Thursday, August 9th, 2018
Stephan: Yet another example of police thuggery. We have a serious problem in this country brought on by low IQ racist cops. So far this year 519 people have been killed by police. That is several multiples more than every country in Europe combined during the same period. Why is it that American police are so murderous compared with law enforcement in the rest of the developed world? Why aren't we having a national active discussion about this?
Many of these victims are Black men, and I am running this story not only because of the police and racial issues but also because it makes a very important point. In states that permit concealed carry, like Tennessee, the usual rationale the police advance to justify these killings, "he was carrying a gun" takes on a new dimension.
Daniel Hambrick gunned down by police.
On Wednesday, the district attorney in Nashville, Tennessee released a video of the fatal shooting of a black man by a white cop, the Tennessean reported.
In the surveillance footage, you can see 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick running as the officer chases him down. Hambrick was 40 feet from the officer when he shot him in the back and he collapsed on a lawn.
The police department previously claimed that Hambrick had a gun. That’s not clear from the footage, but it should be noted that guns are legal in Tennessee.
A woman who recorded the video cried out for someone to call the family of “Dan Dan” to inform them he’d been shot, the Tennessean observed.
