. I have never been a criminal, yet I have been pulled out of my car and harrassed by police, twice handcuffed for 20 minutes after an illegal stop and search (never even receiving a ticket), and I’ve had police rifles pointed at me. So, to be clear, we arent talking about letting CRIMINALS go free because they are black. The topic is the abuse of black citizens at the hands of those given the responsibility of protecting us. WE SHOULD BE OUTRAGED that more of our black men die at the hands of police than in war.
I AGREE ABOUT WHATS BEING SAID.. HERES THE DEAL WHEN WE START FIRING BACK AT THEM IN THE NUMBERS THEY HAVE ON US THEY WILL SAY OH S**T WE HAVE A PROBLEM..IAM NOT SAYING KILL POLICE.. IAM SAYING POLICEW WHO KILL BLACKS UNJUSTIFYED SHOULD BE DEALT WITH.. THE TRUBLE WITH US BLACKS WE TALK S**T AND DONT DO SHHIT, YET WE KILL EACH OTHER OVER BULLS**T.. WE NEED TO STAUDY WHAT MALCOM X SAID AND ENACT HIS TEACHING TODAY …. POLICE ARE KILLING OUR PEOPLE AND ITS A ISSUE AND WHAT DOES THAT SAY? WHAT IT SAYS IS WE ARE TARGETS AND THEY HATE US AND DONT RESPECT US…. EYE FOR EYE , QUESTION IS ARE U WILLING TO DIE FOR WHAT IS RIGHT OR DO TIME FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.. WHAT IT IS WE TO BE BUZY BULLS**TIN.. INCLUDING MYSELF. I GOTS TO GET IT TOGHTER MY SELF.. SO I GUESS GOD ALONE WILL DEAL WITH ALL THE INJUSTICES IF WE DONT . REALITY CHECK.. GOD SEE EVERY THING AND WHAT WE DO AND DONT DO WE WILL BE JUDGED FOR NOW AND HERE AFTER . THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES …WITHIN..
They are only breeding cop killa’s , an i dont give that dude wrong for taking out those cops on da westcoats .1 for 4 thats ah good trade of i would say.
you know what,i might sound ignorant of what im about to say,or maybe its just me being angry over this police brutality mess.it is definetly racial profiling in the police departments.(been like that for hundreds of years)everytime a black man or woman is shot to death,or beat by a so-called sworn to protect police officer,it is always justified!let a black person even try to attempt to touch a police officer,than it is called aggravated assault on a so called peace officer(peace,yeah right)for you so called law-biding people who dont see profiling in the black community,you are either a racist,uncle tom,or in denial.which catorgory do you fall in.i believe as long as they can get away with it,it is sad to say that it is gonna continue.you know what is even more scary,we are goona lose more brothers and sisters to these racist,trigger happy police!
No to Racism .
dear friends : as a moslem i can say that racism is a manner of people who don’t beleive in god and his will , islam came to insure equality , in islam’s first phase there were alot of nationalities lived in peace & love with each other like suhaib the roman , salman the persian , abu bakr & omar the arabians & ” belal ” the ethiopean .
the prophet mouhammed’s ( peace & blessings be up on him ) companion ” belal ” was black , and he also was the mu’azen ( prayers caller ).
shame on america the light house of freedom in the world to be racial , that’s america’s ugly face inside it’s borders , but outside is more uglyer , wich america practice killing & terrorism against civilians and innocent .
TRUST ME, OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, OUR TRUE JUDGE, SEES ALL OF THIS AND HE WILL WIN THE VICTORY FOR US. I HATE COPS!!! THEY ARE A BUNCH OF COWARDS WHO BREAK THE LAWS THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO ENFORCE. THEY THINK THEY CAN TALK TO PEOPLE ANY WAY THEY WANT TO; I WISH ONE OF THEM PUT THEIR HANDS ON ME; THEY MIGHT AS WELL SHOOT ME. IF THOSE PIGS DIDN’T HAVE GUNS, THEY WOULDN’T COME IN THE BLACK NEIGHBIRHOODS. THE UNCLE TOMS WHO WORK FOR/WITH THEM ARE TOO COWARD TO REPORT THEM WHEN THEY BREAK LAWAS. I AM ONLY SPEAKING FOR ALL OF US WHO A DECENT LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.
