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Related: About this forumGeorgia cops spend six hours soothing white suspect to give up after he shoots deputy in the head
After a six hour standoff on Monday, law enforcement officials in Georgia successfully took a suspect into custody after he allegedly shot Troup County sheriffs deputy Michael Hockett in the head.
According to WSB-TV, Hockett was performing a welfare check on Matthew Edmonson when a shotgun blast hit him in the forehead, elbow and waist.
The deputy then retreated, at which time the individual got into a truck and began driving toward the deputy, Troup County Sheriffs Office spokesman Sgt. Stewart Smith told WSB-TV.
Following the shooting, Edmonson barricaded himself in his home with a pistol and long rifle, The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
More here
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/georgia-cops-spend-six-hours-soothing-white-suspect-to-give-up-after-he-shoots-deputy-in-the-head/
So let me get this straight. If your suspect is white you take all the time you need to talk him down but if your suspect is black, you gun them down, ask questions later, wow.
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BeyondGeography
(40,066 posts)The Wielding Truth
(11,423 posts)Ellen Forradalom
(16,179 posts)When I get pulled over, I get treated with courtesy. Guess my demographic!
WhiteTara
(30,203 posts)and I'm sickened by so much.
Eliot Rosewater
(32,537 posts)in so many categories, especially this one, is not changing the way we were all told.
Probably white folks just realizing this, black folk probably knew all along.
WhiteTara
(30,203 posts)and that's why I was part of the civil rights movement of the 60s and continue today.
Eliot Rosewater
(32,537 posts)WhiteTara
(30,203 posts)I'm proud to know you too. May we be successful in equality and justice for ALL.
rogue emissary
(3,218 posts)As the officer that talked this guy down were risking their lives doing so.
hadEnuf
(2,778 posts)(Somebody needs to finally say it....)
and we've known that all along too. Along with murders they commit then set up whatever scenario they want,fill the courts with their people and on and on and on.