And They Say Just Being Black Isn’t Hard?: Off Duty Cop Shot by Another Cop While Trying to Catch a Suspect!
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This young servant of the law is Officer Omar J. Edwards. He was shot and killed by another cop while chasing a suspect:
A plainclothes policeman who drew his gun while chasing someone he had found rummaging through his car was shot and killed by a fellow officer who was driving by and saw the pursuit, the police commissioner said.
Commissioner Raymond Kelly said 25-year-old Omar J. Edwards died after being shot late Thursday within blocks of the Harlem police station where he worked. The shooter was white and Edwards was black, a fact that could raise questions about police use of deadly force in a minority community. And in recent years there have been several cases of off-duty policemen in the New York City area being shot and killed by other officers. Edwards had just finished his shift around 10:30 p.m. when he headed to his car and saw that the driver’s-side window had been smashed and a man was going through the vehicle, Kelly said. Edwards struggled with the man, who got away from him by slipping out of his sweater, Kelly said. Edwards chased the man up two streets with his gun drawn, he said.A sergeant and two plainclothes officers in an unmarked police car saw the pursuit and made a U-turn to follow the men, Kelly said. One of the officers jumped out of the car and fired six times, hitting Edwards twice — once in the arm and once in the chest, he said.
Was this killing based on subconscious racism? If not, then what?
R.I.P. Edwards.
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OH HELL YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dude probably had some dirt on the yt cop, and he had a chance to drop him so he did. I bet he wont even face charges-if he does he will get off as usual…..
DAMN!
this is horrible!
this is ridiculous! i doubt he had dirt on that cop. he just saw an opportunity he couldn’t miss. evidentially they never even asked the guy who he was or asked him to stop running before he started firing. God forgive me but i hope this racist ***** loses his job for that b.s.
I really wish we would stop trying to make race in issue everytime something happens between a black and white person.
If you look up the story the white officer yelled for Edwards to stop and drop the weapon. Edwards did neither and then started to run in his direction with the gun in hand. Bossip seems like it intentionally left this part out to try to start something or mabye their just desperate. Though sad, the white officer did the right thing. It was just a bad situation
RIP. This is damn shame
That’s how it goes down. Nothing to see here. Move along, folks…
AND catch a charge or two. a murder charge and a neglect/public safety charge.
What ever happened to proper warning such as “freeze” or “stop, police” before firing shots. I do hope that the slain officer and his family gets the justice that they deserves and that the courts don’t bullshyte about this matter.
smh……***** a comment…rip brother
This account is not complete. He was shot THREE TIMES and the shot that killed him entered through his back.
From the NY Daily News
Dunton shot Edwards three times – the fatal shot to the back. As he lay handcuffed on the ground, cops cut off his shirt to reveal a Police Academy T-shirt and found NYPD shield No. 12734 in his pants pocket.
So tell me this. If this young man was so called running towards the officers… HOW DID HE GET SHOT IN THE BACK???
I think this is terrible and I hope justice is served.. I live in the Bahamas and crime is at an all time high here just like everywhere in the world but I think the white officer could have at least fired a warning shot that would have gotten the black officers attention if nothing else.. Who is to say that the black officer even heard the white officer say anything.. That’s of course if he really said anything..
R.I.P. my brother
This is a direct copy from the NY Post:
He never dropped his gun.
The off-duty police officer shot dead by friendly fire while chasing a suspect down a drizzly East Harlem street should have immediately thrown down his weapon when confronted by fellow cops, police said yesterday.
Instead, Omar Edwards, who is black, whirled around and pointed the gun toward Officer Andrew Dunton, who is white, after the cop yelled, “Police! Stop! Drop the gun! Drop the gun!’ ” according to NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
That’s when Dunton unleashed a fusillade of bullets on Edwards, in plainclothes, who had been running after a man he caught breaking into his car Thursday at about 10:30 p.m.
Please people…you know Bossip only told half the story for a reason. Sad story and imagine how the other officer feels. RIP Bruh
I have no idea how he got shot in the back. I just don’t know.
I just hate to hear about this young man losing his life and his family having to deal with his untimely death. He and his wife have a 18-month old son and a 7-month old daughter. Lord, please be with them.
From today’s NY Times story on Officer Edwards, a married father of two sons — the line about minority officers being most likely to be victims of “friendly fire” struck me. I wonder if the events of that night would have been different if Edwards were white:
Several witnesses told the police that Officer Edwards never said a word. But one witness, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case, said Officer Edwards might have managed to begin to say one word — “Police.”
If history is a guide, a grand jury will consider possible charges against Officer Dunton. There will be calls for reform of procedures to better protect minority officers, who have most often paid the price for such cases of mistaken identity. And Officer Edwards and Officer Dunton will have their sad places in the latest chapter of a familiar police disaster.
