On New Year’s Eve, an Annapolis, Maryland police officer encountered a child who appeared to be carrying an AR-15 assault rifle, along with a holster that appeared to house a small handgun.
Police received reports of a man with a rifle and handgun roaming the neighborhood. The individual was garbed in camouflage, and was wearing a ski mask. “Drop the gun and get on the ground,” shouted Officer Jason Shreves. The suspect was not only given a chance to comply, but did so, and was handcuffed peacefully.
He didn’t turn toward me. He didn’t come toward me. He didn’t raise the gun or point it at me. When I told him to drop the gun and get on the ground, he complied immediately,” said Officer Shreves. “I didn’t feel like he was a threat to me or others.
Obviously, in this scenario, both individuals were white.
Unfortunately, justice is not colorblind. Recently, in Cleveland, Ohio, 12-year-old African-American boy Tamir Rice also prompted a report to police about a small handgun-like toy he was carrying. The caller specifically noted that the “weapon” was likely fake, and that the person holding it was likely a juvenile.
While officers claim that they yelled multiple commands that Rice drop his toy gun, video evidence reveals that not only did officers gun down the child almost on sight, but that they waited several minutes before even considering administering medical care to the victim.
After killing the child, police forcibly detained his sister, who was with Rice at the park. She was thrown to the ground, handcuffed, and left in the police cruiser to gaze upon her dead brother, who was less than ten feet away.
Some may argue that the child in Maryland is alive because he complied with police orders, but that’s the thing: at least he was given a chance to do so.
As for Rice…
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As I said before this Officer intended to shoot this kid. In my entire life and career I have never heard any cop after shooting or even arresting someone give the description of the suspect,or deceased in this case. When you describing someone in this situation,you would say to your dispatchers,shots fired male down,if you want to include the shot person’s race or color so be it,but one thing I have never seen or heard off is an Officer giving the dispatcher the approximate age of the person he shot or arrested. When this Officer gave the child’s age(20) that could only be to cover his behind(in his mind). He wants it on record that he thought it was an adult when he knew he shot a child. There isn’t any other reason to give the age of the shot victim at this time. It’s not to say like the ambulance responding will be a special one for young people. His mind was operating with the objective to get everyone to believe that he really thought the person he encountered was not a child. But to give the age it tells me he knew before he shot the victim that he was a child. Think about it folks.
The video does not show that the officers were yelling at the kid off-screen to drop the gun. Then they pulled up and he STILL refused to drop the gun. Stupid kid
He was 12, carrying a toy. Why should he consider himself the reason why some nut cop is driving on the grass? I sincerely hope this never happens to the child in your photo, but then, you’re white.
The video doesn’t show it because it never happened. The video shows the police cruiser arriving at the scene, with the fatal shot being fired 1.5 seconds following their arrival. If you cannot figure out how this near-immediate shot disallowed an opportunity for Tamir Rice to comply with any order to drop his toy you should stop trying to analyze and comment on that situation. You are clearly missing out on obvious facts and inventing others to fit your false narrative.
IIt just seems like common sense ,even at 12 years old that you don’t step to the police car and draw your toy gun as you approach the vehicle. very unfortunate this kid seems to not have had the talk with his father that Bill Diblasio had with his son about how he behaves around police officers….when you step to them with what appears to be a firearm!
Common sense that a 12-year old never had an opportunity to exercise; 1.5 seconds is all he had from the time the police arrived. Perhaps the 12 year-old was trying to pull it out and drop it on the ground. Perhaps he was going to show the police that it was just an air-pistol. Are you really going to judge a 12 year-old by the non-standard standard of “common sense?” Perhaps you fail to realize why we use 18 as the age of majority in most states.
It appears in the video that he is working the slide on an auto handgun. perhaps you failed to realize what that looks like, the cops did not and acted accordingly….tragic nevertheless.
Actually no. I served as an Army Infantry paratrooper for six years, and recognize the functioning of sidearms. You may also be surprised to learn that the air pistol Rice had in his possession does not have an operating upper-receiver slide.
I was not aware of the nomenclature of the weapon in question, my air pistol does have that option. the video is rather grainy but he seems to hold the gun in a forward position as to aim and brings the other hand over to the gun in what appears to ME to be cycling a round. Again, shitty video. thank you for your service!
Andy Morgan, I appreciate your reasoned analysis in the face of willful evasion.
@Andy Morgan- Video footage can be doctored dude (just look at Faux News and their “we want dead cops” routine. Don’t give so much credence to it
Agree 100%
you sound stupid as hell!
Well you got one thing right, KID. And he looked like a kid. If the officers were in fear of their lives why did they pull right up to him instead of getting into a defensive posture? Bad training and trigger happy policeman.
Perhaps both, but more like a scare shitless cop.
EXACTLY! If they were “so scared” why did they get that close *right away*??
The video doesn’t show unicorns & talking trees, either.
