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    Denzel WashyourtongueKirsten West Savali
    11/11/17 5:11pm

    Can we please include people who call 911 with vague assumptions as a serious fucking problem that needs to be addressed. We’ve all had that neighbor. The nosy asshole with nothing better to do than stare out the window all day with “solutions” looking for problems.

    Real quick. I visited a buddy a few years back that I would always burn it down with. One day in particular I’m leaving, and as I’m sitting in the driveway, I take a quick puff off a pipe. No big deal. The next day I head over, and he informs me that I “should really stop smoking crack” shocked, I ask him wtf, and he informs me that his neighbor saw me hit the pipe, calls 911, then him, and tells him that she “saw me smoking a crack pipe”. It was no question to my boy that I’m not pookie, but just the nerve of this woman to not only involve the police in something that doesn’t concern her, she over exaggerates what I was doing to give her false claim more weight. My point is that accurate descriptions are key when dealing with the law. Some people in this country still use the cops as their personal inforcement crew haphazardly ruining life after life.

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      MajorBurnDenzel Washyourtongue
      11/11/17 5:26pm

      Rando with a knife CAN be a legit reason to notify the police, at this point I’d have to see and hear the person threatening others, buuut

      It’s not illegal to have a knife. You could be carving pumpkins. It’s not illegal to have pruning shears in a yard, it’s not even illegal to be holding a gun and target shooting on your own property in many states, and it’s not illegal to open carry in others. So how the fuck do people keep not charging these scared, ptsd or racist assholes? You shouldn’t be able to shoot people for holding a shiny thing.

      I’m not sure there was even a call.  

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      DammitPamMajorBurn
      11/11/17 5:45pm

      It doesn’t even seem to matter if it was a weapon. If it’s something the police an imagine might be used as a weapon, they freak the fuck out.

      There was that video a while back of the older black man carrying a golf club that he used as a cane and the police attacking him over that. And please try to tell me they would have reacted the same way if it was an old white dude walking down the street with a golf club. (They would not.)

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    Tb2125Kirsten West Savali
    11/11/17 4:50pm

    Thank you for posting this. Most people pay no mind to another native dying. My first thought when I heard of this murder was it’s hunting season, maybe he had a knife to go help someone with their take. Then my next thought was why was an outside police force on the Rez, why didn’t Tribal police handle this, why is this child dead?!

    We are being systematically murdered red, black and brown and now, more than ever, we MUST come together and fight this. Also, I just need to mention that all of this talk about white men preying on white women but very little, if any, talk about white men preying on Native & Black women. We need to start sharing those stories.

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      Political Science isn't Rocket Science - Except when it isTb2125
      11/11/17 6:41pm

      In a lot of places, especially where tribal land is lightly populated/surrounded by non-native counties the local sheriffs are the stand in for a distinct tribal force by agreement with the tribe. It is sometimes a cost issue, sometimes logistics, sometimes just a long standing tradition no one has thought to challenge - but the downside is the potential for a big trust and cultural gap.

      This band, for example, is (per Wikipedia) about 7000 people, but only 1800 live on the reservation, and most of the reservation is undeveloped land. Standing up a meaningful police force for that small of a community, with what appear to be very limited resources, would be daunting for any group, native or non-native - so they do like a lot of small towns in America and let the sheriff handle it. 

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      Tb2125Political Science isn't Rocket Science - Except when it is
      11/11/17 7:17pm

      Thank you for this. My Rez is huge and adequately funded and sometimes I forget that we are lucky in that we don’t have outside forces policing our own. Tribal police can be their own problem without bringing in outside forces.

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    BorealisKirsten West Savali
    11/11/17 3:54pm

    He still looks like a baby! That poor child.

    Justice for Jason indeed!

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      Tim WernerBorealis
      11/11/17 5:05pm

      Just like Tamir Rice.

      Cops love Trump for a reason. The last time they had so much rope from the political leadership in America, they literally tied it around the necks of their victims.

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      Dinosaurs and Nachos, Very Legal and Very Cool!Borealis
      11/11/17 11:39pm

      That’s what I can’t get over. His smile still has that innocent joy that kids rarely still even have at 14.

      He looks like a very young 14. Poor, poor baby. May he Rest In Peace.

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    Cali4lifeKirsten West Savali
    11/11/17 4:14pm

    RIP sweet face little fella. Murdered by an agent of the State who has been murdering Indigenous folk since forever and true to form, they are hiding and lying.

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    Flamingo83Kirsten West Savali
    11/11/17 4:42pm
    Make no mistake: This is genocide.