@Sydney™
I agree with you and believe that police procedures should be addressed/reformed to reduce these instances in the future. I was not there and did not witness what occurred, but I sure hate having to read about this happening. It hurts me to my very core.
NY has the most racist law enforcement ever!!!!!!! My homeboy got locked up for “fitting the description” of somebody they looking for… and he was visiting from Canada!!!!! his mom had to bail him out!!!!!!!!
i bet he wont lose his job folks.. he’ll be back on the payroll like nothing happened… it’ll be swept under and another black man’s life is taken for pennies on the dollar….
You can’t get shot in the back when your running towards someone!!!!!!!!…Racism is still alive and kicking…This was definitely a case of shoot first ask questions later….They didn’t give this young man a chance to say IM A POLICE OFFICER!!!!….So sad and so tragic…God bless this mans family and I pray that justice will be served…
In the eyes of NYPD all blacks are criminals.
This is why I know a few Black cops who refuse to carry their gun while off duty because they know this is possible. Maybe this is why Black cops are so nasty to Black people because they are trying to separate themselves. Unfortunately, at the ending o the day, we are all treated the same.
I just hate when officers call killing another officer “friendly fire”. What the hell is so friendly about it?
@ brnhornet It is never the “right thing ” to shoot someone three times. please understand that there job is to prevent crimes not to murder by any means necessary.
Black people men esspecaily get this through your head that could be you at any givin moment lynching is still alive and well.
Bossip didn’t shine the spotlight on the Mexicans in California killing black people in their own neighborhoods did they. But yet they constantly make a big deal when black/white issues arrive. Bossip writers are predominately in California and after reading some of their recent stories, I wouldn’t be shocked to learn that most of the writers at Bossip are now Hispanic. Bossip is owned by a Jewish guy anyway.
“Aight”, the fact that u think this man was killed because he had dirt on the other shows u don’t get the bigger picture. This is about a WHITE officer that killed a BLACK MAN that was also an officer, but he didn’t know that because he just *****umed that he was a “hoodlum.” I don’t know what the procedure is in NY, but in DC U HAVE TO IDENTIFY URSELF B4 FIRING…I hope the white idiot rots in hell!!!!
Well what would u say if the black cop shot the white one in the same senario? RIP to the black cop tho.
While on lunch break yesterday, I saw this on CNN, and while the reporter kept on asking the Chief or whoever, “would the out come have been diff if the o/d cop running with the gun, was white,” that cop guy kept sidestepping his butt off, cuz all he kept on repeating was something like “It’s not a black and white thing, It’s a cop on cop thing!”
we don’t hate the police we need the police we hate the white in the uniform.
@ nikki
It is always the right thing to shoot someone 3 times if that person has a gun and is running towards you. Put yourself in the white cops position. You’re a cop who see a man (forget about color for a sec) running down the street with a gun in hand. You pull your weapon and yell stop. Police. The man turns around and starts running towards you with the gun still in his hand. You sit here and tell me you’re going to wait to see what he does. Cops are people too I don’t care how much training you get.
As far as him being shot in the back I havn’t read one article that says that. Even if it did I’m in the military and depending on what kind of gun you have a bullets impact can turn you around.
I’m not saying the cop was justified but I do understand why he fired. He had a split desision to make.
I don’t know if it was racially motivated or not but I do know that it’s a sad story no matter how you look at it.
I also thought, that you are to seek cover, if you’re not directly envolded in the situation, then yell stop police drop your weapon, & then he would’ve known what was going on, so apparently this yt just wanted to k1ll a black man period, shyt I’m willing to bet that the car burglar was whyte also.
Also the guy that Edwards was chasing for breaking into his car, after they caught him, backs up what the cops said. He said he heard everything and the cops did identify themselves and they yelled stop, drop the weapon and Edwards for whatever reason started running towards the cops with the gun in his hand. This guy is latino just in case people think he’s in on it too.
this IS race related .. and the whites will one day get their ’shots’ .. one day .. ***** a white today .. all you married to whites, i can’t see how .. how do you discuss issues when shyt like this is on the news? sleeping with the devil aint a cute look blacks
Sad unfortunate situation………….hindsight is 20/20 but murder is final.
That’s why I never bought into the war on terror as the same same system that claims to be in fear of terrorists is still killing its own innocent citizens on a daily and instilling fear amongst the poorest of the poor in black, poor and ethnic communities across AmeriKKKa.
Whenever the police kill someone or use unreasonable force they alwayz claim that they feared for their lives in said situation- it’s like police 101.
since when do they teach cops to chase fleeing petty criminals with guns drawn while off duty through a city street?
This cop on black crime needs to stop. when is it going to be enough?
@brnhornet
“As far as him being shot in the back I havn’t read one article that says that.”
