"He was just in his own place, he was not out on the streets, he didn't have a weapon. He didn't even have any clothes on, in his own shower. Where was the imminent danger? There was none. He didn't deserve it at all," she tells me, wiping tears from her eyes.
In the weeks leading up to his death, Patti had visited the local sheriff's office with cookies to thank the deputies for being so patient with Ethan. Now he had died in a confrontation with some of the same officers. "I took a step back and thought about how ridiculous it was for a young man to lose his life over the cost of a movie ticket. There was no reason for that to occur," says Patti.
In the weeks leading up to his death, Patti had visited the local sheriff's office with cookies to thank the deputies for being so patient with Ethan. Now he had died in a confrontation with some of the same officers.
"I took a step back and thought about how ridiculous it was for a young man to lose his life over the cost of a movie ticket. There was no reason for that to occur," says Patti.
She says both they and the law enforcement community have made the case that Ethan would still be alive if he had just followed instructions. But therein is precisely the problem - his ability to follow instructions. Ethan, like Adam, did not have this ability.
She says both they and the law enforcement community have made the case that Ethan would still be alive if he had just followed instructions.
But therein is precisely the problem - his ability to follow instructions. Ethan, like Adam, did not have this ability.
It's so heart breaking.
Chicago police officer found guilty of 2nd degree murder and more. For the family of Young Laquan McDonald. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-laquan-mcdonald-jason-van-dyke-verdict-20181005-story.html
Édit. The story turned on the release of the video after 13 months of reporters investigation,
So sad and maddening.
It's not just the US that suffers and as this was Brazil, i'm surprised there wasn't an undercover policeman or policewoman in the bar to shoot this guy.
Pittsburg Synagogue mass shooting with multiple casualties
At least 8 dead.
Robert Bowers named as Pittsburgh shooting suspect who 'believes Donald Trump is controlled by Jews' https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/robert-bowers-named-pittsburgh-shooting-13490343
the minute they said the gunman that shot police officers was captured alive i knew he was white.
Shit, the second they said he was screaming 'I want to kill jews' it was obvious he was white too.
Here we go again. At least 12 killed in a California bar.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46135459
Yeah.
Nobody cares you know. Nobody cares.
For things that don't kill people guns sure do kill a lot of people.
They sure do. Was reading an article yesterday that said something like a third of multiple homicide shootings in US are carried out by people (vast majority men) with backgrounds in armed forces.
Guns don’t kill people, people are just dying from being shot by guns.
“Compassion fatigue” was what I heard it called recently.
But I just don’t think I can get used to this.
This is what happens when you legalize bribery of politicians.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/12/officer-fatally-shoots-security-guard-chicago-suburbs-bar
Drunk guy opens fire in a bar, black security guard returns fire and actually manages to subdue him without killing him. Police arrive and immediately shoot and kill black security guy
that's murica. there will be a reckoning one day.
Daz wrote: They sure do. Was reading an article yesterday that said something like a third of multiple homicide shootings in US are carried out by people (vast majority men) with backgrounds in armed forces.
best place to get training. gangbangers have been joining up for years so they can come back on the streets with the proper skills. none of these holding the gun sideways and lacking the proper shooting stance and missing from 10 ft clowns. now they're skilled in urban warfare.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46314065
Why America?