Conservative trolls continue to intentionally miss the point of how self-serving and biased their “Black on Black” crime argument is. The overwhelming percentage of victims of crimes committed by Blacks are Black people. The same is true for Whites (some 90%.) Given this statistical truth, isn’t it more likely that a White officer encountering a White person armed with a weapon is going to face violence than when confronting a Black person? If you are going to extrapolate conclusions from statistics, you have to go with the percentages and conclude that White criminals pose a greater risk to White officers. Law enforcement knows this, and this may explain why Whites are killed by police officers at a great rate than Blacks.
Now factor in situations where the Black person encountered is unarmed. A low risk of violence posed to White police officers drop precipitously to almost statistically zero. And yet the Black person is shot and killed, and usually without as much as a prosecution to vett out the facts. See how it works?
And I though the man was talking about a cop killing a child; not a word said about race…
Other than the title of the article, you mean? Pretend if you like, but the entire point of the article is to draw a comparison along racial lines.
Actually, the white on white crime percentage is only around 83%…
Oh, because 83% and 90% is SO different. Do you know why those statistics are like that? Because you’re more likely to kill people in close proximity to you. Since so many minorities are/were disadvantaged by institutional racism and history and a government that until recently didn’t offer any real avenues for getting out of poor neighborhoods, minorities-namely black people-were stuck in poor neighborhoods without resources. (Eventually poor whites got shunted into them too later.) So when a whole bunch of black people live next to each other, they’re more likely to kill each other, aren’t they? Same goes for white people, though the statistic may be lower because historically they’ve had more access to resources to get out of bad neighborhoods. Regardless, if you live in a neighborhood full of white people, you’re more likely to be killed by white people. Common sense. So for God’s sake stop spewing that very inaccurate myth about “black on black crime”.
“ONLY around 83%”?
first of all, i’d love to see your proof of this claim . even when you present it, all my money will be bet on this : your ‘stats’ will be arrest & conviction stats, NOT CRIME STATS
white wall street gamblers, white fraudulent banksters … commit crimes on the daily and are not counted in crime statistics
white kids smoke pot and aren’t charged at all
white men rape white women and are not charged
your statistics are bunk
LOL what a bunch of tripe. Get a clue libtard
You first.
they are afraid of us. who cares what we do to one another! haven’t “yawls” ancestors done enough? soon you will get what you’ve been asking for all these years. we just want to be left the hell alone! we are here and have been for centuries we are NOT going anywhere get over it!!
“There’s a man with a gun”
What do you expect in a culture that glorifies owning firearms (and creates toys for children that often resemble guns)?
Or a culture that glorifies Dirty Harry tactics? Don’t the people on Law & Order regularly bend the rules as well as the perps?
Police aren’t trained to shoot to disable. They are trained to shoot to kill. Center body mass is a much bigger and easier target to hit than trying to wing their arm or leg. Not condoning, just pointing out the fact.
Irrelevant!
Not really, the above poster said, “Whatever happened to shooting to disable and not shoot to kill?” That was never the training.
Not to mention that hitting someone in their femural artery (leg) or their ascending/superior aorta (patient left shoulder), or their descending venacava (right sholder) can kill them by making them bleed out in seconds. Really there is no non-lethal place to shoot someone. Phlebotomists could kill someone by accidentally hitting an artery in their wrist and the patient will bleed out. If anyone has ever been on either side of a handgun they know it does a lot more damage than a 21 guage needle. The officers shouldn’t have fired period without first identifying themselves and assessing the situation. Then again what good old boy police officer could pass up such an prime opportunity to kill a black male with pretext? The gun is right there in his hands!!! Never mind it was a toy and the boy was 12.
they’re trained to ASSESS A SITUATION . they didn’t do that
then why is it a white man pointing a gun at every one in sight is shot in the leg? are you saying he was aiming for center mass but hit the leg… bullshit…
RE Tamir Rice:
REPORT: “A person has a gun”
COPS: “Hey, let’s pull up right next to the guy like we’re ordering donuts at a drive-thru and shoot him before he realizes what the hell is happening!”…
One story has absolutely nothing to do with the other. You may want to shake up your bio a bit. Perhaps, switch this around…
“island of reason in a sea of insanity.”
Liberals always seem to forget that we are all Americans, and that all lives matter. When things happen or people say things or God forbid state facts about a situation that don’t fit their ideology, then their only retort is Racism. Seems funny to me that the party that claims that we should all get along is the party that is keeping that very thing from happening.
Now go ahead and troll away trolls.
This is a GREAT display of IGNORANCE. I normally don’t come out and say it, but since you put it on display I will. Number one this issue is neither a Liberal or Conservative issue. It is an AMERICAN issue regardless of political parties, because if you think for a second that ever Liberal American stands with us on this you are sadly mistaken and lost in time. Keep this in mind. I am African American - Native American, with friends from various races: Black, White, Asian, Indian, Hispanic, etc…
Lets break down your IGNORANCE.