From the NY Times, nytimes.com/2009/05/30/nyregion/30cop.html?scp=2&sq=back%20and%20omar&st=cse:
“The medical examiner said three of six bullets fired from the officer’s 9-millimeter Glock struck Officer Edwards, who had just come off duty and was not wearing a bulletproof vest.
A spokeswoman for the medical examiner, Ellen Borakove, said Friday afternoon that although the official cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest, the round that killed Officer Edwards entered the left side of his back, hit his heart and left lung and lodged itself in the front of his chest.
Officer Edwards, a recently married father of two from Brooklyn, was taken to Harlem Hospital Center, where he was *****ounced dead at 11:21 p.m. No one else was injured.”
From the Daily News, nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/05/30/2009-05-30_they_killed_my_son_family_grieves_loss_of_omar_edwards_black_cop_shot_by_white_o.html:
“”The NYPD’s official account of the cop’s death noted that Edwards had his gun drawn – and did not identify himself as a police officer – when he was confronted by Officer Andrew Dunton and two other plainclothesmen. Dunton shot Edwards three times – the fatal shot to the back.
As he lay handcuffed on the ground, cops cut off his shirt to reveal a Police Academy T-shirt and found NYPD shield No. 12734 in his pants pocket.”
yeah, a guy running down the street with a gun in hand is so common. give me a *****ing break. NO ONE could run down the street with a gun chasing another man and not arouse police attention. he didn’t stop or follow commands from the cops either.
he easily could have stopped, holstered his weapon, and said he was a cop and shown his identification and then all four of them would have chased the suspect.
this was extremely dumb on his part.
Dead Man Walking – Black Man Running – SAME THING. Men of color, in plain clothes, running with guns will always be *****umed suspects. Period! Excessive force, whether against a individual or nation of color, will always be an acceptable order of the day. New York City has a history of this type of activity. I guess they have not learned their lesson and need more sensitivity training. The unfortunate thing is that a lot of officers do not live in enthnically diverse communities but work in areas with high concentrations of people of color with little OR no regard for people of those communities. This is a sad, sad day because one would think that with a Black president, Black men would be perceived differently by those truly in power. I guess not.
Damn I hate this kinda mess.
This is why I believe whether there is a blk president or not, even when you are doing right, you still have a greater chance of being a victim, no matter what you are doing, where you are going or even who you are with. No one thought to check the blk offcer out, no they are just used to killing blks, so they just opened fire, on one of their own.
No, it did not matter that, he was undercover and had a badge and a gun. He just got killed. End of story.
NOW, what were all you look the other do-gooders claiming about if you do the right thing?,”You have nothing to worry about”…(yeah, if you’re wht, you can’t tell me it would’ve ended up the same way, epecially if you live/ work in an inner city. What rights do you REALLY have?
@Brnhornet-If you believe that “Official” story about they shouted out who they were and asked him to drop his weapon I have a bridge in Brooklyn I would like to sell to you ASAP. Please contact me for further details!!!! You must be crazy if you think it really goes down like that. Take it from a person with family members in local Law Enforcement, the FBI and ICE. If they have learned anything it is not true when they say all officers “Bleed Blue” especially when they are black!!!
@teetee
this IS race related .. and the whites will one day get their ’shots’ .. one day .. ***** a white today .. all you married to whites, i can’t see how .. how do you discuss issues when shyt like this is on the news? sleeping with the devil aint a cute look blacks
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Well, then if you feel that way, get ready to be insulted and be ready to listen to other blks tell you how ignorant and wrong, you are for thinking that way….Never mind it just happens to be the truth…I just worry about me & mine…You cannot reason or talk to most of these blks. You just can’t. They love swirling, so let them contniue to have at it. Equal Opportunity, ya know, (at least until something goes wrong..)
continue*- excuse typo
@Give Daddy Some sugar- “This is a sad, sad day because one would think that with a Black president, Black men would be perceived differently by those truly in power. I guess not.”
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Your feeling wouldn’t be hurt if you didn’t believe everything you see…
You should know better than that..
A blk man in a suit, is still a n-gger.
A blk homeless man in a prk is a n-gger.
A president who happens to be black
is still a n-gger,
Kanye said it, no matter how bigyou get you still a n-gger in a coupe.
They look at all of us, the same, there is no
difference. They just tell you that…And what’s so bad, is that you believed it…
THIS COUNTRY HSAS NEVER RESPECTED THE BLK MAN.
NEVER.
should’ve been HAS..
@Sell out
Bossip didn’t shine the spotlight on the Mexicans in California killing black people in their own neighborhoods did they. But yet they constantly make a big deal when black/white issues arrive. Bossip writers are predominately in California and after reading some of their recent stories, I wouldn’t be shocked to learn that most of the writers at Bossip are now Hispanic. Bossip is owned by a Jewish guy anyway.
