He was apparently talking on his phone while walking around.
Happens in everything. Doesn't help that it's reinforced by the media. Rape was/is a situation notorious for it.
im not blaming i just didnt see a phone , i live too far away to judge and nothing ive seen here deserves death but jesus put the fake gun down timmy
As it absolutely should. I don't care what he woke up that morning thinking. A kid lost his life and a family is devastated.
Rape is by far the worst when it comes to triggering victim blaming. The fact that it "happens in everything" makes it worse.
The answer to that question is...Who the fuck cares? Why does it matter why a dude picked up a FAKE gun from a Walmart that was offering it for sale. Maybe he wanted to buy it. Maybe he wanted to take a selfie with it. But it's obviously not because he wanted a cop to walk in and shoot him dead, making that question irrelevant, and bringing it up with the same breath as "why did the cop shoot him immediately" is disrespectful. The latter is the ONLY question that matters.
Then how about not shooting?
That was the entire point of my last sentence. I was addressing the question of "why not shoot in the leg" type question.
lol its a fake gun. If it is a problem then wlmart shouldn't have been selling it in the first place. The guy was probably just holding on to that one item while shopping for other stuff.
Disgusting scum of the earth
No lol. That is what Fractured Shadow meant by Monday Night Quarterbacking.Oh......so you were calling me a keyboard warrior..................ok.
Firstly, calm down, no one is trying to blame the victim. Don't look for arguments that are not there, you tend to do that a lot. I commented on the video, those questions are all valid and all came to mind. And if the only question that mattered was "why did the cop shoot him immediately", than why would we ask "why was Wal-Mart selling a pellet gun"? That question is more irrelevant than any of the ones I asked.
You kinda missed entire point. Yes "why was Walmart selling a pellet gun?" is extremely irrelevant. That's exactly what I'm trying to say. My point is, if we're going to ask "why did the victim pick up a pellet gun?" (which I don't think we should be asking), then we might as well ask why was Walmart selling the gun to begin with (which we also shouldn't be asking). The point is, if the presence of the pellet gun in the victim's hand should be questioned, then the presence of the pellet gun on the shelf of a public place should be questioned too. In reality, neither should be, because it's a freaking fake gun. The only thing that matters is why did a man lose his life at the hands of a trigger happy cop, and not why did he pick up an item that was there to be sold, because the answer to that is irrelevant (say he wanted to buy it, or was just holding it to take a picture with it, or just thought it looked cool...what difference does it make?).
If you're white there's people out there who will fight for your 2nd amendment rights, don't worry.
Stating questions that come to mind doesn't equate to blaming. You are the only person trying to make it out like I'm saying him picking up the gun and walking around Wal-Mart is equally as bad as the cop shooting him. What's disrespectful is for you to assume I'm even comparing the two. The biggest issue is him being shot, I've said that 3 times now, maybe more, I've at least said it in 3 different posts. I live by the idea you should question everything, it's cool if you don't agree with that type of philosophy, but don't put words in my mouth and make it seem like I'm victim blaming, especially when I've explicitly stated otherwise.
well i mean by americas past gun problems i wouldnt be even messing with a fake, sad but true
That cop was clearly not experienced. I'm sure police officers are trained to be extremely mindful of someone reaching back into their car; for all he knows that guy was reaching for a gun.
good
The moral of the story; Always shoot to kill, cause if they live to tell the tale you're boned.