It is definitely a case of “Did they notice me?” If not, exit stage left as inconspicuously as possible, then run like hell when out of eye sight.
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I have made a few statements in relation to the video, what are confused about?
If you watch the video, you’ll see she was doing exactly that.
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…when there is probable cause to suspect a crime has been or will be committed.
That last part is somewhat important in this country (in any civilized country).
No doubt. We want them to have a nice clean shot so as to not waste bullets. You know, saving our tax money and all that.
Plus, it looks kind of bad when they shoot an unarmed person in the back. Better to shoot them in the front so they can claim, “he lunged at me.”
Despite its ubiquity across the globe and in United States, tear gas is a chemical agent banned in warfare per the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993, which set forth agreements signed by nearly every nation in the world — including the United States.
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People post this every single time cops use teargas on a crowd. Riots aren’t war. By law police are within their rights to disburse crowds with tear gas. It doesn’t make it ok, but it is the law. We can kick and scream about it all we want but it will probably just get us tear gassed.
Bunch. Spoiled.
Where every discussion that includes “a few bad cops” as a defense should end.
“Good” cops must fight injustice in THEIR system. If they do not, regardless of how nice, good to the community, friendly to minorities, or feel good news segment they are, they are not “Good” cops. They are good people who happen to be cops. LEOs are not bad by the fact of being LEOs. They are bad because they refuse to stand up against crimes committed by their own. These crimes are on display weekly with zero push back from their peers or above. Thus it is observable that there are exceedingly few “good” cops.
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As an underage white person I ran from the cops on several occasions, deliberately creating chaos with the rest of my underage drinking parties. Was never charged or even remotely threatened. Of course we were doing something “wrong”, not just swimming in an annoying neighborhood’s pool.
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Fornicate the constabulary.
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The point I was trying to make (which is clearly spelled out in the article) is that @LDoBe is wrong. It is illegal for the military to use tear gas.
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Well… Technically it’s legal for the military to use tear gas. During exercises. Not in battle…
Kinda forgot about that. I mean, the military ships around and even loses track of weaponized anthrax, the navy has a lot of nuclear weapons sitting in submarines and onboard ships ready to end the world with a single command. Why not mix in a little tear gas? It’s hard to keep straight exactly what is and isn’t legal when the armed forces are also using nuclear and biological weapons in violation of the spirit of anti-WMD treaties.
You know, as ridiculous and embarrassing as this is… nobody got shot for once.
So that’s where we are 
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Door Gunner: Git some! Git some! Git some, yeah, yeah, yeah! Anyone who runs is a VC. Anyone who stands still is a well-disciplined VC! You should do a story about me sometime!
Joker: Why should we do a story about you?
Door Gunner: 'Cause I’m so fucking good! That ain’t no shit neither. I done got me 157 dead Gooks killed and fifty water buffalo too! Them are all certified.
Joker: Any women or children?
Door Gunner: Sometimes!
Joker: How can you shoot women and children?
Door Gunner: Easy! You just don’t lead 'em so much! Ha ha! Ain’t war Hell?
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The more militarized the police become, the less able they are to de-escalate a situation.
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I think this is the most important part of what was going through the officer’s head.
I think many white adults in America are embarrassed to admit how uncomfortable the are being in the vicinity of black teenagers.
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It’s a pity he feels this way (or that the system makes him feel this way). If we had more good cops patrolling, building actually-good relationships with the community, people would think that “just” patrolling was doing good.
Honestly, I can’t think of anything better for a “good cop” to do. I can’t see that having all the “good cops” in forensics could possibly improve anyone’s relationship with the police.
FWIW, pigs do like apples.
progress?
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On the one hand, large crowd of black teens in a mostly white neighborhood implies a large chance that there will be an altercation between police and the kids. On the other hand, “in a mostly white neighborhood” implies that an altercation between police and black teens will be filmed, publicized and will get more notice than is usually the case.
Sorry, it’s just everyone brings out this argument like Police can’t use tear gas. They can because the US government ensured that a loophole existed for police to use it on citizens.
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