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Bossip is owned by a Jewish woman.
Yes, your post was accurate other than that..
@ Love None
You’re right…if everyone involved in the case, including the guy who Edwards was chasing in the first place, backs up the white cops story. Then of course I’m going not going to believe them. It’s all a conspiracy against the black man.
I’m not nieve. I do know the diffirance between a racially motivated killing and a mistake. This was an unfortunate mistake. I honestly believe that if Edwards were to rise from the dead and back up the cops story too there are some people that still wouldn’t believe him.
The sad fact is if you take color out of the issue then *****ody would say anything. If the cop that shot Edwards was black then everybody would agree that it was an accident. But that fact that it was a white cop black people want to scream racism. SMH
@Brnhornet- I respect your opinion but at the end of the day you will see that most likely they did not even bother to find out what the story was. In most cases white or black the code of a police officer is to shoot first and ask questions later. Most of the police officers have that let me get them before they get me attitude which the streets foster but if someone is not shooting at you first most likely they are in a official capacity. I had the chance to get my Private Investigator license at one point and because of scenarios just like this I decided against it!!! The stuff you see on TV where they chase and knock them down criminals even if they don’t have a weapon is just not reality.
Pig on Pig violence – WHADDAYA’ GONNA DO?
@Brnhornet- I respect your opinion but at the end of the day you will see that most likely they did not even bother to find out what the story was. In most cases white or black the code of a police officer is to shoot first and ask questions later.
Most police officers have a let me get them before they get me attitude which the streets foster but if someone is not shooting at you first most likely they are in a official capacity. I had the chance to get my Private Investigator license at one point and because of scenarios just like this I decided against it!!! The stuff you see on TV where they chase and knock down criminals even if they don’t have a weapon is just not reality.
If race isn’t a part of the equation, then why are more minority officers the victims of accidental shootings by other officers, as noted by the NY Times? Why is it that the policy seems to be shoot first, ask questions later when it comes to cases involving black men? The NYPD has a history of excessive violence against black suspects, from Amadou Diallo to Sean Bell (shot — the victim in this case happened to be a fellow officer, also shot multiple times.
The disparities in the treatment of black and brown suspects have been examined in-depth. Below is a summary from a study released in January on racial profiling in NYC:
“January 15, 2009, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released its preliminary *****ysis of UF-250, or “stop-and-frisk,” data from 2005 to the first half of 2008, the years covering a cl***** action racial profiling lawsuit filed by the Center in early 2008. A ruling last September by U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin required the NYPD to make public all stop-and-frisk data from1998 through the present in relation to the case, Floyd v. City of New York. This is the first time this data has been made publicly available. According to CCR’s report, it shows significant racial disparity in who is stopped and how they are treated, indicating the need for important reforms to the oversight of the New York City Police Department.
The report *****yses nearly 1,600,000 NYPD stops of New Yorkers over a period of 3.5 years. From 2005 to 2008, approximately 80 percent of total stops made were of Blacks and Latinos, who comprise 25 percent and 28 percent of New York City’s total population, respectively. During this same time period, only approximately 10 percent of stops were of Whites, who comprise 44 percent of the city’s population.”
A tragic irony in this case is that the white officer, Dunton, was on the force for more than four years — Officer Edwards was the rookie. It would be natural to have *****umed the reverse, based on how many times Dunton shot his 9mm at his fellow officer.
Below is a quote from Edwards’ father:
Edwards’ father couldn’t fathom how such a fatal mistake could happen.
“If a police officer sees someone with a gun, you don’t just fire without asking questions or trying to apprehend the person,” said Ricardo Edwards, 72. “If the person was firing at a police officer, I understand.”
In West Memphis, Ark. cops killed a 12 yr old boy walking down the street at night whom they said had a pistol, but family and witness say that the little boy had a soda and a bag of potato chips. Whether we will admit it or not it’s a white and black thing that evidently some dont understand.
@ Love Hate
I agree with you. Just in this particular case I do not beleive it was racially motivated. You can take anybody cop or no cop. You have a gun and a total stranger is running towards (after you told him to drop it) you with his gun in hand how many of you would wait to see what his intentions are. It sounds nice and logical but when you have a split second do decide and it’s either you or them.
My condolences go out to both of them.
*fired his 9mm*
I think I heard of the Arkansas case. There was also the shooting this year of Robbie Tolan in Texas and the widely publicized shooting death of Oscar Grant in Oakland.
