Once it’s OK for a cop to feel like a 5-year-old child at the sight of an unarmed teenager, it’s got to be OK to flip out during an encounter with a scary banana:
The deputies, Joshua Bunch and Donald Love, said they feared for their safety when the man, 27-year-old Nathan Rolf Channing, pointed a banana at them while crossing the 29 Road bridge on foot, according to Channing’s arrest affidavit.
Both deputies said they saw that the “gun” was yellow, but feared for their lives nonetheless, the affidavit says.
“I immediately ducked in my patrol car and accelerated continuing northbound, fearing that it was a weapon,” Bunch wrote in the affidavit, which lists Love and him as victims. “Based on training and experience, I have seen handguns in many shapes and colors and perceived this to be a handgun.”
I guess, these brave law enforcement officers should be awarded medals for managing to keep their cool in the face of the horrifying, threatening banana and not shooting up the neighborhood to protect their valiant lives.
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What is happening with police training in this country? This is simply shameful. And the man with the banana was arrested! And did you hear about Tamir Rice in Cleveland? 12 years old and shot and killed by police because he was holding a toy guy. Tragic and shameful.
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Could be worse.
“A Houston woman was shot in the head by an off-duty police officer after she honked at him for cutting her off, KHOU 11 reports.”
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/road-raging-duty-cop-shoots-woman-head-honking-him
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Reminds one of Monty Python…
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Live from Bristol, it’s the Banksy Banana Show:
Obviously for harbouring these dreams of bananas, Banksy would be considered a terrorist in the United States. 🙂
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And another horrible story just came out! An unarmed Black man (Erick Garner) was questioned for possibly selling “black market cigarettes” in New York city. During questioning, he was choked to dead by a police officer. Another Grand Jury hearing which resulted in another Grand Jury acquittal. The officer won’t be investigated further. He is completely exonerated. But it’s OK because the officer said her feels “very bad” about the death and that he will include his victim in his prayers. I’m so disgusted I don’t even have words.
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“But it’s OK because the officer said her feels “very bad” about the death and that he will include his victim in his prayers. ”
– When will these killers be finally told to stuff their feelings into their anal cavities and take responsibility for their actions?
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“He will include his victim in his prayers.”
It’s always the religious people. Always. Who the fuck cares about his “prayers”? Even if God exists why would she care about the needs and wants of a power-abuser primitive murderer? Next what? Someone can get away with mass murder because of his or her religious fweeeeeeeeeeeeelings? But when a black teenager steals a cigar… yeah, that deserves capital punishment. Conclusion: in the world’s most developed country in the 21st century a cigar is worth much more than a black person’s life.
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“Who the fuck cares about his “prayers”? Even if God exists why would she care about the needs and wants of a power-abuser primitive murderer? ”
Exactly exactly exactly. This made me laugh a bit but the situation is sadly very tragic.
There are wonderful things about the United States (I’m American) but racism is so deeply ingrained, systemic, and pervasive in this country that sometimes I despair.
On a happier note… @aglaonika: I truly can’t believe you aren’t a native English speaker. Your written English is truly phenomenal. You even use slang and idioms like a native speaker. As someone who has been teaching English (both at the university and high school levels), I can usually spot an “accent” in written English. But you “fooled” me completely. I really thought you were a native English speaker.
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“@aglaonika: I truly can’t believe you aren’t a native English speaker. Your written English is truly phenomenal. You even use slang and idioms like a native speaker. As someone who has been teaching English (both at the university and high school levels), I can usually spot an “accent” in written English. But you “fooled” me completely. I really thought you were a native English speaker.”
– Agreed. Sensationally good English.
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Oh and I pressed enter too quickly on the last message. I meant to conclude by saying “well done!” It’s a huge accomplishment to exhibit your level of written fluency!!! 🙂 🙂
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