Sonia Pruitt and LZ Granderson discuss alternative actions officers could have taken, plus the overall impact Jacob Blake will have on the fight for racial equality.
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Well with all do respect mam, he wasnt supposed to be there at all, he was trying to steal a vehicle, and low and behold, he had a knife. So now police are supposed to let armed, wanted felons, steal a vehicle and drive off with 2 children in the backseat? Come on!!
Knifes win in close quarters combat, why does anyone in the military carry a combat knife??? Shoot as soon as you see them reach for a knife.
Jacob Blake brought it on himself.
They said he had Other options….. like the verbal warnings, the tasers, being on the ground and getting back up. All those not enough
Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight
So easy for people to play referee after the fact.
For the record: Blake had admitted to pulling out the knife…..just plain STUPID!
Am lost for words when it comes to these two dumb ass that are taking to the news reporter. Cause they don't care why Jacob Black why he got shot in the back. All they care about is that Jacob got shot that it nothing more, and this news reporter doesn't fact check these idiots at all.
Dude's an expert but doesn't even know who called the police?
Total fucking bs
Bullshit! A lot of white people stormed the US Capital and few of them were shot dead. If you mess with the police, they might shoot you.
Since 2010 smart phone cameras and body cameras has exposed police corruption been going on for decades and centuries. I love the interview of the black lady that used to be a police officer. I liked her comment, "cops focus so much on going home safe to their own families but ignore suspects have families too and need to be protected. Innocent until proven guilty. Cops shoot first ask questions later. That mentality has to change. Cops skip the process and try to be judges, lawyers, etc in which they are not trained. Overkill no need for 7 shots regardless. At shooting ranges, cops should be trained to disengage shoot in leg first not head and chest area. One bullet in the leg will stop disengage suspects in 99 percent of cases.
I'm listening to the living conditions of these people in sweatshops and thinking about human trafficking victims and my heart breaks for them. Then I'm thinking about America 2020 and how BLM and all these celebrities like LeBron James and TI are trying to say they're somehow oppressed in America when they're multi millionaires who are the biggest named celebrities on this planet, live in castles and spend more cash in an hour than the average person makes in a year and I laugh my ass off. And both those guys profit off of sweatshops, these people are complete frauds.
I'm glad there was cameras. We all got to see for ourselves this was not a white man shooting a man for being black case.
1. People wanna cry excessive force by police officers so two officers attempt to take Jacob down without excessive force but Jacob then resist arrest.
2. Officers then use "none lethal force" and taser Jacob. Keep in mind there are cases of people dying from getting tasered and Jacob is armed with a knife. Jacob continues to resist arrest.
3. Jacob makes his way around the vehicle to the driver's side door after wrestling and getting tasered. At this point police officers are aware of jacob resisting arrest history and have a decision to make as jacob attempts to get in the vehicle with children inside.
4. At this point Officers can
A. Hit jacob with the "non lethal taser" again keep in mind Tasers could cause ventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac arrest and even death but officers have had their hands full trying to subdue jacob so when did they have time to reload before Jacob makes his way to the driver's seat?
B. Nightstick/ baton jacob but now people can say a white man beating a black man also may not secure jacob from getting in the vehicle.
C. Shoot jacob
D. Allow jacob in the car and run the risk of him driving away with children in the vehicle? Now not only would jacob put himself at risk but the children and innocent bystanders that may cross paths with him?
What in the these people minds should the officers done? Just like the man said himself I don't care about jacobs past it has nothing to do with this case is the same for the capital it has absolutely nothing to do with this case so stay focused my man and stop trying to further your agenda and insite a race war.
Cop should be fired
For missing the shot on his head
It was never about Race it was about compliance .your on top of a cop with a knife then go to car and make.s it look like your grabbing. Something..people died because of the media's false narrative
Imagine resisting physical arrest, resisting tazers, walking away from cops, then reaching in you vehicle, and still not be held accountable forbyour actions.
I do believe 7 shots in Blake's back was excessive…but he did cause the situation to escalate…he put the officer in that predicament….this lady said she was a police officer….what would she have done?…
These 2 are delusional at best. So crazy, saying if people at the capitol were of color they would have been treated differently…… what happened in Minnesota, LA, Seattle and I could keep naming location where people of color were involved in large protests and riots. Cough cough CHAZ or CHOP, cough.
Sure a good daddy always have a knife in his pocket when doing his son's anniversary…
Maybe it's to cut the big cake (or his ex wife 🤫 if troubles ?). Very useful tool 👍 !
Could also be a gun in his pocket to do fireworks to please his son. 😂
What an angel daddy ! 😇😉👏
🤣🤣🤣
What this shows me is we can't believe shyt from the media on things we can eventually verify through more videos but when it comes to foreign affairs. We can't believe a damn thing
Both speakers say the police should have used non-lethal methods; I thought he pulled the tazer prongs out?