    Thank You for this! Too many don’t want to name it and want so desperately to believe it was an exaggeration about the past.

    Rest in Power Jason Pero may the great sky spirit guide you home sweet angel baby.

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    HuskyBroKirsten West Savali
    11/11/17 4:50pm

    I don’t care if that kid was riding one of Khalessi’ s dragons, you’d still couldn’t convince me that he was dangerous.

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      MujerHuskyBro
      11/11/17 6:24pm

      A knife in a very rural part of Wisconsin is not that freaking out there.

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    GlitterbombFartsKirsten West Savali
    11/12/17 9:49am

    “The officer who killed Jason is currently on paid administrative leave.”

    AKA

    “Good job shooting that darkie, Johnson! Take some time to unwind from all that stress and go on vaca with the family! We’ll handle it.”

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      HoedownInMotownGlitterbombFarts
      11/12/17 11:10am

      Yeah, that really stuck out to me to. I’m sitting here with tears rolling for this CHILD that was literally assassinated and the fucker responsible is more than likely using this “time off” to prepare for/enjoy the holidays while Jason’s family figures out how to navigate this time without their loved one. I’m so thoroughly beyond disgusted.

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    FredCee71Kirsten West Savali
    11/11/17 6:41pm

    Apparently the eligibility requirements for employment in law enforcement has devolved into merely finding a badge and gun in a box of cereal, and how quickly you can pull the trigger on a person of color.

    Someone please “dox” this SOULLESS PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT who felt “threatened” enough by a 14-year-old boy to kill him.

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    melon777Kirsten West Savali
    11/12/17 12:20pm

    Are police not trained to use non-lethal force including shoot to immobilize vs shoot to kill? I don’t understand why a police officer with a gun facing an aggressive kid needs to shoot to kill.

    As a physician, we are often in a place where we need to subdue agitated, aggressive patients in the ED and are always trained to maximize non-pharmacological means first — i.e. least-necessary interventions always. Instead, I feel so many of these police brutality cases occur in the setting of cops taking maximum measures first and then sorting out the details.

    Am I wrong in thinking these cases don’t need to be lethal?

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      Malciremelon777
      11/13/17 1:04am

      Most police probably aren’t trained to shoot to immobilize for a number of reasons. But it breaks down to it being quite a bad idea. There are almost no parts in the human body that have no major blood vessels that are big enough to target on a target that isn’t moving. Add to that the fact that arms and legs are harder to hit (they tend to move more than the trunk of the body) and you end up with a high chance of missed shots which can further endanger anyone around (as those bullets will travel quite far unless they’ve hit something or someone).

      Teasers are good except they may need reloaded after each shot and may only work if both wires hit. And mace creates an issue with inhaling it yourself. Not that the officer shouldn’t have tried either of those methods before the kid was close enough to be a threat to him. quite frankly the lack of good strategy with the use of non-lethal means in this country is astounding.

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      melon777Malcire
      11/13/17 6:06pm

      Thanks for your thoughtful reply. You bring up several good reasons for why the sure shot is often a lethal shot. I just am at a loss that the cops couldn’t handle a large 14yo male with a knife other than to shoot him in the heart.

      On a slight aside, why isn’t there a greater onus placed on officers to pay up for their mistakes? I know that we physicians often decry the strict punishments/costs we incur for negligent medical errors, even if unintentional. But in the end, I feel as a physician, I think the law should protect the vulnerable, which in my case would be the patient. After all, they are, for the most part, subject to the discretion of the medical team, and rely on us to be accurate with our care. To that end, I find that I agree with the strict surveillance and legal recourse monitoring physicians.

      Why is it that I find myself not feeling like such an expectation is placed on the police? Instead, I feel there is no room for a nuanced way to ask the police to hold themselves to same standards we place on ourselves as physicians. After all, aren’t both industries in the public service domain?

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    taissKirsten West Savali
    11/12/17 10:24am

    RIP Jason, I really hope his killer gets CONVICTED of this murder.

    With these murders, police officers being caught on camera planting evidence on people, being drug dealers, raping/ molesting women while in custody.... it’s really amazing how some people (white) STILL get upset at people talking about police brutality and cops abusing their power. As long as their people are not victims of those actions, it’s all good. Smh

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      HoedownInMotowntaiss
      11/12/17 11:14am

      I wonder if the supposed ‘knife at the scene’ was planted there. Other reports say Jason was carrying a cell phone. This is most definitely a cold blooded murder and you KNOW that cop will be back to work in a few short weeks, no worse for the wear. I just can’t with this shit anymore. My heart is breaking for the family and friends of this poor, sweet-faced CHILD.

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