Now a police shooting in Houston

[Ex Lurker]

https://twitter.com/search?q=houston+shooting&ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^search

[ellenrr]

1. some more info

"HOUSTON - An officer-involved shooting in Southeast Houston left one man dead.

According to Houston Police, two officers were driving down Cullen Boulevard when they saw a man in the middle of the street with a gun pointed in the air.

Officials say both officers shot the man when he pointed the gun at the officers.

The man died at the scene.

This is a developing story. We will update as new details become available."

http://www.click2houston.com/news/officer-involved-shooting-leaves-one-man-dead

this is fall-out from the Dallas Shooting:
police everywhere in the US are going to be even quicker to pull the trigger.
--not that they needed any excuse before.

of course I don't believe he had a gun just bec. cops said he did.

but even if he did, and it was pointing in the air--
How come when the person is White, cops manage to disarm them without killing them?

[B2G]

2. The article clearly states he pointed it at the cops

There was a witness there.

[LisaL]

3. If person is white, police manage to disarm them?

That is just such a ludicrous thing to say.

[HipChick]

4. It's not ludicrous....fact

[LisaL]

5. Nonsense.

Police have shot white people who had guns, they don't always manage to disarm them.

[HipChick]

6. You are missing the point..

The # for blacks are disproportionately very high..

[Separation]

7. Really? We are supposed to believe some anonymous person?

I suggest you either show some proof that more blacks are shot by police. Or shut the hell up with your nonsense. Oh my, am I supposed to tiptoe around the cop hater? Here let me help you.

Go ahead, I already know that you are going to somehow spin this, but the facts are facts.

In the U.S. a total of 509 citizens have been killed this year alone by police. The body count for the previous year stands at a grand total of 990 people shot dead, according to the Washington Post. As the below infographic from Statista shows, most of those killed by police are male and white. 123 of those shot were Black Americans. This is a relatively high share, keeping in mind that close to 13 percent of Americans belong to that ethnic group

[lame54]

8. According to your own #'s...

Blacks are approx. 3 times more likely to be killed by police than whites

There's your spin

[Cali_Democrat]

9. You just proved the other poster's point with that graphic. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Remedial mathematics needed

Focus on percentage.

[AgadorSparticus]

15. Let me help you. The other source would be the Guardian's study, the counted.

It is not about numbers as it is about percentage.

"Final total of people killed by US police officers in 2015 shows rate of death for young black men was five times higher than white men of the same age"


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/31/the-counted-police-killings-2015-young-black-men

[LisaL]

13. I am not talking about proportions.

I am talking about a claim that police are able to somehow (presumably magically) disarm a white person with a gun.

[uponit7771]

11. This is false, the group who did a study on this was on MSNBC today. Blacks are 3 times more likely

... to get shot by police than whites in similar situations

[ellenrr]

16. ludicrous? I guess you didn't see in the last 2 days a white guy came out of a car, waving a gun,

and the cops managed to arrest him without killing him.

[Calculating]

10. Suicide by cop?

Seems like a generic case of suicide by cop if he really pointed a gun at them.

[roamer65]

14. If anyone has a concealed pistol license...

I would highly recommend refraining from carrying it loaded and on your person in your car for awhile.

If you must transport it, put it in a locked container in the trunk or hard to access part of your vehicle. Separate the ammo from the weapon and store it in the glove compartment or another lockbox.

The cops are gonna shoot first and ask later, if you survive it.

[Rhiannon12866]

17. More:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141514240