Post by robeiae on Sept 19, 2017 7:18:23 GMT -5
The background story (cops shoot and kill GTech student): www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41302571
The protests (which turned violent): www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/us/georgia-tech-protest-slain-student/index.html
The guy was obviously going for a suicide by cop, which I think sucks mightily, both for him and his family, and for the cop s he decided to approach. I don't know what his deal was, but obviously he could have used some help (assuming this wasn't a one-off drug-related incident).
As to the violent protesters...assholes, imo.
Police encountered Scout Schultz, 21, outside a campus dormitory in Atlanta after a call about "a person with a knife and a gun" late on Saturday.
Video shows Schultz refusing to obey police commands, and advancing on them. A family lawyer said Schultz was holding a closed multi-tool.
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In a video filmed by a fellow student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Schultz is pictured outside the entrance to a parking garage and can be heard saying "Shoot me!" several times while walking towards the officers.
"Drop the knife, man, come on," a police officer responds.
"Nobody wants to hurt you," another says, before one officer eventually opens fire, hitting Schultz in the chest.
Schultz did not appear to be holding a gun, investigators said, despite what had initially been reported to police.
Video shows Schultz refusing to obey police commands, and advancing on them. A family lawyer said Schultz was holding a closed multi-tool.
[snip]
In a video filmed by a fellow student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Schultz is pictured outside the entrance to a parking garage and can be heard saying "Shoot me!" several times while walking towards the officers.
"Drop the knife, man, come on," a police officer responds.
"Nobody wants to hurt you," another says, before one officer eventually opens fire, hitting Schultz in the chest.
Schultz did not appear to be holding a gun, investigators said, despite what had initially been reported to police.
The protests (which turned violent): www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/us/georgia-tech-protest-slain-student/index.html
Attendees at the vigil for Scout Schultz said that gathering ended quietly after less than half an hour, and about 20 minutes later a separate gathering developed with chanting, marching and, ultimately, confrontations at the campus police headquarters.
The later demonstration began with a "core group" of about a dozen people chanting "This is not OK" and unfurling a banner that read "Protect LGBTQ," according to Xincheng Shen, a doctoral student at Tech who attended the earlier vigil.
Fireworks went off but it was not clear who set them off, he said. A person from the group jumped on the hood of a police car parked near the station and the windshield was smashed.
Video on social media from the scene shows the police car ablaze and demonstrators -- some with their faces covered with bandanas -- confronting police who were making arrests.
Two people who ran past Shen had their faces covered with bandanas and were carrying what appeared to be "tools," he said. "One of them was carrying what looked like a pipe."
The later demonstration began with a "core group" of about a dozen people chanting "This is not OK" and unfurling a banner that read "Protect LGBTQ," according to Xincheng Shen, a doctoral student at Tech who attended the earlier vigil.
Fireworks went off but it was not clear who set them off, he said. A person from the group jumped on the hood of a police car parked near the station and the windshield was smashed.
Video on social media from the scene shows the police car ablaze and demonstrators -- some with their faces covered with bandanas -- confronting police who were making arrests.
Two people who ran past Shen had their faces covered with bandanas and were carrying what appeared to be "tools," he said. "One of them was carrying what looked like a pipe."
As to the violent protesters...assholes, imo.