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Title: Police State Worshiping Cop Apologists Celebrate Death of Daniel Shaver on Facebook (And Liberty's Flame)
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/po ... ering-cops-acquittal-facebook/
Published: Dec 10, 2017
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2017-12-11 09:54:20 by Deckard
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Views: 2959
Comments: 32
Phoenix, AZ — In March of 2016, Mesa Police Officer Philip Brailsford was charged with second-degree murder for gunning down Daniel Shaver, an innocent husband, and father of two. The shooting was captured on body cam footage, part of which was released the following May. On Thursday, a jury, apparently blinded by the badge delivered a verdict of not guilty and the rest of the body camera footage was released—showing a cold-blooded murder. Immediately after Brailsford was acquitted, police apologists took to Facebook to praise this killer cop and gloat in the death of an innocent father and husband. How, exactly, people can claim Brailsford was justified in killing Daniel Shaver is a mystery to anyone who watched the video and is not entirely blinded by the thin blue line. The only possible explanation is a complete lack of empathy and ability to view Daniel Shaver as a human being. When the victim is dehumanized—as in the case of Shaver—people can logically view their life as disposable. To see proof of this logic, one need only look at the utter lack of concern and care for the millions of children currently being starved to death in Yemen or the hundreds of thousands of murdered civilians in Iraq and Afganistan. These people have been constantly dehumanized by the mainstream media and their lives are seen as worthless to Americans. They are being systematically eliminated by the military-industrial complex and Joe Sixpack couldn’t care less. This same tactic is used domestically to sell the idea that police are all “heroes” and they can do no wrong. This ideology is beaten into the consciousness of Americans ad nauseam: If a cop kills someone, then that person must have deserved it. To see proof of this mindset, one need only look at the Facebook page “blue lives matter” and the comments on posts praising killer cops. “Omg with All the Police shootings, ambushes, etc etc . Some of You have the Audacity to Criticize this Officer….They thought this guy had a gun tucked in his shorts, as he reached behind his waist you morons!!! If you haven’t walked in an Officer’s Shoes, Shut The Hell Up,” wrote Mary in response to Brailsford’s verdict. To illustrate just how dehumanized some of the public’s view of Daniel Shaver was, one person called him a ‘perp’ to justify his murder. “Officer was right to fire on subject. Perp reached behind his back as though reaching for a weapon. Officer was in the right,” wrote William. Shaver had committed no crime. He had perpetrated nothing. Not only did the fans of Blue Lives Matter fail to see Shaver, an innocent father—who had done absolutely nothing illegal that night—as the victim but they actually thought Brailsford was the victim because he was fired. “Now give his damn job back with back pay!!! Another victim to Obama bs blaming the police for everything,” Clay wrote. “Action always beats reaction. Why is it only cops understand this? If he wasn’t obeying the lawful orders and was stupid enough to reach to his waste then he got what he deserved. Also sounds like the PD threw this officer under a bus to save face. Sucks when your agency doesn’t stand behind a good shoot. Seems to happen way to much these days,” another person wrote. To the person above, sending a SWAT team to an innocent man’s hotel room and murdering him in cold blood as he begged for his life is “good.” Notice how Daniel Shaver’s name is not mentioned in any of the comments, only the fact that he was a “perp” or a “suspect.” This is no accident. If Daniel Shaver is seen as an innocent father who had committed no crime and was killed for no reason, the facade crumbles. To illustrate just how strong this blind support of police actually is, we can look at another post on the page Blue Lives Matter in which fans expressed their remorse for Michael Slager being sentenced to 20 years in prison. “Completely innocent,” wrote Steven. “The video doesn’t show the fight where the suspect shot the officer with taser gun leads that stick in his leg as suspect runs. If suspect held the taser gun he could have still tased officer at any point while running. Absolute travesty of justice.” Not only is Steven fabricating fiction to justify Walter Scott’s murder but, to highlight the sheer lack of thought in the above statement, we need only point out the first two words, “Completely innocent.” How is Michael Slager completely innocent if he actually pleaded guilty? Now, for the good news. Despite the Blue Lives Matter page celebrating the death of innocent fathers at the hands of killers with badges, a large portion of American society refuses to buy into the propaganda. As the following post on Reddit shows, which subsequently went uber-viral with 72,000 upvotes, not everyone thinks Brailsford is a hero. Bitch Cop. Upvote this so the world can see what a bitch ass cop pussy cunt fucker cocksucking murderer looks like. from Bad_Cop_No_Donut There are undoubtedly brave men and women who put on that uniform every day and do good. However, blindly worshiping the police state and believing that all of these men and women are heroes and can do no wrong can have detrimental effects on society. The not guilty verdict for Mesa Police Officer Philip Brailsford and the subsequent celebration of Daniel Shaver’s death are two glaring examples of those effects. How else could police kill over a thousand people every year while most of society never even bat an eye?
