NYPD Fatal Shooting In Brooklyn

The timing not good for this tragedy with Ferguson decision looming.

Not really buying the explanation. Seems like the brass is already in spin control.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/nypd-officer-guns-man-28-brooklyn-housing-project-article-1.2018724

 

No every law enforcement agency can be as good as the FBI, which hasn't had a bad shooting in 20 years.

 

The Quantico training is world renown.

 

Surprised that Brooklyn did not get burned down after this one. Innocent black man shot to death in apartment stairwell by rookie cop.

Termed "accident". Why is this accepted as fact. How come this case has not become
a social metaphor for social justice?

 

Damn, if only they could have murdered him at a time when people weren't looking closely at murdering cops.

 

Interesting article in the Times about how the cops doing these "vertical patrols" regularly have their guns unholstered:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/nyregion/for-new-york-city-officers-drawing-guns-is-based-on-discretion-not-rules.html?smid=tw-nytimes

 

Read that. It almost seems like the police are expecting confrontation on routine
patrols.

I'm thinking that if this case blew up in the media it would have caused problems for
Mayor DeBlasio so he got his buddy Al Sharpton to stand down.

 

This brings up an interesting question: Why did Ferguson explode while a couple of NYC shootings with at least somewhat similar circumstances have garnered no long-term attention? Any theories?

 

Al Sharpton is tight with the Mayor. Bad for business if city explodes. Also
most of tv media outlets NYC based with many of the hipster employees living
in Brooklyn. They don't want to see their neighborhoods burned down.

 

What's a vertical patrol like:

 

Because supposedly, one of the NYC victims wasn't a troublemaker, which means the other criminals don't want to support him.

 

Nobody's rallying to that officer's defense. There's no controversy.