Unless you’re black.
Sido writes:
“You might have seen this article {below] and video from the UK Independent? A policeman in Carolina pulls a man over and shoots him when he reaches in his car for his driving licence.This is one of the most insane actions I’ve ever seen. It’s that mad, you can’t actually believe what’s happening.Seemingly the cop’s been charged and can get up to 20 years in jail. But I can’t help thinking a spell in a psychiatric institution would be more in order.”
Fear pervades most parts of the U.S., in nearly all walks of life.
that country is so messed up and paranoid that I am passed disliking it and am just sorry for the poor citizens. they really need to reduce the power of the pharma and weapon industries, two big contributors to the national mental health decay.
+1
+1
I don’t think I could live in any of the states outside the northeast. The gun culture frightens the bejeezus out of me.
+1 There’s a zone of relative normality on the east cast running from Massachusetts to NY and also on the west coast from Washington state to California. Beyond that there is a bunch of gun loving nutjob, jesus freaks.
He could have been going for a gun. Cop might have been a little to hasty with the trigger finger though.
do you think?
It looked like the guy was black. That’s apparently enough there. Worst developed country in the world by far.
He could have been going for a sandwich too. Or an ice pop. Or a drivers licence. Or loads of things in the whole world that wouldn’t necessitate him being shot. But yeah lets assume it was a gun he was going for. Easier that way.
I grew up in a country with armed Police.
The last thing you want to do is make sudden moves. He should have verbally told the cop where the documents were and sought permission to retrieve them.
Shush
No.
Yes, the onus should be on the citizen to avoid getting shot.
He should also have verbally told the cop “Please don’t shoot me while I do exactly what you just asked me to do”
he had his hands in the air when he was shot though.
I remember being warned more than 10 years ago not to dive for my license or documents, since I might get shot. And I wasn’t even black
Are you now?
Damn you! I nearly choked! :D
me too. i am gone a little yellow reading this
Thank God the guy survived.
Should we also thank god for the guy getting shot? she is either responsible for both or for none of the events.
who is this god lassie? is she good-looking?
who is the god lassie, is she a ride?
She seems to have a thing for men in dresses, or at least they say she does. Hard to know because she is very shy.
i met a woman who thought she had met her last night. she kept shouting “oh god” anyway
OH YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ZYNKS.
Of course I do, but it had to be done. You know, right?
Oh I know. I know. And may God have mercy on us all.
if she is reading this which doubt. I hear she does have a lot in her in tray
Well maybe God let him get shot to teach us a lesson on proper interaction with law enforcement but spared him cos he’s all sound n shit.
I think we all guessed the respective colours of victim and cop before we watched the video. It rarely happens any other way.
At least you said ‘rarely’
4 shots from close range and only 1 hit to the hip?! should have been fired just for being such a crap shot.
Three stray bullets in a petrol station. That’s Zoolander territory.
Cops inner monologue: “Oh sh1t, he’s moving and he’s black! Kill, kill, kill, kill !”
Racist. Trigger happy. Paranoid. Case closed.
We need more like you, Des.
I agree.
Where’s “Carolina”?
I was in Carolina once. She’s a lovely girl.
The way he lurched into the car would suggest he is looking to grab something.
It would not be the normal way to retrieve a driving licence.
Paul, of course, is a leading internet expert on driving licence retrieval.
Glove compartment’s on the wrong side(American). Hence the lurch.
Are you a cop by any chance?
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