Investigators work at a scene of a shooting in Hollywood, S.C.,
Thursday, May 7, 2015. A sheriff's deputy responding to a home invasion
shot the homeowner in the neck Thursday because he refused to drop his
gun, authorities said. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) Local news report
"As a black South Carolina man was being rushed to the hospital after he was shot by a white sheriff's deputy, he told an investigator in a recorded interview that he should have dropped the gun he had grabbed earlier to protect himself from intruders.
ReplyDelete"I saw officers and I should have put the gun down," Bryant Heyward told a Charleston County Sheriff's investigator during an interview in the ambulance following the Thursday incident.
"I didn't. They thought I was the crook and shot," Heyward, 26, said. The recorded interview was played Friday for local community leaders and news reporters."
Sounds like even the guy who got shot understands that he made a mistake and isn't seeing any racism.
Yes, he seemed pretty gracious about it. But, if he'd been an white gun owner, would he have been shot? That's the question. I'd say it would have been less likely.
DeleteBut, if he'd been an white gun owner, would he have been shot?
DeleteMaybe. In NYC under Bloomberg, black men were vastly more likely to be stopped and frisked. You were cool with that, as I remember.
"But, if he'd been an white gun owner, would he have been shot? That's the question. I'd say it would have been less likely." Your evidence is what, the fact that you disagreed with what they did And that makes you a mindreader?
DeleteWhat a petty, infantile response using my words to you and throwing them back at me.
DeleteEveryone who's the least reasonable knows that a black man with a gun is more likely to be shot than a white guy with a gun by a white cop. But in your petty, baby way you want to question that, right?
Everyone who's the least reasonable knows that a black man with a gun is more likely to be shot than a white guy with a gun by a white cop.
DeleteWell, certainly in New York City. In South Carolina, I'm not so sure.
"What a petty, infantile response using my words to you and throwing them back at me."....If the words applied when you said them to me Mike they certainly apply here
DeleteEveryone who's the least reasonable knows that a black man with a gun is more likely to be shot than a white guy with a gun by a white cop.....I would have to agree with that Mike those that are the least reasonable are likely to agree with you