needtosay wrote:

There have been cases of white people being killed or shot by police because they were brandishing fake guns.  For example last July a white man in Texas was shot and killed by police when he pointed a fake gun at the police.  I honestly think the police officers are reacting to a threat on their lives rather than the color of the suspects skin. 

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That's A case, not cases. And are you referring to the case in Texas where Sergeant Gabriel Green and his partner, officer Kaylynn Griffin, were responding to a call about a man who had tried to shoplift a case of beer from a Walmart.

Employees told police they saw the man run into a nearby Applebee’s restaurant.

Sergeant Green found the man, James Bushey, inside the bathroom washing his hands. And ordered him to step outside.

Both cops walked Bushey out of the restaurant, requesting his identification where it looked to be headed for a routine arrest.

But once outside, Bushey pulled out a replica Colt 1911 .45 caliber handgun, prompting Griffin to yell out “gun, gun, gun!” as Green tried to wrap his arm around his neck.

Bushey broke free with the fake gun in his hand, then turned around as if he was going to shoot them.

Both officers opened fire, killing him on the spot.
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Are you seriously comparing this incident to what happened to Tamir Rice?
 Was Tamir accused of stealing anything?
 Did the officers take the time to try & walk Tamir out of the gazebo?
 Did Tamir try to flee? 
 Did Tamir POINT his gun at the officers?
 Did BOTH officers shoot Tamir?

I honestly believe some policemen are not fit for the job & some of those policemen need to be fired & some  need to be prosecuted & convicted...To pretend that every policeman is justified in their actions & are to be excused because their job is dangerous is making way for a police state imo...But it seems that some people only see a problem when it happens to people who look like them like the heroin epidemic...NOW people see it as a rehab issue as opposed to a prison issue....after years of hundreds of thousands of people languishing in prisons for years, now a police dept is telling it's citizens if they come in they will not be arrested but offered rehab & many jurisdictions are considering doing the same....I guess that's a coincidence too. SMH!

 I would feel the same way no matter what race Tamir Rice was....I don't think the DA & some of the people that support him could say the same.

 

If Tamir Rice were not black, he would be alive today. I believe this. Of course this incident has a racial component. And this was a kid who looked like a kid. I have not seen one picture of TR where he did not look like a 12 year old.
 

zeke wrote:

If Tamir Rice were not black, he would be alive today. I believe this. Of course this incident has a racial component. And this was a kid who looked like a kid. I have not seen one picture of TR where he did not look like a 12 year old.
 

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And I suspect that if Tamir Rice were a  white 12 year old boy playing with a toy gun in a park, many of the people that blame him for his own death & excuse the negligence of the police in this incident would have a very different opinion about the death.