Unarmed White Man Killed By Black Cop; Media and Rush Limbaugh reacts

[ShakyWalton]

Limbaugh is radical in many of his views,,,but he does have some valid points... Unarmed White Man Killed By Black Cop; Here’s How The Media Reacted

Video is in the link at the bottom of the story.

By Steve Straub On August 21, 2014· 138 Comments · In US, Video

The shooting may be completely justified, we don’t know yet, but that’s not the point, it’s the media’s non-reaction to the event that is the issue here.

Via WND:

While national news media continue to focus on race in Ferguson, Missouri, where a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, they apparently don’t think a similar case in Utah with the races reversed is that newsworthy.

Police in Salt Lake City are continuing their probe into an Aug. 11 shooting outside a 7-Eleven convenience store, when a black police officer, whom local media are referring to as “not white,” shot and killed 20-year-old Dillon Taylor, who was unarmed at the time, according to his supporters.

Police Chief Chris Burbank said the entire incident was captured on the body camera of the officer who shot Taylor.

“You will see on camera … the actions of everyone involved, including up to the point where our officer utilizes deadly force and his response thereafter,” Burbank told reporters.

He said the video, along with the officer’s identity, will be released at the “appropriate” time, adding it could be days, weeks or months.

“It would be wholly inappropriate to take the most vital piece of evidence that we have and put it out to the public prior to the officer having some due process,” he said.

Watch KUTV’s dramatic video of the shooting:

Rush Limbaugh has more:

“There’s a mindset out there, and the way it works in situations like this [is] only people of color can be victims. A white person can never be a victim. It just can’t happen. That’s not permitted, that’s not allowed because it isn’t the case. The whites are the oppressors. They’re the majority. In the liberal worldview, every majority is an oppressor, whether they’re white or whatever. They’re all oppressors. The minority is always the victims, and the victims are with whom we should always sympathize, no matter what. And the victims are permitted to do anything precisely because they’re a minority, and I’m talking about in numbers, not skin color. They’re outnumbered. The evil majority does horrible things to the minority. And so the minorities, be it skin color or numbers … [are] always victims. And so anything they do is justified and we must try to understand the rage.

“But in the current climate in the United States, a black person can never be the oppressor and a white can never be the victim. And that’s how you have a corrupt or perverted news business in Salt Lake City, refusing to identify a black cop who may have shot an innocent person. That destroys the whole picture we’ve been creating here for centuries. That could totally destroy the image that we’ve been trying to concoct. Oh man that could blow it sky high; that’s just not supposed to happen. And so they come up with these things to hide it or to not reference it at all.”

http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/unarmed-white-man-killed-by-black-cop-heres-how-the-media-reacted

[drummer4now]

Limbaugh is radical in many of his views,,,but he does have some valid points... Unarmed White Man Killed By Black Cop; Here’s How The Media Reacted

By Steve Straub On August 21, 2014· 138 Comments · In US, Video

The shooting may be completely justified, we don’t know yet, but that’s not the point, it’s the media’s non-reaction to the event that is the issue here.

Via WND:

While national news media continue to focus on race in Ferguson, Missouri, where a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, they apparently don’t think a similar case in Utah with the races reversed is that newsworthy.

Police in Salt Lake City are continuing their probe into an Aug. 11 shooting outside a 7-Eleven convenience store, when a black police officer, whom local media are referring to as “not white,” shot and killed 20-year-old Dillon Taylor, who was unarmed at the time, according to his supporters.

Police Chief Chris Burbank said the entire incident was captured on the body camera of the officer who shot Taylor.

“You will see on camera … the actions of everyone involved, including up to the point where our officer utilizes deadly force and his response thereafter,” Burbank told reporters.

He said the video, along with the officer’s identity, will be released at the “appropriate” time, adding it could be days, weeks or months.

“It would be wholly inappropriate to take the most vital piece of evidence that we have and put it out to the public prior to the officer having some due process,” he said.

Watch KUTV’s dramatic video of the shooting:

Rush Limbaugh has more:

“There’s a mindset out there, and the way it works in situations like this [is] only people of color can be victims. A white person can never be a victim. It just can’t happen. That’s not permitted, that’s not allowed because it isn’t the case. The whites are the oppressors. They’re the majority. In the liberal worldview, every majority is an oppressor, whether they’re white or whatever. They’re all oppressors. The minority is always the victims, and the victims are with whom we should always sympathize, no matter what. And the victims are permitted to do anything precisely because they’re a minority, and I’m talking about in numbers, not skin color. They’re outnumbered. The evil majority does horrible things to the minority. And so the minorities, be it skin color or numbers … [are] always victims. And so anything they do is justified and we must try to understand the rage.

“But in the current climate in the United States, a black person can never be the oppressor and a white can never be the victim. And that’s how you have a corrupt or perverted news business in Salt Lake City, refusing to identify a black cop who may have shot an innocent person. That destroys the whole picture we’ve been creating here for centuries. That could totally destroy the image that we’ve been trying to concoct. Oh man that could blow it sky high; that’s just not supposed to happen. And so they come up with these things to hide it or to not reference it at all.”

Double standards... Nothing you can really do about it.

[ShakyWalton]

Double standards... Nothing you can really do about it.

I agree...but they are definitely out there.

[Sneezy]

Black or white or any other color/race (oppressor and victim)...what is wrong with the police when they are shooting people? Do victims of all color need to die at the hands of "peace" officers for allegedly committing crimes where death isn't the appropriate punishment?

[Blue90]

Where are the animals

[FramingDragon]

The difference is historical context. It's not a double standard as much as one event fitting into an established narrative (that's very true) compared to another that is seemingly isolated.

[Gross-Misconduct]

I'm sure Jon Stewart will take issue with this and spend half his show reminding people how fat and dumb Rush is.

