[Crimson Dynamo]

Somewhat graphic:



Columbia, MO - Special prosecutor Doug Abele announced Monday morning charges will not be filed against two officers who shot and killed suspect Mark Adair in April in Columbia's Hitt Street parking garage.

Abele, the Cooper County Prosecutor, says body camera video from the MUPD officer involved in the shooting confirms all of the statements from witnesses.

n April 15, the 51-year-old Adair was killed inside the garage. Earlier that day, Columbia Police say Adair hid inside a woman's vehicle at Moser's Supermarket on Keene. When she arrived back at her vehicle, detectives say Adair displayed a handgun and demanded she drive away.

There was a struggle, and the woman was able to escape. Columbia Police and other area law enforcement officers searched for Adair, after the Moser's incident. The parking garage shooting happened that evening.

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[user104658]

Maybe they need a big strapping lad to make them feel better by stroking their bellies and tickling their balls at the end of a long, hard and dangerous day, eh LT? The calling grows strong. Fly, LT, defender of US cops all over the world, fly, onwards to your destiny!!

(iirc everyone agreed that the CCTV garage shooting of Lurch was justified, but that this doesn't automatically justify all shootings. We could debate it again but I'm bored just thinking about it.)

[Livia]

US police have a dangerous job particularly in the face of US gun laws. I wouldn't want to do their job. That said, it doesn't justify some of the clearly racist killings that have gone on by cops of black people. Racist killings muddy the name of good, honest, hardworking police officers and they should be (and probably are) as mad about it as the numerous protesters.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

US police have a dangerous job particularly in the face of US gun laws. I wouldn't want to do their job. That said, it doesn't justify some of the clearly racist killings that have gone on by cops of black people. Racist killings muddy the name of good, honest, hardworking police officers and they should be (and probably are) as mad about it as the numerous protesters.

There seems to be a tendency for them to rally round and protect each other when the suspicious stories break, presumably worried about all being tarred with the same brush and I'd guess bolstered by the inevitable camaraderie that must form in these sorts of careers... But I agree that if I was a (good) cop, and saw one of these cases if obvious excessive force, I'd be fuming BECAUSE of the bad name it brings to everyone else.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

There seems to be a tendency for them to rally round and protect each other when the suspicious stories break, presumably worried about all being tarred with the same brush and I'd guess bolstered by the inevitable camaraderie that must form in these sorts of careers... But I agree that if I was a (good) cop, and saw one of these cases if obvious excessive force, I'd be fuming BECAUSE of the bad name it brings to everyone else.

you could say the same thing about any minority. you could literally say the exact same paragraph about the black community. there have been tons of instances of the black community rallying around evil black epople just because they are black. OJ Simpson, Tawanna Brawley, trayvon martin...

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by lostalex

you could say the same thing about any minority. you could literally say the exact same paragraph about the black community. there have been tons of instances of the black community rallying around evil black epople just because they are black. OJ Simpson, Tawanna Brawley, trayvon martin...

Oh Alex, you're excusing racism just because you can't handle the fact that, like any other country in the world, America isn't perfect.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Oh Alex, you're excusing racism just because you can't handle the fact that, like any other country in the world, America isn't perfect.

I'm not excusing it, i'm just saying it isn't a cop thing. i absolutely agree that group mentality is a bad thing the world over. just like families seem to protect molestors instead of the victim. or people in a corporation protect the company over their customers.

Hive mind, mob mentality, us vs. them thinking is a problem. i'm just pointing out it's a problem in every group of people, not just cops.

[Crimson Dynamo]

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Another example of the dangers..