Q:What happens to a member of the public who drives someone to the scene of a crime?
A:That person is a principal in the commission of the crime.
Q:What happens to someone who holds someone down and allow another person to take that person’s life, even if he/she did not deal the death blow?
A: That person is a principal offender.
Q:What happens to someone who knowingly hides, harbors, or help another to conceal evidence of a crime?
A:That person is criminally liable as an accessory after the fact
Q:What happens to someone who willingly plays even the most minute role in the commission of a crime?
A: That person may still be prosecuted as provided by law.
Okay you get the picture , you participate in the commission of a crime you are going to jail ‚but does that rule apply to all criminals?
In fact, whether the offence is murder, or a misdemeanor, say selling un-taxed cigarettes, it’s still an offence irrespective of who commits it Right?
If you said right to my last question you would be wrong!
What do you mean wrong , are you nuts Mike?
No not in New York State incidentally. If you sell un-taxed cigarettes you are going to jail. If for any reason you weren’t selling any cigarettes at the time the police comes around and wants to arrest you for the thousandth time even though you may not have been guilty on that occasion you will be killed.
So what happens to the actual killers, this is America , I know they will be held accountable, they are going to jail. This is the country which locks up more of it’s citizens than any other?
Well I’m glad you asked, you see, not all murders are murders!
Especially if you are black.
What !! Of course all murders are murders, what are you talking about?
Not so fast, if a murder is committed by the Police it is not murder!
It is called a justifiable homicide.
What are you talking about? That sort of thing only happened in Apartheid South Africa and that ended years ago.
The Police are there to protect all of us, you are so wrong Mike!!!
Yah , tell that to the families of these killed by police right here in the good old US of A.
Rumain Brisbon, 34, Phoenix, Ariz. — Dec. 2, 2014.
Tamir Rice, 12, Cleveland, Ohio — Nov. 22, 2014.
Akai Gurley, 28, Brooklyn, NY — Nov. 20, 2014.
Darrien Hunt 22 Saratoga Springs Utah Sept 16, 2014
Kajieme Powell, 25, St. Louis, Mo. — August 19, 2014.
Ezell Ford, 25, Los Angeles, Calif. — August 12, 2014.
Dante Parker, 36, San Bernardino County, Calif. — August 12, 2014.
Michael Brown, 18, Ferguson, Mo. — August 9, 2014.
John Crawford III, 22, Beavercreek, Ohio — August 5, 2014.
Tyree Woodson, 38, Baltimore, Md. — August 2, 2014.
Eric Garner, 43, New York, N.Y. — July 17, 2014.
Victor White III, 22, Iberia Parish, La. — March 22, 2014.
Yvette Smith, 47, Bastrop, Texas — February 16, 2014.
McKenzie Cochran, 25, Southfield, Mich. — January 28, 2014.
Jordan Baker, 26, Houston, Texas — January 16, 2014.
Andy Lopez, 13, Santa Rosa, Calif. — October 22, 2013.
Miriam Carey, 34, Washington, D.C. — October 3, 2013.
Jonathan Ferrell, 24, Bradfield Farms, N.C. — September 14, 2013.
Carlos Alcis, 43, New York, N.Y. — August 15, 2013.
Larry Eugene Jackson, Jr., 32, Austin, Texas — July 26, 2013.
Deion Fludd, 17, New York, N.Y. — May 5, 2013.
Kimani Gray, 16, New York, N.Y. — March 9, 2013.
Johnnie Kamahi Warren, 43, Dotham, Ala. — December 10, 2012.
Malissa Williams, 30, and Timothy Russell, 43, Cleveland, Ohio — Nov,29, 2012.
Reynaldo Cuevas, 20, New York, N.Y. — September 7, 2012.
Chavis Carter, 21, Jonesboro, Ark. — July 29, 2012.
Shantel Davis, 23, New York, N.Y. — June 14, 2012.
Sharmel Edwards, 49, Las Vegas, Nev. — April 21, 2012.
Tamon Robinson, 27, New York, N.Y. — April 18, 2012.
Ervin Jefferson, 18, Atlanta, Ga. — March 24, 2012.
Kendrec McDade, 19, Pasadena, Calif. — March 24, 2012.
Rekia Boyd, 22, Chicago, Ill. — March 21, 2012.
Shereese Francis, 30, New York, N.Y. — March 15, 2012.
