I Don't Want to Shoot You Brother

[Lucky_Lefty]

I really don't post in here and this may not even be the correct subforum for this but this long-form article is well worth your time....prepare for the swerve

What Happened When A White Cop Decided Not to Shoot a Black Man

“He doesn’t have a clip in the gun,” Gilmer told the dispatcher. “He said he was going to threaten the police with it just so they would shoot him.”

Mader by then had gotten out of his patrol car. The only light came from nearby streetlamps. Williams had his hands behind his back.

“Show me your hands,” Mader commanded.

“No, I don’t want to,” Williams said.

“Show me your fukking hands,” Mader said.

“Why you got to cuss at me?” Williams asked.

When Williams at last showed his hands, a silver and black Smith & Wesson pistol rested in his right palm. His arm hung at his side, the gun pointed at the ground. He started to back up along a narrow sidewalk leading to the house.

Stephen Mader’s police cruiser at 119 Marie Ave. (West Virginia State Police)
Mader drew his weapon and moved to take cover behind the car parked in front of 119 Marie.

“Put the gun down,” Mader said.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Hold up...they fired the cop because he DID'NT shoot the guy??

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Police culture man.

The dispatcher, with the information given to her by Gilmer, had managed to radio a warning: “Watch out for weapon.” She did not include Gilmer’s claim that the gun was not loaded or that Williams might be suicidal.

These dispatchers man, why they always leaving that shyt out?

 

[CrushedGroove]

This story is very well written. It really shows the depths that the current American system will go to protect self interests. The dispatcher should have provided all information to the officers, really could have changed the outcome.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

This story is very well written. It really shows the depths that the current American system will go to protect self interests. The dispatcher should have provided all information to the officers, really could have changed the outcome.

Not only that, but the cop that was fired was the only one qualified to be out in the street. The police chief doesn't seem qualified to do his job either. Political puppet more than anything else.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

This story is very well written. It really shows the depths that the current American system will go to protect self interests. The dispatcher should have provided all information to the officers, really could have changed the outcome.

Very well. To me, no one out there is fukkin with ProPublica

 

[BoBurnz]

"What of the good cops" they say as they fire all the good cops cause we can't have ones that don't immediately want to shoot darkies dead now can we?

fukking cops man.

Edit: A bunch of podunk ass cops labeled a man who literally served in the most volatile, war torn region on earth as a United States Marine as a "coward" because he didn't shoot a man who was clearly mentally unwell.

God damn.

 

[Fillerguy]

Shameful. They get punished for doing the right thing.