#1 Who created this battle of the races between black and whites here in America? When you are willing to be honest and truthful about the answer then the rest becomes a lot more easier to understand. If you still live I denial then I will simply PRAY for you.
#2 When the constitution was written who did it APPLY to? Not who did it SAYS or SUPPOSE to apply to, but who DID it apply to?
#3 Who enslaved who in America?
#4 Who oppressed who in America?
#5 Who raped their black slaves in America and went unpunished? Not to mention their own race of women and went unpunished and to a degree still go unpunished because of excuses and blame of the victim???
#6 Who profited off of Slavery?
#7 Who was free labor because of Slavery
#8 How many years did Slavery exist?
#9 How many years AFTER the Slavery stopped did slaves STILL exist?
#10 How many years AFTER slavery did it take to get some form of equality?
#11 How many years AGO did this form of equality come into place?
#12 How many years between the constitution that you want people to believe is for everyone but never held accountable for everyone and this form of equality?
And yet even today…. we are still dealing with racial issues. They are not made up or created. They are real. The sooner more people like you face up to it the better we all will be. The more you hang onto your teaching the longer things remain the same.
We as a race my friend aren’t treated fairly in many things you take for granted.
YOU doctor the truth in your history books, but much of that is coming to light.
YOU doctor the truth when it came to crimes and that too is coming to life, but here is the thing. We and YOU know not all of them were captured so there are plenty of black men who filled your prison system and are used in statistics that don’t deserve to be counted. Your raw data is FLAWED.. my friend and that is the key to good statistics. You oppress people for hundreds of years doing all kinds of damage and you expect a Bill made into Law to suddenly make everything equal? LOL!
What plant do you come from? Transition takes time. But all you do is keep taking advantage of that time… time and time again. Black people have a rich history in the building of America but you know it came from forced free labor so you don’t tell the stories and make it seem like it was all done by you. So sad.
But let me close this on your catch phrase that is racist as well.
I laugh when I hear white women use it because no one accuses them of using the “Sex Card” when they are fighting for their rights of equal pay and other things. And I support equality for women, but it is interesting to hear some talk about equality but my oh my for some how quickly it becomes a selfish equality. The same when the speak of education. It isn’t good education for all, but for “my kids”. Never mind minorities is what many of their tone sounds like.
But this notion of “The Race Car” that I don’t believe in, but lets give it to you.
I know you got it from Monopoly and it is a MADE UP CARD. Meaning imaginary.
Kind of like Card games that where we define what is “wild”.
Many card games are played from the SAME deck. The card game that we play is by CHOICE. But each one had a beginning in order for us to choose.
Being the CREATOR of the game…. because it was your race that started all of this you have full control over it. YOU created racism between us. You hated us just to hate because you think you are superior and a greater being. That is where racism comes in. Now some of my people hate you because of your treatment. You call it reverse discrimination and racism, but the problem is the hate is not based on superiority. It is based off of mistreatment.
So while you THINK you are making a point about us when you complain and toss out the phrase “Race Card”…. in reality you are speaking about your own ignorance.
YOU… CREATED… THE… CARD GAME!!!! Not us.
IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE GAME THEN STOP PLAYING IT!!!!! LOL!
What do I mean? Stop Racism. You can’t have a Race Card if there is no Racism Game to play. Monopoly has the “Get out of Jail Free” Card. The game of Life does not.
Game of Racism has the Race Card.
Game of Equality and Justice for All DOES NOT.
Many of you understand this. Many are even acting on it. The problem is the SYSTEM …., remember the Constitution and who it really applied to, is still in place and working and we’ve been living it ever since so of course many of you don’t recognize the issue. Do away with the Constitution? No. But understand that it has and still DOES NOT apply to us. Even voting is a struggle. The solution there is to make it a day everyone can vote. No work or time restrictions like people are putting in place to suppress under the disguise of authentication. Considering there has been more proof of voter intimidation over voter fraud… why would politicians put more time and fast laws towards and issue that does not exist over one that does.
Restricting voter access is criminal. If they want IDs then phase it in. But YOU and I know what that is meant to do. Keep minorities away from the booths. To once again provide FALSE evidence of what people want. /8
Anyway… I hope this was a learning experience for you. To end that uh… “Race Card” simply put away “The Game of Racism”.
You should really spend some time outside your basement. The real world is a wonderful place.
you forgot to add that POLICE SAID ON CAMERA THAT TAMIR RICE PRESENTED NO THREAT WHAT SO EVER
plus, they intentionally drove the car right up to him, while simultaneously claiming it was a dangerous situation
Tamir Rice was shot seconds after the cop arrived, didn’t give him a chance to drop his toy gun or anything-are we supposed to celebrate this?
yawn, more baseless libturd whining. Gawd, give it a rest you idgits