Luckovich - If Stopped By Police

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[sheshe2]

1. Tears.

[Gothmog]

2. Great cartoon

[Calculating]

3. Truly a sad state of affairs

"Comply exactly with what they say, or they'll shoot you dead and ask questions later".
"Unless they ask you to get your ID of course. If they see you reaching into a pocket or dash box they'll also shoot you dead and ask questions later".
"Son, it's probably best if you just leave your hands on the wheel and make them get your ID for you. Don't wanna give them any excuses to panic and shoot you dead".

[calimary]

4. Welcome to DU, Calculating!

It IS sad. My kids had that little car.

[jtuck004]

5. The problem is not cooperation, it's color. Even in a cartoon.

 Jonathan Ferrell is seen in an undated photo provided by Florida A&M University. Ferrell, 24, was shot and killed Saturday, September 14, 2013 by North Carolina police officer Randall Kerrick after a wreck in Charolette. Ferral was unarmed. (AP Photo/Florida A&M University).

 When they went on the air this weekend, CNN anchor Don Lemon and comedy legend Bill Cosby, known not only for their day jobs but also for their unrelenting critiques of black culture, may not have been aware of the killing of Jonathan Ferrell. The 24 year-old former football player at Florida A&M University was shot and killed by Officer Randall Kerrick of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police in Charlotte, North Carolina, this past Saturday. Ferrell had been a car crash and then ran to the nearest house to find help. The woman inside answered the door, believing it to be her husband on the other side. When she realized it wasn’t, she immediately closed the door, hit her panic alarm and callled 911. She reported a man attempting to break into her home. When the police arrived, Ferrell approached them, presumably still trying to get help, at which point one of the officers fired his stun gun, which was “unsuccessful.” That’s when Kerrick fired his weapon, hitting Ferrell multiple times, and killed him.

Having a stranger knock on your door in the early morning hours is surely frightening. And Ferrell did fit the description of a man reported to the police as attempting a burglary. But did it ever cross the mind of anybody involved that he might not have been a burglar—that he might have been an innocent bystander, needing some help?
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https://www.thenation.com/article/respectability-politics-wont-save-us-death-jonathan-ferrell/