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Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 12:23 PM Jan 2017

Georgia cops spend six hours soothing white suspect to give up after he shoots deputy in the head

After a six hour standoff on Monday, law enforcement officials in Georgia successfully took a suspect into custody after he allegedly shot Troup County sheriff’s deputy Michael Hockett in the head.

According to WSB-TV, Hockett was performing a welfare check on Matthew Edmonson when a shotgun blast hit him in the forehead, elbow and waist.

“The deputy then retreated, at which time the individual got into a truck and began driving toward the deputy,” Troup County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Stewart Smith told WSB-TV.

Following the shooting, Edmonson barricaded himself in his home with a pistol and long rifle, The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.

More here
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/georgia-cops-spend-six-hours-soothing-white-suspect-to-give-up-after-he-shoots-deputy-in-the-head/


So let me get this straight. If your suspect is white you take all the time you need to talk him down but if your suspect is black, you gun them down, ask questions later, wow.


FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUP

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Georgia cops spend six hours soothing white suspect to give up after he shoots deputy in the head (Original Post) Coolest Ranger Jan 2017 OP
Brings back memories BeyondGeography Jan 2017 #1
Unbelievable! And there is no such thing as "white privilege"? The Wielding Truth Jan 2017 #2
I know right? Ellen Forradalom Jan 2017 #4
This is such a f*ed up country WhiteTara Jan 2017 #3
Seems to me the disparity in how white and black are treated Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #6
I've known the disparity for a long time WhiteTara Jan 2017 #7
Great legacy you have, proud to know you. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #8
Thank you, Eliot! WhiteTara Jan 2017 #11
Blue lives matter no where to be found rogue emissary Jan 2017 #5
So I wonder how long the KKK and Skinheads have been infiltrating America's police forces? hadEnuf Jan 2017 #9
Forever.. coco22 Jan 2017 #10
Slave patrols nt Quayblue Jan 2017 #12

Eliot Rosewater

(32,537 posts)
6. Seems to me the disparity in how white and black are treated
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 01:19 PM
Jan 2017

in so many categories, especially this one, is not changing the way we were all told.

Probably white folks just realizing this, black folk probably knew all along.

WhiteTara

(30,172 posts)
7. I've known the disparity for a long time
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 01:25 PM
Jan 2017

and that's why I was part of the civil rights movement of the 60s and continue today.

rogue emissary

(3,216 posts)
5. Blue lives matter no where to be found
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 12:51 PM
Jan 2017

As the officer that talked this guy down were risking their lives doing so.

hadEnuf

(2,709 posts)
9. So I wonder how long the KKK and Skinheads have been infiltrating America's police forces?
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 01:43 PM
Jan 2017

(Somebody needs to finally say it....)

coco22

(1,258 posts)
10. Forever..
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 03:14 PM
Jan 2017

and we've known that all along too. Along with murders they commit then set up whatever scenario they want,fill the courts with their people and on and on and on.

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