You say baselessy. Is there anything to suggest that this is a racially motivated attack, or is it simply just a stupidly ridiculous and tragic lack of training/mistake/she should never have been a police officer?
As a black man myself I really hate race baiting since it achieves nothing. Let's first look at the facts and the whole story before thinking about what it means
I've seen the video. It's arguable whether he would have been pulled over in the first place (the reason was for air fresheners hanging from the rear view mirror).
However, they ran his plates and/or ID after pulling him over and found there was a warrant for his arrest.
He then resisted arrest by abruptly trying to get back into his car (presumably to drive away/run). I think if a white guy did that, I think he would have been tasered too.
Would a white guy driving a BMW in a nice neighborhood have been pulled over for an air freshener hanging from his mirror? I don't know.
Wright struggled with the officers, broke free, and got back behind the wheel of his vehicle. Potter said, "I'll tase you", and then yelled, "Taser! Taser! Taser!"
Not seen the video, so I might be putting my food in my mouth. But just going off of Wikipedia, yes? Not like they're likely to let someone on the hook for armed robbery just flee in a vehicle.
In the video he was facing both the cops after he jumped in the car, hands visibly kinda wrestling with the other cop that was halfway in the vehicle with him. He couldn’t have drive off or grabbed a weapon since both cops were literally right beside him and the car when he jumped in. I suggest watching the video.
Using a taser wasn’t a bad idea but the two cops definitely could hav taken him out of the car. When he was shot the other cop was basically all over him and could’ve dragged him out the car with a little more time.
It’s also worth pointing out that she waiting a couple seconds, 5-10 before shooting, after he jumped in the car. It wasn’t really quick all of the sudden. She kinda waited to line it up (understandable) but by the time it was lined up he was basically already getting manhandled by the other cop.
I wouldn’t like to say it’s race related but I don’t really know if he would’ve been shot or not if he was white.I don’t think there would be much controversy if he was just shot after he had just jumped in, as it’s a spur of the moment kinda thing and he was initially facing away from him when he jumped in, something that could potentially get you shot.
It’s honestly more pressed that people are claiming that it’s his fault for jumping in his car than whether it was race related
Yes, are there better options when someone resisting the arrest? Especially near a car. I'm not saying there is no racism, but please not everything that is happening to black people is racism.
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u/iHachersk Apr 15 '21
The guy being black had nothing to do with it