I’m sick of hearing about these racist ass cops too,and how many more innocent black people has got to get killed before these lazy ass black polititians finally get up and do something about these trigger-happy cowboys we call Police Officers!!!!!! Also there are blacks out there are making it hard on the innocent black because they do stupid s**t.But the police should know the good from the bad they are trained that at the academy.Every f**king black is not a damn Drug Dealer/Gangbanger Just like ever Muslim is not a GoDDamn Extremist-Terrorist!!!! It’s gotten bad now.It’s like that in North Carolina too. Cops ride around and jump behind you in a minute acting like you’re up to some kind of crime.I can’t count how many times these motherf**kers done stopped me over stupid s**t acting like I’m a suspect of some kind of crime making s**t up too stop me. It’s gotten so bad you can’t go for a joy ride on your day off with your friends anymore.Because all they want to do is harrass you. These polititians need to do something and do something quick!!! RUFF75
NYPD? WHAT ABOUT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH DURING THE INQUISITION? CAN THEY ANSWER FOR 10′S OF MILLIONS? OPEN UP THE LENSES A LITTLE WIDER!
here is a revolutionary thought, stop doing criminal behavior and you wont have to deal with the justice system or law enforcement, luckily criminals have people like this writer to take their side against law enforcment, too bad this writer dont see that the criminals victims are 90% black. I wonder if the writer ask the criminals have they ever murdered a old women or raped a young girl or robbed a man coming home from work or shot a boy by mistake waiting for school bus.
I dont think this writer lives in the ghetto so its easy for him to criticize the police because his neighborhood doesnt interact with them like in the ghetto, “keep criticizing from afar writer dont worry we are the only victims here”.
is it ok for black criminals to rape and kill his own people? why are we always ready to defend criminals and then cant understand our kids affiliation with criminal behavior. for years we called criminals revolutionaries, victims of circ**stance, and cool while downgrading black law enforcment as uncle toms, this must stop if we must save our children, they are now killing each other with no end in site and we are also innocent bystanders in their onslaught, CRITICIZING THE POLICE FOR DOING THEIR JOB IS OLD THINKING WHEN WE ARE THE VICTIMS OF THE CRIMINALS.
YES-THEY DO. The story SAID,HE RAN AND TURNED AND THEN SHOT AT THE POLICE-NOW HOW DID HE GET SHOT FROM BEHIND and WAS HIT OVER 10 TIMES and THIS WAS FROM A MAN WHO RAN…NOW IF HE HAD A GUN AND WANTED A SHOOT OUT WITH THE COPS WHY RUN and HOW DID HE GET SHOT IN THE BACK? WHO ALL ELSE SAW HIM WITH A GUN? WHY SHOOT SO MANY DAMN TIMES AT 1 MAN WHICH im ASUME-ing HAD A HAND GUN? TO KILL HIM AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DOING ANY HARD PAPER WORK. WITH BLACK MEN AND THE COPS < THEY SHOOT FIRST AND THEN ASK QUESTION LATER. AND NOT JUST NYPD WE GOT THEM EVERYWHERE.
gren1shaw2
U asked 2 put an end 2 this and this has been going on for as long as Blacks has occupied the USA…U have 2 fight fire with fire until the Oppressor offers water 2 extinguish flames HE started!!!
Now!! 2 this weak ass mark
“It just shouldn’t be Al Sharpton being the leader when it comes to this, we NEED dialogue and answers as to why this happens ALL THE TIME!
And my brothers, stop giving the police reasons to shoot us! It’s that simple! You know what’s going on and yet, your ignorance puts my life in jeopardy because of your actions, police fear me based on the stereotype you perpetuate! It won’t stop if you’re out here doing stupid s**t….”
Giving the police REASONS??? 2 shoot us??? I’m on pause….I am trying 2 gather myself 2 attack the WEAKNESS of this snivlin coward but he is 1 of the many reasons the Revolution is stagnant. I’m throwed….stuck….P***y tries 2 champion this statement by CLAIMING they FEAR YOU??? 4 what U will be the weak link…fuk it this one threw me 4 A loop
Only thing Al Sharpton can lead is the FBI(him being A redarmy Clandestine Spy…Google it!!) right 2 M. Ali and Malcolm X
When are black people going to get it? I’m tired of hearing about another black being killed by the bought and paid for gestapo.they have a job to do,beating and killing blacks as part of the black genocide planned and put into action by the racist that call themselves the republican party. So it’s time to either do something or shut up,but they know that n****rs do nothing but talk never any action like standing up and putting an end to this mess.I’m not talking about violence but protesting the police and torture and killing of black women and children.
irrespeonsible article. don’t use a case not knowing the circ**stances to support a legit issue. this person might have deserved to be gunned down and fall under bad vs good .
black people are more likely to act violently towards cops, and that was the case in this situation: it was either the cops or him. Thankfully the good guys won.
I’m wondering why Newsone would even give this moron the freedom to post articles…
It continues to be sad but realistic event across the U.S. I have a degree in Criminal Justice, and ex-law enforcement officer for 8 years; I do have the insight to make an intelligent and experienced comment on this subject. There are good and bad people in all professions, law enforcement is not an easy profession; however there are those that have issues with those that are different from themselves. This too is typical with all professions, the other professions do not carry a gun and judge people based on the color of their skin. A large percentage of those in law enforcement have not come in contact with Black people-they mainly see us (Blacks) as we a portrayed on TV, movies, and what their are taught by peers. There is a higher level of fear by law enforcement of Blacks (male) than any other race in the U.S. It may be a time in history when they wish they would have reached our to those they view as the enemy. Pray for all involved.