Ted Rall for October 12, 2015
September 24, 2015
October 14, 2015
Transcript:
The Cleveland COP who shot 12-year-old tamer rice in 2 seconds may avoid punishment because the police dispatcher didn't tell him rice's gun was a toy. Man 1: "Use your eyes" they say. You didn't have time to use your eyes! Man 2: Wanna stop cops killing blacks? Tell dispatchers to describe everyone as white.
The main problem I see is that cops in this country are trained to shoot to kill. No warning shots, no shots to disable an offender, always to kill. Again they could learn a lot from European police forces.