Cop killer's sister: Brother had to defend himself

[Just Alex]

Poor Dindu Nuffins Tremaine!

The sister of an ex-convict charged with fatally shooting a Memphis police officer says her brother was just trying to defend himself because the officer was manhandling him and being too aggressive.

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Brassdick, can you set up gofundme campaign for brother?

[newB]

Watkins described the situation as "kill or be killed."

Any black man who has watched the news in the past year or so might honestly feel that way. It will be interesting to see how the courts address what could be considered a reasonable fear for one's life.

[oppoten]

Tremaine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremaine

[mineistaken]

So he did not do anything?

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by newB

Any black man who has watched the news in the past year or so might honestly feel that way. It will be interesting to see how the courts address what could be considered a reasonable fear for one's life.

And don't tell me a cop, seeing some black guys in a car, and being proficient in basic math, hasn't mentally figured out there is at least one felon in the car.

Just saying' ... Goes both ways. No way I would want to be a cop.


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[ClaireMonroe]

Is the sister going to pass out a picture of him when he was 10 to get sympathy?

[Just Alex]

Originally Posted by newB

Any black man who has watched the news in the past year or so might honestly feel that way. It will be interesting to see how the courts address what could be considered a reasonable fear for one's life.

Right, everyone of those black men was on his way to church and baby shower when they got owned. None had multiple convictions or committed crime.

[newB]

Originally Posted by Just Alex

Right, everyone of those black men was on his way to church and baby shower when they got owned. None had multiple convictions or committed crime.

I'm not saying that at all. What I'm saying is that the news coverage invariably leads the stories with 'cop shoots unarmed black man' which can be argued to have created a climate of fear.