13-Year-Old Killed in LA Police Shooting
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) referred to the killing of a Black eighth-grader by Los Angeles officers Sunday as another instance of police behaving “as judge, jury and executioner.”
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“When I learned about the killing of 13-year-old Devin Brown, an African-American boy, on the street corner in South Central Los Angeles, quite frankly, my reaction was, ‘Once again, the police in our community act as judge, jury and executioner,’ “ Waters said in a press release.
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According to police accounts, two officers fired 10 rounds at the vehicle, operated by Brown, after the youth led them on short chase and backed the car into a police cruiser, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
People on the news are suggesting that the killing might have been racially motivated.
Someone is always on the lookout for “the next Rodney King.” I have news for you: Rodney King had it coming, and so did this kid.
If you attack a police officer, his authorized to subdue you, using his nightstick if needed. If you keep trying to get up and attack him, he can keep on hitting. If you attack a police officer with a deadly weapon, like a car, he is authorized to use lethal force against you.
Nevermind that in this latest case the police would have no way of knowing that the person driving the car was black, or was merely a child. They would be justified even if they had known. If you attack a police officer, you forfeit all rights to whine like a bitch when they beat your stupid ass. Anyone who plays the race card when force is justifiably used is a race-baiting half-wit who knows no purpose in life but to profit from creating racial tension where there is none.
I don’t deny that some cops have been shown to be prejudiced, and have violated civil rights. But don’t even bother trying to tell me that either of these cases was motivated by race. The force was justified, period. If it was justified, what is there to claim was motivated by racial issues? That’s like complaining that you got a speeding ticket because of your race. Were you speeding? Then shut up, you had it coming!
Update: the LA Times has a more detailed account of the events:
According to police, Officer Steve Garcia and his partner were on routine patrol early Sunday morning near Gage and Grand avenues when they saw a maroon Toyota Camry run a red light.
The officers followed the car onto the Harbor Freeway and tried to pull the driver over.
A three-minute chase ended when the driver left the freeway, lost control of the Toyota and drove onto the sidewalk near Western Avenue. The officers then parked their patrol car behind the Toyota.
A passenger fled. Police said that Devin, who was driving, then backed into the right side of the officers’ car, and Garcia fired 10 times, killing the boy.
Officers said they believed they were pursuing a drunk driver and didn’t know the driver was 13. The other passenger, who is 14, was apprehended.
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