“…Just in this particular case I do not beleive it was racially motivated…”
@ brnhornet
Racially motivated does not have to mean the shooting cop outwardly hated blacks. It is more of a testimonial of how we are ALL programmed by media images and the such that blacks are criminals. A black man running around with a gun is perceived as a criminal and the thought that he could have been a law enforcement officer was the last thing on their mind. Cops are trained to discharge their weapons only when they are sure of the target….this cop was sure his target, Brother Edwards was a criminal. That is not excusable and IS racially motivated. A white guy running around with a gun would have been given the benefit of the doubt. There was no doubt present in this case.
Hey Syd!!
“You have a gun and a total stranger is running towards (after you told him to drop it) you with his gun in hand ”
@ anybody (Syd, I’m sure you know this)
Didn’t I hear the bullets entered through his back?
I think in this case, the rational minded should chalk this up as an unfortunate comedy of errors. I don’t think anyone can fault the shooters of racism, due to the location, the time, and the actual scenario: UNIDENTIFIED BLACK GUY WITH GUN IN HAND PURSUING ANOTHER PERSON – Like I said, a comedy of errors.
something like that happen here in Norfolk, Va about a year ago….So Damn Sad….
Hey Ill!
Yes, the fatal shot reportedly entered Officer Edwards’ back. I posted links to articles above.
@ Illuminate the truth
Saying that if the Edwards had been white he would’ve been given the benefit of the doubt is neither here nor there. *****ody knows. I repesct how you feel I just don’t feel that way. If I was in that situaction I would have shot him too. I don’t take any joy from saying that ut it’s the truth. I think everyone would have done them same. Cops are trained so that saftey is the number one priority. People forget that they are human and they are just as scared as anybody else.
I’ve said in my past post that everyone should put themselves in the white cops position and then say what they would do. And anybody who says they would they would wait until they knew what was going on is a lie. When you’re in fear for your life you shot first and ask later.
This just like something dat happened on the 3rd season of The Wire.
@ brnhornet
OK…Syd answered my question…he was shot in the back…he had no chance to identify himself.
Listen, I respect your opinion and I’m not saying you don’t make a valid point but to think race doesn’t play a part, even in a indirect way, is naive.
Example: I was taking a friend to work one night not that long ago (graveyard shift…about 11:30pm) but he was running a litle late. Realizing this and the fact he had me waiting on him, he of course ran from his apt complex to where I was waiting in the car for him. We drove about a mile up the hwy and stopped for gas. The next thing I know I was surrounded by red lights and I was face first laying on the pavement with a 9mm pressed to the back of my head…..all because a black man running late for work was PERCEIVED to be doing something criminal. Should I excuse them for that? I never did nor will I excuse the cops for their actions in this case.
I respect your opinion and I’m not claiming to know all the cir*****stances in this case….but human nature is human nature…..and a nervous white cop in a black neighborhood will always see a black with a gun as an immediate threat. I guess the same way I view a white guy with a gun.
BTW, no I can’t say for certain that if that was a white guy running with a gun what the outcome would have been. I know where I would bet my money though. Where would you?
So SAD!!! If he had been white. they would have told him to…DROP THE GUN BEFORE I SHOOT!!! But when your black they shoot first and ask questions later.
They were in a cop car which I’m guessing was equipped with siren and lights. Why not use both (audible and visual) to insure the person you are chasing is aware you are there. I’m sure if that was the case, Omar would have immediately dropped his weapon and identified himself.
He was shot in the back!!! How could the cops even be sure that he knew he was there. There was a case in NY not too long ago with almost the same cir*****stances. In the prior case, the killed black officer was on duty (undercover) and wearing “the colors of the day” to identify himself to fellow officers as an undercover cop. He too was shot in the back. Perception outweighed procedure.
@brnhornet: Are you really that naive?!? I’m a journalist who has worked in NYC (hence, my moniker Lois Lane). I have dealt with NYC cops many times. They are the most racist cops in America. You keep harping on the fact that Edwards didn’t drop the gun and was running toward the other cop. THAT’S WHAT THE POLICE ARE SAYING HAPPENING….and they lie ALL THE TIME to cover their *****es! They don’t want the city to get sued. Sometimes their lies only come to light when the medical examiner reveals that someone was shot in the back. There is no way Edwards could have been running toward the cop and gotten shot in the back.
Furthermore, why wouldn’t Edwards have fallen back? Do you think he WANTED TO get shot? He knows that if he continued pointing the gun, he risked getting shot. The guy he was chasing was a petty thief, not a serial killer. If he got away, so be it.
Do not believe everything you read in the newspaper! The staffs are mostly white and they just repeat what the cops say. And the cops lie!
If Edwards were white, this never would have happened because if the other officer saw a white man with a gun chasing a Latino man in Harlem, he would have automatically *****umed the man was a cop. But he automatically *****umed Edwards was a criminal because he thinks most black men are criminals. Edwards was a victim of stereotyping aka RACISM.
One more thing: Notice how even after they shot the man SIX times and he’s lying on the ground, they STILL handcuffed him?!?!
