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| Fatal police shooting sparks protest in Los Angeles | ||
| 2016-10-03 | ||
| [SouthAfricaToday] Officers shot and killed a man in south Los Angeles at the end of a car chase on Saturday, sparking protest by several dozen people frustrated by another fatal police shooting of a black man. The chase began when officers tried to pull over a car with paper plates, suspecting the vehicle may have been stolen, and the driver refused to stop, Sgt. Barry Montgomery said. He said the passenger got out of the car during the pursuit and ran into the back of a house, where he was shot. The driver fled the scene and remained on the loose. Early Sunday morning, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that it found a handgun at the scene of the shooting. The department did not provide any more information about the gun. The shooting drew several dozen people to the scene. As news of what happened spread, a group of several dozen protesters blocked an intersection near the house Saturday night. Some people waved signs that read “Black Lives Matter,” and others shouted at officers standing behind yellow police tape and wearing riot helmets. Relatives of the dead man in Los Angeles identified him as 18-year-old Carnell Snell Jr., and they told the Times he was killed on the same street where he lived.
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| Posted by:SAT2014 |
| #5 I remember the rash of so-called 'black-church' burning back in the 80's or 90's. It was all the media outrage at the time. Only there were just as many, if not more, percentagewise burning of non-black churches. Somehow that little factoid never made it into the media reports. I think this is a similar situation. the media is creating a 'crisis' where none exists to advance their political agenda. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-10-03 15:57 |
| #4 I think the election has something to do with it. Riots in swing states, in true-blue states like California we get several dozen people protesting. Several dozen (and however many they had in El Cajon) sound like legitimate family and friends complaining. Riots sound like Soros style rent-a-mobs. Limbaugh suggested as much last week and I don't see a flaw in the arguement so far. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-10-03 14:40 |
| #3 I don't know if we do get more police shootings of young black males now than we did before. Is anybody keeping statistics? Is anybody reporting the statistics? Somehow I suspect the shootings that were at one time considered local news, if they were considered news at all, are now getting much more attention in the national MSM. It doesn't help when politicians claim the police are racists. But think about the poor cop who is left with no choice but to shoot when he is confronted by a violent young man who is obviously stoned out of mind. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-10-03 11:03 |
| #2 I wonder if we get more shooting of black by police because black perps feel more secure and behave more aggressively now? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-03 06:24 |
| #1 Relatives of the dead man in Los Angeles identified him as 18-year-old Carnell Snell Jr., and they told the Times he was killed on the same street where he lived. ...Given that the LAPD has been told to avoid shootouts, I'd be willing to bet that Carnell thought that if he got back home before the cops could nail him, he could start yelling about being Persecuted By The Man(TM) and a bunch of armed people would have come out the door to voice their disapproval - at the very least outnumbering the police, and possibly convincing them that it just wasn't worth it for a stolen hooptie. Seems to me Mr Snell was just off a few crucial seconds in his timing, and had he been smart enough to keep that piece holstered (or in whatever pocket/elastic band/orifice he might have been keeping it) there's a good chance he might have walked free. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-10-03 06:06 |