Wendell Allen, 20, New Orleans, La. — March 7, 2012.
Nehemiah Dillard, 29, Gainesville, Fla. — March 5, 2012.
Dante Price, 25, Dayton, Ohio — March 1, 2012.
Raymond Allen, 34, Galveston, Texas — February 27, 2012.
Sgt. Manuel Loggins, Jr., 31, Orange County, Calif. — February 7, 2012>
Ramarley Graham, 18, New York, N.Y. — February 2, 2012.
Kenneth Chamberlain, 68, White Plains, N.Y. — November 19, 2011..
Alonzo Ashley, 29, Denver, Colo. — July 18, 2011.
Kenneth Harding, 19, San Francisco, Calif. — July 16, 2011.
Raheim Brown, 20, Oakland, Calif. — January 22, 2011.
Reginald Doucet, 25, Los Angeles, Calif. — January 14, 2011.
Derrick Jones, 37, Oakland, Calif. — November 8, 2010.
Danroy Henry, 20, Thornwood, N.Y. — October 17, 2010.
Aiyana Jones, 7, Detroit, Mich. — May 16, 2010.
Steven Eugene Washington, 27, Los Angeles, CA — March 20, 2010.
Aaron Campbell, 25, Portland, Ore. — January 29, 2010.
Kiwane Carrington, 15, Champaign, Ill. — October 9, 2009.
Victor Steen, 17, Pensacola, Fla. — October 3, 2009.
Shem Walker, 49, New York, N.Y. — July 11, 2009.
Oscar Grant, 22, Oakland, Calif. — January 1, 2009.
Tarika Wilson, 26, Lima, Ohio — January 4, 2008.
DeAunta Terrel Farrow, 12, West Memphis, Ark. — July 22, 2007.
Sean Bell, 23, New York, N.Y. — November 25, 2006.
Henry Glover, 31, New Orleans, La. — September 2, 2005.
Ronald Madison, 40, and James Brisette, 17, New Orleans, La. — Sept. 4, 2005.
Timothy Stansbury, 19, New York, N.Y. — January 24, 2004.
Alberta Spruill, 57, New York, N.Y. — May 16, 2003.
Ousmane Zongo, 43, New York, N.Y. — May 22, 2003.
Orlando Barlow, 28, Las Vegas, Nev. — February 28, 2003.
Timothy Thomas, 19, Cincinnati, Ohio — April 7, 2001.
Prince Jones, 25, Fairfax County, Va. — Sept. 1, 2000.
Ronald Beasley, 36, and Earl Murray, 36, Dellwood, Mo. — June 12, 2000.
Patrick Dorismond, 26, New York, NY — March 16, 2000.
Malcolm Ferguson, 23, New York, N.Y. — March 1, 2000.
Amadou Diallo, 23, New York, N.Y. — Feb. 4, 1999.
This list is by no means complete, neither does it represent all of the unarmed people murdered by police.
There are a huge cross section of people for whom cops can do no wrong, especially when they kill black people.
They are cop-apologists. Lately with the killing of of two New York City Cops everyone is a cop-apologist. Everyone is shedding tears. There is absolutely nothing wrong with crying for two dead officers. As a former cop I welcome the out pouring of love the NYPD is getting after these two deaths.
As much as I feel sympathy for the families of the two slain officers, I cannot share in the hand wringing because of the blatant disregard the police department and their (copologists newly coined phrase)[sic] friends,showed to the families of those who unlawfully died at the hands of police. When Patrick Lynch blamed Eric Garner for his own death and copologists heaped scorn on the family and on Garner’s weight that was disgusting and unforgivable. Then they have the nerve to blame the deaths on the Mayor and others. Not satisfied they engage in the disgusting, disrespectful spectacles of turning their backs on the Mayor.
It is time every conscientious person of color turn their backs on these creeps whenever they come across them.
It does not matter how many copologists sing their praises, it does not make them worthy of respect.
But Mike they say the police keep us safe, that’s what the people on FOX say. Giuliani the former Mayor also said so . In fact a lot of very important people say the police are great. They say there is no problem of police abuse in the United States. They say officers go out and put their lives on the line every day to keep “us” safe. How can what you are saying be true when all of these people say the cops are there to protect “us”?
Well did you ask these nice people to tell you exactly who “us“is?