RIP, Officer Edwards.
“The next thing I know I was surrounded by red lights and I was face first laying on the pavement with a 9mm pressed to the back of my head…..all because a black man running late for work was PERCEIVED to be doing something criminal.”
Oh, wow, Ill. How terrifying for you. I’m so sorry you experienced that. . .
@Ill
I just looked at the NY Times homepage, nytimes.com, and there’s a new story that mentions the other police shooting case I think you referenced. More below:
Its serried ranks are more diverse than ever, its training and rules on the use of force more rigorous than in the past, yet the New York New York Police Department still struggles with the problem of fraternal shootings across the color line. Beginning with the first such shooting in 1940, when white officers in Harlem mistook a black officer, John A. Holt Jr., for a burglar and shot him dead in his own apartment building, these relatively rare shootings come attended by an air of political ritual: protesters march, panels are appointed and reforms are most often accepted by police commissioners.
After a white officer shot and killed an undercover detective, William Capers, in 1972, the department drew up guidelines intended to prevent fraternal fire and undercover officers began wearing their badges on strings around their necks.
In 1994, after a white officer fired shots into the back of a black undercover transit officer, Desmond Robinson, the police commissioner, William J. Bratton, acknowledged what seemed painfully obvious to black undercover officers — the department needed to appoint a panel to examine the racial *****umptions of their white colleagues.
“It’s a reality,” Mr. Bratton said. “Minority officers are at risk.”
What a tragic and unfortunate incident, i feel like if the cop said drop the gun and he posed a threat, yes the shooting is justifiable, but if he was shot in the back i don’t see how that could be the case.
@ Lois Lane- I concur 200%!! Crackers, I’ll tell you!!
RIP my brother!
More from the NY Times article:
Instinctual judgments about race and crime are woven into the culture of the streets. “We tend to pretend in the police force that we don’t see race, we don’t see ethnicity, but we do,” said Senator Adams, the former police captain. “One of my cops once said that if he sees a non-uniformed black man with a gun, he takes precautions for himself; if he sees a white guy with a gun, he takes precautions for both because he knows it could be a fellow cop.”
Desmond Robinson lived this experience. In 1994, in the confusion of the 53rd Street subway station, he chased a teenager with a gun. Another undercover officer, Peter Del-Debbio, who is white, came from the other direction and fired at Officer Robinson, the last few shots pumped into his back at close range.
Officer Del-Debbio was convicted of second-degree *****ault and sentenced to five years’ probation. Officer Robinson recovered and left the force.
I guess if you’re a black off-duty cop, you need to walk around with your badge around your neck, and a ” i am a cop don’t shoot me t-shirt” smh
Hello Snoop
hey syd
We will never know if it’s based off subconscious racism. To me, it’s based off of officers who…no matter what color they are, get overly excited when it comes to their guns and don’t know when it’s appropriate to yell at someone to stop or to pull out their gun.
“to think race doesn’t play a part, even in a indirect way, is naive.”
Actually it’s not naive to think that. It’s called forming an opinion based upon what’s presented. We were not presented a scenario of what this officer did when the off-duty cop was a white person. We will never know. A better conclusion, would be to say this officer isn’t trained properly in how to handle nonthreatening situations. He could have been the same officer pulling a gun on someone jaywalking: his actions speak more to how he was improperly trained than him being racist. Now if the n word were being thrown around and he has a history of racism, then those facts should come out.
@Illuminate Truth & and Lois Lane
You two have said it better than anyone in this thread!!!
And anyone with that “I’m so sick of everything being a race issue” response is simply blinded by the fact that that is the attitude whites love for you to have when they blatantly MURDER one of your brothers or sisters! No, everything is NOT a race issue but when you have a white cop that MURDERS and black cop, says that he was coming toward him with a gun yet he was shot in the back, I think it pretty much speaks for itself.
SMH
Doesn’t surprise me. The police are the real criminals. They get too trigger-happy and too spooked, whenever they come across someone of color.
So, I think from now on, officers of color, especially black ones, need to make sure that they get to know as many cops as possible. Because if they don’t, they’ll get mistaken for the rest of us, and well, you already read what can happen when that’s the case.
AWW MAN THIS ***** IS NEVER GONNA GET BETTER. I FEEL BAD FOR THIS WORLD.
AND I FEEL BAD FOR ALL OF US IN IT
brnhornet- thanks for posting that. people should READ YOUR POST before they post some dumb sh*t like this.
I have read all the comments here and I will admit that a black man, through stereotype and some of it our fault, is perceived as more of a threat than a black man. However if that were true than I ask you this: AT WHAT POINT DO YOU PUT YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THE MEN WITH YOU AT RISK?