How about telling the whole story!!! Jacob had a warrant and was taking off with the baby’s mamma rent a car and the momma’s child. The momma was nice enough to allow Jacob a coupe of hours. Baby’s mamma called for a good reason.
Hey NBC – why don't you go out and find a couple Police Officers who have been injured by people with knives. Believe me, there are plenty.
Ask them if they would have done anything different.
Oh crap – that wouldn't fit into your agenda would it?
If they withheld information on this imagine what else they hide from the public??? Its deep I'm sure!a
This was just an unfortunate situation. He should have just listened to the commands of the police, and not, resist and pick that knife up.
The Kyle Rittenhouse case has nothing to do with this. Damn I hate the mainstream media. 🤦🏿♂️
so let me get this straight he had a warrant out for sexual assault and domestic violence, whatever happened to believe all women, instead of turning himself in he stole her keys, (theft) then tried to fight off the cops instead of just going to jail and trial, here is where it gets really good 3 kids in the back 2 our his which means he would be kidnapping the other, last time i checked cops won't let you have custody of your kids if you have active warrants out, the cops made the mistakes, they should have gotten involved in a high speed chase with 3 kids in the back, THIS man could really be a hero he could really help people if he just told the truth and said I tried to escape I messed up and i don't want others to do the same, How would these leftist feel if this was trump trying to avoid the cops
Are they completely forgetting that he was 1 stealing her car, 2 taking the kids when he didn’t have custody, 3 they used the taser first, 4 he picked up the knife and lunges at police?!?!
Blake's explanation, from the interview, was that AFTER fighting with the cops, AFTER being tasered and AFTER pulling the taser contacts out of his body, he realized that he had dropped his knife! Uh-oh. Don't want to lose a good knife, I guess. So, he picked up his knife (which he admits was a mistake), and with cops in tow, shouting at him to drop it (which he claims he didn't hear), he was just going to the car to drop off the knife before throwing himself to the ground and giving up. Does that story makes sense to anyone? The knife was more important than his life? It was what, an heirloom, had sentimental value? It's a ridiculous story. The natural assumption of the cops had to be, well, this guy just realized he brought a knife to a gun fight, so what's he gonna pull out of car? A gun. I'm sure they were shocked there wasn't a gun in the car, because that's the only way his actions could even be understood. What he did was so irrational and stupid that it's absolutely mind boggling. Cops couldn't let him get in and drive off with kids in the car, any more than they could wait to see what he turned around with. There's a reason why, in his first interview, from his hospital bed, his message to people was, and I quote, "Change y'all lives." It's the same reason he apologized to his mother. Because he knows he caused this to happen. He put this chain of events into motion.
What comes after taser, Jacob?
They didn't come up with any alternative actions. Multiple cops tried to take him down, tasered him, unsuccessfully. He pulled the prongs out, picked up his knife and went to the truck. You're gonna tackle the guy with the knife, the guy who wasn't phased by the taser? Or you're gonna let him drive off with the kids, turn into a hostage situation? The cops did the only thing the can do.
That dude has a long ass head
Just curious, were these statements made before watching the interview? In the interview he admits to having a knife in his hand before the officers attempt to arrest him, dropping it, picking it back up, then start getting into the vehicle. Not saying he should have been shot, but come on.
Dude was a moron but this lady takes the cake for demonizing the cops.
Sometimes it’s not black and white. Should Blake have resisted? No , but should he have been shot 7 times? I feel that Blake was wrong and also the officer was wrong. At what point does it become excessive force ?
ATTENTION to the ASLEEP out there. This is a PERFECT example of Media Propaganda. Wake the Hell Up before you are lost forever.
To disengage? And let him get into a car with kids?
Common denominator in all police shootings: does not comply with police orders. Has nothing to do with race.
Wait, the cops had options? What about HIS options to comply with the police officers? Plus they TRIED non lethal force, you idiots, tased him twice. How can you watch this and not realize that he is full of crap. Says he dropped the knife while being tased then decided to pick it up and bring it to his car to place it in there before he gave up fighting the police? OMG WHAT? This people talking are as racist as they come. Place the blame exactly where it belongs, on Jacob Blake alone. Quit trying to push your racist narrative. SMDH
10:58 his dread locks
are culture appropriation
These 3 are doing their role in destroying our country and all common sense. Dumb people watch this and think fighting the cops is heroic and the courts are the bad guys. What about the baby momma?
These idiots are still driving a false narrative! They did deploy a taser, he pulled the barbs out! Fake, one sided "news"
I would never work for a Chief like her. Are you kidding me??? You get a call for the police with info saying he is trying to take off in a car with kids and he has a knife!!! You have the nerve to say you have empathy for this man?!? We have lost our damn minds in this country. This interview tells me Jacob Blake is lying!! Building were burned and people were hurt because of this POS. Ridiculous!!!!
What is this lady's background? How long was she a cop? When? And how did her career end?
She feels empathy for Jacob Blake………No empathy for the girlfriend who called the police?