The St. Louis shooting video should prove that cops aren’t dumb and are just doing their jobs. Doing the things that they are supposed to do. Protect themselves and others around them.
In St. Louis, a black man named Kajieme Powell, robbed a convenience store. He stole energy drinks and donuts. As Kajieme exited the store as the cops arrived, the cops got out of their vehicles and confronted him by pointing guns at him. Instead of Kajieme cooperating with the police, he had to approach them and as you can hear in the video, Kajieme kept screaming, “Shoot me, Shoot me motherfucker”. Immediately after, that’s exactly what he got. They shot and killed him.
If you listen to the cameraman, he kept defending Kajieme by saying the cops should have used the taser gun instead. I disagree. While the cops should have probably used a taser gun, that would have been a dumb mistake if they did. Since Kajieme may have had a knife, if they used a taser gun on him.. that would require walking up to Kajieme. If they walked up to Kajieme to press the taser gun on his body, the cops wouldn’t have enough time. Kajieme would have already stabbed the cop in the leg or arm.
I’m also reading comments in that video, people saying stuff whatever happened to shooting him in the leg or arms instead of killing him? Once again, I disagree. That would be another dumb mistake if the cops did that. If the cops just shot him in the legs what’s stopping Kajieme from attacking the cops with his arms? If they shot him in the arms, what’s stopping Kajieme from attacking the cops with his legs by kicking?
Like I said, the cops aren’t dumb. They are professionally trained officers and if men appear to be dangerous, chances are… they are gonna wind up dead.
On top of that, this was totally Kajieme’s fault that he got himself killed. He should have cooperated with police. Dropped the knife and get himself handcuffed instead of approaching the officers begging them to shoot him. Kajieme wanted the cops to shoot him so he got his wish. If the cops just let him live, things could have been a lot worse.
The cops did nothing wrong here. They have every right to kill that punk.
When will America stop shaming cops for doing their jobs and protecting us? They should be looked at as heroes, ya know? Cops are very good people.
You don’t like cops giving you any trouble? Well, the simple solution to solve that problem is to stop getting yourself into trouble. Simple?
Over the years of my life, I’ve had no trouble with the law. I have a totally clean record. I’ve committed no crimes over the years. I’ve never been to jail or never been ticketed for anything. I’ve been a good boy my entire life. If you don’t break the law, cops shouldn’t be a problem for you. Police officers can be very friendly people as long as you don’t get yourself into trouble. I respect our law enforcement and you should too.
Kev
great post, but what i wrote that this is a story based solely on black and white http://wellthatsdifferent.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/wheres-his-justice/
Thanks. I haven’t heard of the Dillon Taylor story yet until this comment came in. I’ll look into it!
Kev