The link you gave was from Wikipedia, the other one doesn't show what I'm talking about. Looks like someone had done something with it. This image is 4.5x, If it's not clear I'll try again. the original is ok, but in the preview it's too big and not clear.
Tilt your screen till it's a bit darker, you should see pale white cross shapes/shadows. Like shadows left after tape was removed, it could be anything.
It has to be either Beans or Ground. I started buying Fair-Trade years ago. The one I most often get is Bewley's gold Blend. They only buy Fair-Trade. The link gives horrific stats. I didn't know it was so bad, thanks for posting it.
"In an effort to place Mr. Brooks under arrest and stop his assault, Officer Rolfe lawfully deployed his TASER twice, but it had no effect on Mr. Brooks."
So it appears that Officer Rolfe Knew that the Taser was empty, he himself fired the two rounds. So why is there an argument about Brooks firing a deadly weapon. This also puts into question the view of some that Tasers are deadly weapons.
the police shooting in Atlanta was justified. = Biased Opinion The officer had no other choice but to shoot Brooks. = Biased Opinion This is not another George Floyd. = Biased Opinion the police is justified. = Biased Opinion to me I chalk it up to more useful idiots doing the devil's work. = Strange Opinion
If Brooks would have used that taser on that officer, that officer would have been at the mercy of Brooks, and therefore may have also gotten the officer's gun and killed him with it afterwards as well. = Speculation and Biased Opinion
I went through the police academy = Source of Bias you don't shoot to injure, you shoot to kill = Ouch! you throw out all the rules = You Do...really? It's not the police who need to be retrained, it's the public. = or...Maybe both? The speech following these words was touching.....and Biased.
Is it possible that you misunderstood the meaning of the word Subjects: Your function was to teach school subjects (i.e. stuff like maths, history, geography etc.) Did you see yourself as a self-elected, smug, self-important, judgemental, Master, and these underlings were your Subjects.
The police officer definitely gave a good performance for the camera. "I'm being a very reasonable officer here"
There was a split second delay after the man spoke when you could see the officer thinking, at that point he considered that he should let him go. Then contrary to his body language he asked again if he would take a test. The only mistake the man made the whole way through was to give in and say yes, that cost him his life.
I suppose if you grow up in a society such as this, or any other, your thoughts, beliefs and viewpoints are influenced. But no matter what you have become accustomed to, chasing and killing someone is wrong.
I had seen the other two videos before I commented.
This video is helpful for my argument, because it shows the policeman's relentless determination to arrest the man, who was able to stand, without falling around and was able to carry on a conversation. He also offered to walk home.
The law probably states that if you are sitting in the drivers seat and have the keys in your possession that you are in control of the vehicle, which gave the police cause to engage him in conversation. That is the law and we have to follow it, but a judgement call can still be be made.
The whole scenario can be broken into three events, each can be judged separately in the eyes of the law.
1.The conversation, Which I have covered.
2. The resisting arrest and struggle. This can be seen in a video. After this event all three stood up uninjured and were able to walk away or run or do nothing.
3. The chase. A video shows this. The Man had taken the Taser from the policeman, for whatever reason and started running away. The policemen chose to chase him for whatever reason. One at least kept firing his weapon at the man until either the man fell or the gun ran out of bullets. As you said he was shooting to kill. That would have been ok if it occurred during the struggle. There was no excuse to fire on the man now when he, the policeman, was not in mortal danger or in any danger if he did not give chase.
If this was a man who was armed and had just shot up a school or some similar situation, I would say shoot to kill definitely. But to wake a guy from a peaceful slumber and chase him down and kill him?
You think this is Justified? By the way this has nothing to do with race or any other sidebar issues in my mind, it's a case of shooting to kill when not necessary.
"Reuters reporting, which included the most complete accounting to date of fatalities following Taser shocks, showed that many cases involved high-risk subjects, such as people agitated by drugs or mental illness, people with heart problems, people who are very young or very old or very frail."
Also, I wonder did these police know how a Taser works.
"When officers fire the taser at suspects, a protective cover blows off the cartridge and two spear-shaped probes are released and attach to the suspect. Often, this shot can be taken up to 30 feet away, or 7.6 meters. An electrical circuit is created between the taser and the suspect."
When you fire a Taser do you need to aim it at your target?
Can you fire repeatedly over your shoulder while running away from your target and hope to hit it?
Are the wires longer than 30 feet?
How many times can the Taser shoot prongs?
Were the police officers lives in danger?
This farce reminded me of kids playing with toy guns, when they shoot at you they shout Bang and when you won't fall down they keep shooting wildly and shouting that you're dead. I suppose nobody told these guys that when you grow up you can't keep doing that.
Strange how people see things, the way I see it is.
First of all he was struggling to preserve his own safety, secondly he didn't use the Taser and thirdly he was no longer a danger to the police, he was running away and was shot in the back and killed.
So in summary he was shot to death because he stole a Taser.
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Did you see the shapes?
RE: I've Not Seen Merc Here Lately - (aka "A Prior Chatting Blog")
My guess is that they taped this object to a pane of glass and took the photo, through the glass against the background you see.