. . . "A commenter on my blog asked whether the hue and cry that has resulted means that “if you can run away from a cop, you can get away with any crime because any effort to stop your pursuit using a weapon is unlawful and wrong?”
"No, but unless some very unusual mitigating information emerges, this was too much firepower considering the offense and the situation surrounding it.
"But don’t take my word for it; here are the rules:
The Supreme Court held in a 1989 case, Graham v. Connor, that the appropriateness of use of force by officers “must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene,” rather than evaluated through 20/20 hindsight.
That standard is designed to take into account that police officers are frequently asked to make split-second decisions during fast-evolving confrontations, and should not be subject to overly harsh second guessing…
A seminal 1985 Supreme Court case, Tennessee vs. Garner, held that the police may not shoot at a fleeing person unless the officer reasonably believes that the individual poses a significant physical danger to the officer or others in the community. That means officers are expected to take other, less-deadly action during a foot or car pursuit unless the person being chased is seen as an immediate safety risk.
In other words, a police officer who fires at a fleeing man who a moment earlier murdered a convenience store clerk may have reasonable grounds to argue that the shooting was justified. But if that same robber never fired his own weapon, the officer would likely have a much harder argument.
“You don’t shoot fleeing felons. You apprehend them unless there are exigent circumstances — emergencies — that require urgent police action to safeguard the community as a whole,” said Greg Gilbertson, a police practices expert and criminal justice professor at Centralia College in Washington state.
"That’s the reason the condemnation of Slager was strong from all quarters, including from police." . . .
"Barack Obama campaigned for America’s top job by promising to usher in a "Post-racial” era that, with The One in charge, would somehow magically bridge the unfair gaps between American people of color and those despicable folks known as Lily white devils, AKA, Republican, Christian, homophobic, gun-toting, capitalists with larceny in their hearts, and insatiable fondness for black slaves in their evil minds.
"It would be a gross understatement to contend that Barack Obama, working hand-in-hand with Attorney General Eric Holder, has seriously aggravated racial strife and made racial relations more bitter, contentious, and strident.
"Rather than working to ease racial hostilities, the Obama-Holder tandem has deliberately sought to use government power to exact revenge for what they see as a “Legacy of Discrimination”, which, in their vision, is more urgent than unifying and bringing Americans of all races together for the common good." . . .
Bruce Walker. . . " This would be an overt campaign to de-legitimize this corrupt gaggle of leftist organizations as serious news organizations worthy of the attention of America. The left would howl, of course, but so what? No serious conservative ought to be talking to those hostile “gotcha!” outlets anyway. So we ought to treat these leftist news outlets as the ideological hacks that they are and deny them the chance to make Republicans look bad or silly by “gotcha” questions. " . . . More here.
American Thinker "The true enemy of American conservatives and the American Constitution is the liberal media. The most powerful weapon the liberals/socialists/communists/Democrats have is a compliant media, which willingly carries their unchallenged message to an unsuspecting American people, far too many of whom have no idea they are being propagandized every bit as much as Soviet Russians or Mao’s Chinese.
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"Do not lose sight of this truth: As long as you stand up and fight them, you will be igniting the patriotic blood of tens of millions of Americans who are sick and tired of living in a nation where the national and regional media represent only the liberal political view. Oh, and we don’t care if the liberal interviewers are female or male; rip their rears without regard for gender. Those info-babes tout themselves as tough feminists who should be treated as equals? Well, fine. Treat them as equals, and bust their butts just as embarrassingly as you possibly can.
"Show some courage, dudes; it’s damned near a lost quality in the Republican Party."
Via Doug Ross Journal
Guardian Caught Lying About Rand Paul Walking Out of Interview " The same mainstream media that regularly gives tongue baths to Barack
Obama is currently coordinating a narrative around Republican Senator
Rand Paul’s temperament. Earlier this week, NBC’s Chuck Todd and the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza denigrated their female colleagues by
suggesting Paul needs to be nicer to them. This line of attack paints
Paul as both a sexist and temperamental. Friday, The Guardian tried to
join this Ready-For-Hillary pile on but was caught lying." . . .
"Forget Iran's nuke-seeking mullahs - the real fireworks in this week's political scene happened when Dick Cheney went nuclear on Barack Obama's well-deserving keister.
"Appearing on a radio interview with host Hugh Hewitt, the former Vice-President was asked to assess Barry's (ahem) "vision" for the policies he's executing in the Middle East. To which Mr. Cheney replied, "I think his actions are constituted in my mind as those of the worst president we've ever had."
And even though many of us would also call that the most obvious statement ever made, very few in either politics or the media have had the courage - and love of country - to say it.
"But that wasn't even the best thing Mr. Cheney said. For us, it was this:
"If you had somebody as president who wanted to take America down, who wanted to fundamentally weaken our position in the world and reduce our capacity to influence events, turn our back on our allies and encourage our adversaries, it would look exactly like what Barack Obama’s doing.' " . . . Full article here.
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. . "ON the other side of the spectrum, “soft/stealth jihad” is used in many insidious ways, chiefly, through interfaith “dialogue” and the Islamic process of da’wah. Moreover, a stepped up version is now in full force via the newly constituted Muslim-American political party, duly under the leadership of the Brotherhood Mafia!
"REGARDLESS of their back door assaults, the fact of the matter is that the U.S. Constitution enshrines certain inalienable rights. Thus, one “accommodation” at a time, it is doubly egregious that the leadership of the free world has brought about this dire situation by silencing Americans.
"SUCH is the case because Obama Inc.’s Department of Justice has effectively criminalized any discussion of Islam, regardless of anything else. How many know this?
"AND it is through this (illegal) slippery slope that a parent (in New Hampshire) was arrested at a school board meeting, all for daring to question the school’s choice of reading assignments! Imagine that." . . .
It even corrupts entertainment when singers of peace songs become Muslim
1989: Cat Stevens Gives Support To Call for Death of Rushdie
Oh yes, Stevens/ Islam did retract his statement later. But the fact is that his first response was to call for the death of Salman Rushdie, which is telling.
I cannot say that Islam has brought out the best in Cat Stevens/ Yusuf Islam.
The Tunnel Dweller
PREPARING FOR AN ANTI-CHRISTIAN, PRO-MUSLIM FUTURE? Intimidation Coming to a Church Near You . . . " One thing one of the presenters at the conference said has really stayed
with me. He stated that history shows that the more people take the
Bible literally, the more peaceful they become. However, the more people
take the Qur’an literally, the more violent they become. I believe
that’s all you need to remember if you have doubts about what we face."