Cops are not paid to take risk. They are not paid to dodge bullets. When someone is in front of you with a deadly weapon, just for safety sake, you have to *****ume the worst. Another question: IF SOMEONE BREAKS INTO YOUR HOUSE AND YOU HAVE A GUN AND YOU DON’T KNOW WEATHER THAT PERSON HAS ONE OR NOT. ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT AND ASK THAT PERSON WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE? SIR ARE YOU HERE TO ROB ME OR DO PHYSICAL HARM OR BOTH? ARE YOU ARMED? IS THER ANYBODY ELSE WITH YOU?
No, you’re going to shoot first because you fear for your life. Why do we expect less for cops when it is a black man involved. Now I know that America is racist and as a by product so are some cops. But not all of them. For those that have had bad experiences with cops I’m sorry that happend to you. But to paint all cops racist because of that act is the same as whites thinking that all black men are thugs and criminals. We will never beat them if we have the same idiology as them.
As far as the bullet in the back anybody that has been shot, this includes me, will tell you that when a bullet hits you your body contorts. Could have ben that when Edwards got hit woth that 1st round he decided that what he was doing was not a good idea. I don’t wish to speak ill of the dead but he was dumb. He made a bad decision and unfortunatly it cost him his life.
@brnhornet
“Could have ben that when Edwards got hit woth that 1st round he decided that what he was doing was not a good idea. I don’t wish to speak ill of the dead but he was dumb. He made a bad decision and unfortunatly it cost him his life.”
Wow. . .
“I don’t wish to speak ill of the dead”
That’s what you just did. SMH.
@ Syd
The point I was trying to make is that the decision he made was not a smart one. I don’t think anyone will disagree with that.
@brnhornet
You don’t know what decision Officer Edwards made — all you have is what the police are sharing, which as someone mentioned, may or may not be the truth. This is the first time a white cop has shot a black officer, and, as reported as recent as today, it is known that some officers hold race-based *****umptions that color their judgments.
For you to say that this officer who leaves behind a wife and two young sons was “dumb” is unconscionable and callous.
*as recently as today*
IF THIS DONT TELL YALL SOMETHING NOTHING WILL!!!I TOLD YALL IN A DIFFERENT POST THAT THE POLICE HAVE DECLARED WAR ON ANY NOTE THE WORD ANY PERSON OF COLOR,AND WHITES WHO *****OCIATE WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR!!!THIS MAN WAS A FELLOW POLICE OFFICER!!!OH A BLACK FELLOW POLICE OFFICER!!!THE RACIST PIG THAT SHOT HIM SAW COLOR 1ST AND POW!!!PEACE AND BE SAFE!!!
The situation is ridiculous.But to me, just my personal opinion. It sounds like a set up! Just so happen a black cop getting off work, found a guy going threw his car and takes off running after him and he gets shot by other cops. What happen they didn’t identify themselves before shooting. Was the black cop running with his gun drawn or with it by his side?… Lots of questions?
I love my angel.
============== THIS ISNT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO A BLACK COP!!!! THIS IS AS BAD AS ***** CHENEY SHOOTING SOMEONE WHILE HUNTING!!!!! BLACK COPS GONA HAVE TO WEAR THAT ORANGE HUNTING JACKET WHEN THEY CHASING SUSPECTS; WHILE HOLDING A BANNER @ THE SAME TIME WITH NEON LIGHTS FLASHING SAYING” DONT SHOOT ME IM A COP, IN ORDER NOT TO BE SHOT AT THEMSELVES!!!! DONT MAKE NO KINDA SENSE!!!!
WHY SHOULD THE OFFICER HAVE DROPPED HIS WEAPON HE IS A COP HIMSELF.THEY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED HIM,GOT SOME IDENTIFICATION LIKE THEY DO EVERY OTHA BROTHA IN AMERICA AND THEY WOULD VE KNOWN HE WAS COP!!!RIP EDWARDS…TO THE SHOOTER I HOPE YOUR RACIST PIG ***** GETS FRIED TIL I SMELL BACON YOU DIRTY CORRUPT SOB!!!PEACE!!!
@It is more of a testimonial of how we are ALL programmed by media images and the such that blacks are criminals. A black man running around with a gun is perceived as a criminal and the thought that he could have been a law enforcement officer was the last thing on their mind. Cops are trained to discharge their weapons only when they are sure of the target….this cop was sure his target, Brother Edwards was a criminal. That is not excusable and IS racially motivated. A white guy running around with a gun would have been given the benefit of the doubt. There was no doubt present in this case.
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Truth and directly to the heart of the matter.
We have ALL been programmed, against anything that remotely has color…
Even in this case of injustice, some of you are still trying to justify shooting a black officer, IN THE BACK…
SHOOT FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER, IF YOU ARE BLK..
@marquis- you really are an idiot.. Te only error that was made, was them shooting and killing a blk police officer. There is no justification for it.