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#9. To: Deckard (#0)
The defendant was ACQUITTED by a jury of his peers, fuck stain. That's how our legal system works. Nobody needs to "apologize" for his actions. He was found not guilty... nothing to apologize for. It's the system our forefathers set up. You don't like it, you unpatriotic fuck? Then move in with Ba ba ba Bucky.
It has been said the last thing in the world that Mitch Brailsford wanted to do that night was shoot. His goal wasn’t to kill Daniel Shaver and Shaver is not a bad person, but Shaver’s irresponsibly stupid actions are what brought the police that night. A gun pointed out a window. The shooting occurred after police were called to a Mesa La Quinta Inn & Suites on a report of a person pointing a gun out a fifth-floor window. A couple in a hotel hot tub told staff they saw a silhouette with a gun pointed toward a nearby highway. Police determined Shaver was unarmed after he was shot. They did find a pellet gun in his hotel room, which Shaver used for his job as a pest-control worker. The gun had been fired inside the room and a pellet was in the wall. The police also found a dead sparrow in Shaver’s gun case. Whatever would possess a person acting responsibly and in their right mind to keep a dead sparrow in his gun case….who knows? Police later learned Shaver had been showing his pellet gun to Monique Portillo and Luis Nuñez, two hotel guests Shaver had met earlier that night. Both testified Shaver had been playing with the pellet gun near his hotel room window. And we must never forget, this is 84 police officers in 12 years out of the 1,100,000 officers who are diligently and faithfully serving across our great nation. But the way cop hating asshole Deckard saturates the Latest Articles section on LF each day with some alleged bad cop reports….anyone suffering with low intelligence may follow his belief pattern to think that every cop they see is a no good son of a bitch.
Why would a man begging for his life intend to shoot a cop? Cop-worshipers like you cheer the sadistic badged thug who murdered an innocent man - your submissive fetish for authority is appalling.
Why – Why – Why … There are any number of “why would” questions surrounding this individual. Why – Why – Why … Well, you can pose all the “why would” questions you desire to. But it matters not for the eight members of the jury found all the answers they needed to correctly acquit the cop. And that is what they rightly did. What happened was a tragic incident….it was not a murder. That is the verdict of the jury and that is something you will forever have to live with. You not need to learn to do that. You can however continue to whine about it all you want to....it matters to no one. All cop-haters like you can ever do is ….WHINE.
Why did he shoot his rifle in the room? Irrelevant, Why was he pointing his rifle out the motel room window? Showing off maybe. But it matters not for the eight members of the jury found all the answers they needed to correctly acquit the cop. If the trial had happened BEFORE the Vegas Massacre, the cop would have been found GUILTY. Why was he inebriated and on a crying jag? Are those criminal offenses? He was crying because he didn't want to be killed by the sterno-infused thugs. Why couldn’t he follow instructions from the cops? He did the best he could under the circumstances - I would bet that no one who was forced to crawl on two crossed legs could have completed the task without falling down or reaching to PULL UP HIS PANTS all the while being yelled at and made confused by the cops. Oh - and keep licking those jack-boots slave. There's really no hope for you Gatlin - you will always cheer for sadistic cops.
Wrong! It is absolutely relevant because it shows his mental condition and state of mind at the time of his grossly wrong FINAL action.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestImmediately after Brailsford was acquitted
#12. To: GrandIsland (#9)
At one point, while Shaver was on his knees, he put his hands behind his back and was ordered to put his hands back up in the air. Sgt. Charles Langley, one of six officers in the hallway, warned Shaver would get shot if he put his hands down again, the video shows. It is reported that Shaver was inebriated and at that point he began to cry and said, "Please don't shoot me." Trying to follow Langley's commands, Shaver began to crawl on his hands and knees toward the officers, the video shows. But Shaver stopped crawling and raised his right hand near his waistband, prompting Brailsford to fire.
The justice system works. It has been reported that since 2005, 84 police officers across the nation have been charged with murder or manslaughter in connection with an on-duty shooting. From those, 32 officers were convicted while 40 were not with the remaining cases pending.
#13. To: Gatlin (#12)
he began to cry and said, "Please don't shoot me."
#18. To: Deckard (#13)
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Why would …
#19. To: Gatlin (#18)
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Why did he have a dead sparrow in his gun case?
#21. To: Deckard (#19)
Irrelevant …
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