Quote:its not like the cops just decided to show up and start harassing a black man.  A person called in because they were threatened by a man with a gun then described the man.  Cops show up to the spot and see a man matching the description.  Did the man not cooperate? if so is that because he had a gun on him?  The man was a felon and shouldn't have had a gun in the first place.  Were the cops supposed to just ignore the call?  What was the lead up to them tazing and tackling him?  Did they just immediately taze and tackle without anything said before hand?

Its not like the cop just went to some corner store and start messing with a random guy they got a call about a man threatening people with a firearm.  Are cops not allowed to investigate that?

How do you fix the altercation from the polices perspective, what could they have done differently from start to finish?

how do you fix the altercation from the victims perspective, what could they have done differently from start to finish?

I want accountability from both sides.  If a person threatens me with a gun I see that as a threat to my life.  Should I just ignore that?  Should I just not bother calling the police for fear that they might get in a situation where they have to shoot the person who threatened me?

There are consequences to actions.  Not too long ago we had a kid in Jacksonville decide to shoot at a freaking school bus The mom said "It's unfortunate. He is 16 years old. He doesn't understand the consequences the way everybody else does," attorney Robert Davis said. "When you're an adult, you've been around the block or seen the world. He hasn't. He doesn't. He's a young child."

This too is unfortunate but surely a full grown man has seen enough to understand the consequences of their actions, especially one with a long rap sheet, and with multiple kids to take care of.  Why is this person threatening people with a gun?

And I have seen the videos of the black officers shooting a white guy or kid.  Or a white officer shooting a white kid or tazing them into a coma and I get [BAD WORD REMOVED] off just the same.  Officers need to be accountable for their actions, however sometimes those actions actually are justified.

I'm sure it sucks to be black and to live in a neighborhood that cops patrol more often.  I'm sure it sucks to deal with that on an everyday basis.  I'm sure it sucks to have a criminal history and to be judged for that every time you interact with an officer.  Maybe if you cooperate and show you aren't a threat.  Maybe if you make positive changes in your own life and in your community it won't be patrolled as much.  Maybe if you get enough kids in your community to grow up and be cops and make change from the inside we won't have to deal with these problems in the future.  Maybe I wrote too much already and am just a Bigot or Racist and you didn't even get this far into this statement.  I try very hard to be as logical as possible.  I want accountability from all sides.