Dame's night on Twitter

[The Professional Fan]

Transcendent.

 

[THE HCP]

I need more info FAMS.

 

[BigGameDamian]

He's probably pissed. Big name players don't want to play in Portland!

 

[Schilly]

He's probably pissed. Big name players don't want to play in Portland!

Bad timing for your poor attempt at humor.

 

[Cippy91]

 

[Cippy91]

 

[Haakzilla]

...he was speaking out in regards to the trigger happy cops from Baton Rogue and Falcon Heights

 

[PDXFonz]

Reports claim that Sterling was armed. Hard to tell if he reaches for a weapon with his right hand, it doesn't necessarily look like he did. His left hand is laid on the ground, showing no attempt to fight the two police officers pinning him to the ground. My preliminary opinion is that it is a case of the cops fearing the suspect, because the suspect is dead we will never know whether or not they had any reason to.

A few questions come to mind:

Why didn't Sterling state he had no ill intentions, and choose not to fight the officers pinning him at all.

Did that one cop smack him in the face?

Was lethal force absolutely required here? Shouldn't their training have taught them how to disarm an armed suspect when pinned to the ground like this?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Reports claim that Sterling was armed. Hard to tell if he reaches for a weapon with his right hand, it doesn't necessarily look like he did. His left hand is laid on the ground, showing no attempt to fight the two police officers pinning him to the ground. My preliminary opinion is that it is a case of the cops fearing the suspect, because the suspect is dead we will never know whether or not they had any reason to.

A few questions come to mind:

Why didn't Sterling state he had no ill intentions, and choose not to fight the officers pinning him at all.

Did that one cop smack him in the face?

Was lethal force absolutely required here? Shouldn't their training have taught them how to disarm an armed suspect when pinned to the ground like this?

They knew he had a gun. If he reaches for it or if a cop thinks he's reaching for it, its standard practice to shoot them.

It was a real time decision, not any kind of racism or ill intent or illuminati mumbo jumbo.

 

[Further]

Honestly, keep the arguing about this to the OT thread of the same topic. This isn't about guilty or innocent, for Sterling or the police. It's about the heartache that Dame was expressing in his tweets, and the community of people everywhere including Portland, who feel torn apart every time this news story repeats.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

ok. go Lillard go.

 

[Haakzilla]

They knew he had a gun. If he reaches for it or if a cop thinks he's reaching for it, its standard practice to shoot them.

It was a real time decision, not any kind of racism or ill intent...

...same thing in Minnesota, right?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-shot-dead-minn-police-traffic-stop-article-1.2701935

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

...same thing in Minnesota, right?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-shot-dead-minn-police-traffic-stop-article-1.2701935

Yeah, that was probably fucked up shit right there.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Dame is right though, before white American Culture can "trust" the black community, they need to stop being so abrasive and combative. This whole "Black Lives Matter" sets Black America back, all people see are a bunch of uneducated mobs shouting and complaining without any solutions other than kill whitey.

What happened to integration?

Someone integrates, they get called a sell out.

 

[Natebishop3]

I saw an interesting video on facebook basically saying that cops won't be held accountable until other cops step up and start holding them accountable.

The thin blue line is bullshit. It just promotes the "us vs them" mentality that many cops have.

 

[Blazer4ever]

Dame's roar

 

[drexlersdad]

This has been going on for a century, only difference is now there is video to prove it. Shitbird cops need to take their medicine.

 

[Cippy91]

Dame apparently had to apologize for whatever reason. Damn this society has gotten so sensitive. I look at his tweets and don't know what he said that pissed people off

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Dame apparently had to apologize for whatever reason. Damn this society has gotten so sensitive. I look at his tweets and don't know what he said that pissed people off

I imagine that his tweets may have been perceived as victim blaming.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I imagine that his tweets may have been perceived as victim blaming.

People can take their perceptions and shove em.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

Not victim blaming. He said that black on black crime was a bigger problem.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Not victim blaming. He said that black on black crime was a bigger problem.

The timing though can make it sound like he doesn't care that the police act like they have N****r Hunting Licenses.

 

[Cippy91]

The timing though can make it sound like he doesn't care that the police act like they have N****r Hunting Licenses.

I think he properly addressed both issues. This dude grew up in east Oakland, remember that. I think he knows what he's saying

 

[Cippy91]

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

The timing though can make it sound like he doesn't care that the police act like they have N****r Hunting Licenses.

The timing definitely is causing an uproar but is there ever a perfect time to bring it up?

He says as much too, that both are wrong.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

The timing definitely is causing an uproar but is there ever a perfect time to bring it up?

He says as much too, that both are wrong.

Agreed; I thought he was even-handed.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

That said, it's hard to get your house in order when it's being fired on from the street by everyone else too.

 

[blue32]

God damn, People fucking suck. Offended by this, offended by that. Go fuck yourself. The man said some pretty even keeled shit, and furthermore if you don't like it, fuck off and don't reply to his tweet.

People need to mind their fucking business.

 

[Bob Dobalina]

The timing definitely is causing an uproar but is there ever a perfect time to bring it up?

He says as much too, that both are wrong.

NO! And that's another problem. There's never a good time to suggest our people take a look within. I get that last night was probably the worst time to do it, but the fact remains that it's never received well.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Bad timing for your poor attempt at humor.

Bit it's probably the truth.