[73 Percent]

You guys say the word and im ready to raise hell.

[Guest]

The difference is historical context. It's not a double standard as much as one event fitting into an established narrative (that's very true) compared to another that is seemingly isolated.

Pretty much. The media plays off the emotions of the nation.

[Kryten]

Meh. The American media get more viewers by printing sensationalism. Limbaugh is the epitome of sensationalism and pushes that agenda. As usual, he has ZERO credibility.

[Chalky]

The difference is historical context. It's not a double standard as much as one event fitting into an established narrative (that's very true) compared to another that is seemingly isolated.

Not to mention the particulars are not released and the Limbaugh quotes are strictly unproven opinion and editorial. Further to this, this event is on camera, that will take some of the grey out of it. But if head shots in hockey are indication even after the video is released people will still disagree on what they are seeing.

Limbaugh is good at tweaking facts to conveniently fit into a bias hateful diatribe.

[ShakyWalton]

Pretty much. The media plays off the emotions of the nation.

Pretty much..and the emotions are high right now with Ferguson burning...this story never made national news until now..I guess the righties need some ammo....it happened a week before the Ferguson shooting.

[Chalky]

I'm sure Jon Stewart will take issue with this and spend half his show reminding people how fat and dumb Rush is.

Or you could just watch Rush's show and come to the same conclusion.

[Warhippy]

The minority is outnumbered.

Oh my dear

Poor fat stupid honky.

You white folk are the minorities...no wonder you're all so thin skinned lately.

If only you were all this lovely tone of regal beige like myself you'd be much happier

[Chalky]

The minority is outnumbered.

Oh my dear

Poor fat stupid honky.

You white folk are the minorities...no wonder you're all so thin skinned lately.

If only you were all this lovely tone of regal beige like myself you'd be much happier

Puleeese. I am Peach, not White.

The colour, not the fruit.

[drummer4now]

The minority is outnumbered.

Oh my dear

Poor fat stupid honky.

You white folk are the minorities...no wonder you're all so thin skinned lately.

If only you were all this lovely tone of regal beige like myself you'd be much happier

Lol you looked pretty white when I saw you on the news ... Or is that regal beige skin tone what we call a tan ...

http://globalnews.ca/video/1437774/expensive-camera-gear-goes-missing-on-air-canada-flight

Also did they fix that problem? ^^

[Gross-Misconduct]

Or you could just watch Rush's show and come to the same conclusion.

why would anyone watch Rush's show?

oh yeah, the low IQ thingy

[otherwise]

an article from the salt lake tribune

Utah protesters demand justice for Dillon Taylor, others killed by police

Demonstration » Participants raise questions of accountability, trust.

By harry stevens

| The Salt Lake Tribune

First Published Aug 18 2014 04:46 pm • Last Updated Aug 19 2014 02:09 pm

Protesters lined the sidewalk across the street from Salt Lake City police headquarters Monday afternoon to express their outrage at a spate of recent police shootings of unarmed people.

Among the demonstrators were friends of Dillon Taylor, the 20-year-old man who was shot dead by Salt Lake City police outside a 7-Eleven last Monday. Police were responding to a report of a man with a gun, but Taylor’s supporters say he was unarmed.

"It didn’t make sense to me when I first heard everything, and they tried to say he had a gun," said Taylor’s friend Aaron Swanenberg, who came to the protest straight from Taylor’s funeral. "I knew Dillon. He never packed a gun."

At the time of Taylor’s shooting, court documents show he had a $25,000 bench warrant for a probation violation in connection with felony robbery and obstructing justice convictions. But Marissa Martinez, whose sister used to date Taylor, said Taylor had turned over a new leaf.

"He was trying to do better for himself. And this is what happens to him?" Martinez said. "It was really heartbreaking."

The South Salt Lake police department is investigating the shooting but has not said whether a weapon was found or why Taylor was deemed threatening enough for police to fire at least twice.

Police have said it may be several weeks before investigators release their findings to prosecutors. In the meantime, Taylor’s supporters are demanding answers.

"Why can’t we have these answers to put the family at peace?" Swanenberg asked.

"It’s been too long," echoed Martinez. "I want to know what they’re hiding. Why is it that they can’t tell us the truth?"

In addition to demanding justice for Taylor, protesters waved signs remembering others slain by police — including Danielle Willard, whose November 2012 shooting resulted in a manslaughter charge being filed in June against former West Valley Police Detective Shaun Cowley.

They’re too trigger happy, the cops," said Susan Bowlden, a retired teacher from South Salt Lake who lives near the 7-Eleven where Taylor was shot. "I’ve always said I trust the police. I always told children to go to the police. I do not trust them anymore."

Such mistrust has been boosted by the high profile shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed Missouri teenager who was gunned down by a police officer just two days before Taylor was killed in Salt Lake City. Brown’s death has sparked days of protests and fomented a public debate about the proper limits of police power.

"The bottom line problem is police have no accountability, and that gives them absolute power," said Scott Simons, whose daughter Kelly was fatally shot by police in January 2013. Kelly Simons — a suspect in a series of armed robberies — was killed by an officer when she tried to run him down with her pickup during an attempt to arrest her. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill has ruled the shooting legally justified.

"Every time we hear that someone has been shot by police, it reopens old wounds," Simons said. "We miss our daughter. She was a big part of our life. It hurts every day."

Another protest demanding justice for Brown and Taylor will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. outside the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building at 125 S. State Street.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58304981-78/police-taylor-lake-salt.html.csp

[Ovi one kenobi]

Weird how in today's society these misconceptions can lead to something inexcusable being hidden.

[Mr. Ambien]

Limbaugh is radical in many of his views,,,but he does have some valid points...

And it's really sad when Rush Limbaugh suddenly is making valid points.