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magicarpet

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8. Another shameful tragedy,...

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 10:53 AM

Dec 12

Courtesy of Whitfield family

Almost one year ago, a mother made a 911 call in the middle of the night. She needed mental health help for a 39-year-old Black man, an accomplished Indianapolis musician, and a beloved son.

Gladys Whitfield and her husband, Herman Whitfield II, wanted an ambulance. They did not know their child – Herman Whitfield III – would be declared dead about an hour later, after six Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to their home and tased him.
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Last June, when IMPD released an edited video version of police responding to the Whitfield home, Chief Randall Taylor said he thought Herman Whitfield III’s cause of death was unclear.

“Nobody knows why this man is dead,” Taylor said.

https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/an-indianapolis-man-was-killed-in-police-custody-nearly-one-year-ago-experts-and-advocates-say-it-was-preventable

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When Ethics and Moral Values Depend on Which Side You're On, [View all] MineralMan Dec 12 OP

I think all of these cases expose the two-tiered "justice" system we have. alarimer Dec 12 #1

I've been wondering about those 2 teens stabbed. This is latest info I found. Silent Type Dec 12 #22

Yeah, that was a weird one Sympthsical Dec 12 #38

You mean how it's murder if you kill someone with a gun but it's just business if you kill thousands ... dawg Dec 12 #2

I mean exactly what I wrote. MineralMan Dec 12 #6

Did it ever occur to you that both of them were killers? dawg Dec 12 #7

Of course it did. MineralMan Dec 12 #10

I don't think we need to be scolded for our lack of enthusiasm for prosecuting this guy ... dawg Dec 12 #18

I'm not scolding anyone. I'm commenting on something MineralMan Dec 12 #20

Mangione left out the trial, conviction, and sentence parts like most vigilantes do. Ping Tung Dec 12 #11

It is legal to kill thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions Bettie Dec 12 #13

So does the miilitary industrial complex and we build monuments to them for doing it so efficiently. Ping Tung Dec 12 #21

There is a key difference Bettie Dec 12 #23

Will murdering their executives (or secretaries, accountants, lawyers, janitors) stop them from doing it? . Ping Tung Dec 12 #30

My post was about the fact that "health insurance" Bettie Dec 12 #31

Are you going to stop voting because it's useless? Ping Tung Dec 12 #33

You have more faith in republicans than I do Bettie Dec 12 #36

I live in Washington which is very Blue. I always vote blue (even when nose holding jis necessary). Ping Tung Dec 12 #37

Yes, and it shouldn't be. Ocelot II Dec 12 #26

+1. And Congress -- including our party's reps -- smile and take it. UHG donated substantially more to Dems than GOPers Silent Type Dec 12 #39

One man murdered another, not in self-defense but with premeditated malice. Dennis Donovan Dec 12 #3

Yes. And that's simply a fact. MineralMan Dec 12 #5

We're a nation of laws atreides1 Dec 12 #14

Those laws are almost never Bettie Dec 12 #24

The train has come off the rails.... full speed ahead,... magicarpet Dec 12 #4

Another shameful tragedy,... magicarpet Dec 12 #8

"Apparently, our basic moral and ethical rules no longer hold." CrispyQ Dec 12 #9

So it seems. I find that alarming. MineralMan Dec 12 #17

It's a cycle apparently. One we can't escape. CrispyQ Dec 12 #25

I agree, and I've also been troubled over the attempts to justify this murder - Ocelot II Dec 12 #12

Yes, I've noticed your posts, as usual. MineralMan Dec 12 #15

Maybe we are talking about individiuals whose morals haven't Mike 03 Dec 12 #16

Perhaps. However, I have not noticed that so much until recently. MineralMan Dec 12 #19

Let's not have a double standard. One standard will do just fine. George Carlin sarisataka Dec 12 #27

This really isn't a new phenomenon. Quiet Em Dec 12 #28

Let's revisit your post after the trial. maxrandb Dec 12 #29

Health insurance is immoral in itself. The entire sick for profit system shouldn't exist. Shell_Seas Dec 12 #32

Well, there are other healthcare systems, of course. MineralMan Dec 12 #34

In a better world we wouldn't need it at all. Ocelot II Dec 12 #35