So the basic premise of this story is that Omar Edwards, a black officer, had just gotten off duty at 10:30 pm and saw his window smashed in and someone rummaging through his car. Omar proceeds to run after the assailant through a neighborhood. So far so good right?
Well, Omar also drew his gun in the midst of chasing this guy and an on-duty officer just so happened to be around. The on-duty officer drew his gun as well and shot Omar, who later died at the hospital. Now anyone with a brain can tell this was an accident, I mean come on, I black man chasing someone down a HARLEM neighborhood with a gun in his hand pointing it at another person who is trying to get away, not to mention at night so it's impossible to tell who this guy is. It's not like the officer could just pull up a chair and hold a conversation with this guy to find out who he is first.
He reacted to the situation and made a mistake, a boneheaded mistake. Now I'm not even saying that was the right thing to do, I'm just saying it was unintentional. BUT OHH NO, Al Sharpton thinks this was a racial hate crime. He thinks the officer shot Edwards just because he is black! Sharpton says he's "concerned about a 'growing pattern' of black police officers being killed when they are mistaken for criminals." Where's the stat. for that Al? He never gave one because there ISN'T one!
Give me a break! Maybe, just maybe , the mistake happened because first off this guy was in Harlem, at night, chasing a man while holding a gun, God forbid a mistake happens. But wait the only reason he was shot was because of his skin color, my bad. I suppose Sharpton wants all police officers to stop and have a cup of coffee or go on a full-fledged date with each and every black assailant in Harlem they come across to get a full background and family history check before they take any action. That makes sense. That shouldn't take AN ETERNITY at all considering it's a majority of black guys committing crimes 24/7 in Harlem in the first place. I mean it's the truth, look up the statistics.
Al Sharpton is a total moron and so is anyone who agrees with him. This guy made a stupid mistake, he will get punished for it.
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