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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Just for clarification, he admitted to having it in his possession after the incident according to authorities. And for extra clarity, in his possession was not defined and could mean that he admitted to having a knife in his car.
However, at the time of the incident, as alleged by the police union's retelling of events, he had the knife in his hand. Not in his pocket and concealed or in his car. This is reasonably collaborated with the video that has the officers yelling for him to drop the knife. So it's a pretty big false equivalency there if we're trying to compare a knife in hand after a violent struggle and a pocket knife in your pocket.
I would like to think that admitting to a weapon (or tool that can be used as a weapon), while not actively trying to use it or access it would not prompt the cops to draw down and shoot you, but unfortunately with Philando Castile's murder, we know that's not always the case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooti...ilando_Castile
And this piece of #### murderer got off despite video evidence. |
Here's the angles of video.
At no time does Blake have an officer in a head lock or have an officer in position of control. The opposite is true. This is actually infuriating because a single officer had control over Blake, pinning him to the car, but let him get loose. At least one of the other two officers should have been in on top of Blake at this point and established complete control by using the car as a force multiplier. It is just sad to see this opportunity missed. Also, at no time can you hear a command for him to drop a knife, and in neither video does there appear to be a knife in his hand. Now the video quality isn't the best, so nothing conclusive can be said from just the video.
I could tell you things about the union that would make you sick, but I won't bother. People will just accuse me of being anti-cop, which I am clearly not. I'm anti-bad cop and it just pains me to see bad cops get away with stuff that would land a regular citizen in prison. This is one of those times when the union is going to back their brother even though it is grossly obvious that he made a massive mistake that should lose him his badge and the other officers have to go through training again. Police should be held to a higher standard, but because we are hiring sub-standard people to do the job they get held to a much lower standard. Just another example of a failing American institution IMO.