TSwizzle
Let's Go Brandon!
I don't see the relevance of the Philando case but in any event, my objection was to the idea that white police officers are stopping black motorists and shooting them for no reason. That the police force consists of white officers acting as death squads or something. That is what is being suggested no? Because that is not what happened with Lyoya. Surely you see that and acknowledge that?that's certainly not what happened to Lyoya.
Disagree. While the circumstances were different. what happened to Lyoya happened to Philando. Both where seen as a threat and both were killed as a result.
A quick skim through the Philando wiki, it looks like the police officer involved, Yanez was not white. Officer Yanez was tried for second degree manslaughter and acquitted/not guilty. But again, it's not relevant to the OP so I will leave it at that.
You have on this very thread people using language like assault, and attack when none of that is seen in the video. I wouldn't even consider what the officer was doing to apprehend him (before shooting Lyoya in the back of the head) assault or an attack. the officer didn't throw a single punch (at least not from what I saw) he didn't try to use a chokehold either. Up until shooting Lyoya in the back of the head, the officer wasn't a threat to Lyoya's life and Lyoya wasn't given a reason to think the officer was. Lyoya was drunk and had an evading arrest on his mind, not killing an officer. You can tell because he not once threw a punch, or tried to body slam the obviously outmatched officer. Lyoya had every opportunity to go from evasive to offensive actions. But did not. Yet, we have some people in this thread seeing a threat of deadly violence.
Maybe Lyoya was a threat at some time in the past
Maybe Lyoya would have been a threat in the future
But he damn sure wasn't a threat to the officer's life without using the officer's imagination (like in Philando's case).
Some very bad choices were made by Mr Lyoya that ended tragically. In my opinion, Mr Lyoya bears some responsibility for the outcome as does the officer of course but Mr Lyoya is not blameless in this tragic incident.