Bottom line.
that should’ve been “The”
excuse typo
brown hornet MUST be white
with the racist opinions and bs
that continually falls out of his computer…
All police precincts should be retrained and there
should be a clear set procedure that must be
followed. In this case, the officer who shot the
blk officer should be punished. He should be
fired, brought up on charges, conviced, jailed and
sued…
convicted *
A dog’s life is worth than a blk man.
Yes, even in 2009. This is why people see nothing
wrong with treating blks subpar. We accept it…
I’ll bet anybody 10 to 1 odds, that the officer
that did this, will get off, scott-free and the
blks will accept it, the same way they always do…
EQUALITY, RIGHT? EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW,
RIGHT? If they can do this to a blk cop and get
away with it, the average bk person has a snow
***** chance in hell…. But no, there’s no
racism… SMDH
Not knowing all the facts, this is yet another disturbing incident done by NYC cops… Years ago, a black undercover detective got shot by one of his own ppl in a similar cir*****stance.. The black officer is paralyzed and traumatized yrs later by the shooting, but the white officer was found guilty and lost his job and no jail time… Go figure…..
blk person *
THIS ISNT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO A BLACK COP!!!!
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And it certainly won’t be the last time, either…
I read thru all these comments…..and afta reading every article our paper had on this, i’ve just concluded it was a tragic accident. No one wants to say that the young cop didn’t follow procedure, cuz it sounds bad, but he was a rookie. He made a rookie mistake that cost him his life. And the whole thing is sad
And four years on the police force is nothing….thats a pup
I CAN’T STAND PECKERWOODS!!! WHITE PEOPLE ARE RACIST AND IF ANYONE WHITE IS READING THIS, DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU WORK FOR BOSSIP OR NOT. ***** YO MOMMY, YO RACE ETC… EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU. WHITE PEOPLE ARE EVIL TOWARDS BLACKS, PLUS THEY STINK AND CAN’T STAY IN THE UN LONG
@ brnhornet wut the f word u THINK they gonna say?? u really believe he would run at the d’s and not drop his gun stupid??? u sound like a sellout n*gga… type to eat you cherios in the morning n explain why sh*t isnt racist all the time and how black people always make excuses…
fact IS… this sounds like they made a judgment about a black man running down the street with a gun in harlem because HE WAS BLACK… n shot that n*gga in the back str8 up n down…
@ always knew
Actually I’m a black man. And for you to *****ume I’m white simply because my opinion does not agree with yours is based on the same racism and stereotype that you claim to dislike.
@ syd
I meant no disrepect towards Edwards. He made a bad decision. It does not speak ill of his character or his family. To go running down the street in NY with a gun in your hand is not the best course of action.
This could of been avoided maybe if police officer Edwards was wearing his shield around his neck, instead of carrying it in his pocket.
I do think that the white cop did not stop to consider Officer Edwards to be law enforcement because he was a black man with a gun in the streets of NYC. Police officers are trained to be suspicious of everyone especially black people. This is tragic on all accounts.
@brnhornet
@ always knew
Actually I’m a black man. And for you to *****ume I’m white simply because my opinion does not agree with yours is based on the same racism and stereotype that you claim to dislike.
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Excuse me, for thinking that you were
a white man…My commnts didn’t come from you not agreeing with my posts..I just didn’t think that someone sharing the same skin,could be so cruel and disrespecting of someone, who was the same color. So no, it’s not from the racism that I ‘claim to hate’, it was mainly based off the really mean and unnecessary comments that you mde in regards to the blk officer, that lost his life.
BTW: White men with guns run down the streets, all the time, they don’t get killed for it. Only black men do. I think maybe you should wake up and get a clue. You may be a cop, or *security* but you don’t know what everyone thinks and you are a poor excuse for even suggesting that maybe, it was his own fault. Yeah, it was his fault,for being blk…
INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT does NOT equal SMART…
especially in your case..
@kizo-”fact IS… this sounds like they made a judgment about a black man running down the street with a gun in harlem because HE WAS BLACK… n shot that n*gga in the back str8 up n down…”
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That is pretty much, the point being made..
BOTTOM LINE..
RIP edward
KILL THAT WHITE ANIMAL MOTHER *****ER AND CALL IT AN ACCIDENT.IM TIRED OF NEWYORK *****S AND *****S KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE.
I SWEAR I WANNA GO TO ONE OF THE PRECINTS AND UNLEASH THE BEAST.
@wats in my pocket dawwwg..BIG FACE HUNDREDS!!
I have a lot of disdain towards police officers as well. A lot of them are corrupt as well as racist. The only thing we can do is continue to speak out against the injustices that occur in the police department. Cool heads always prevail in the end.
treasure
i know,i know,but how much more can we take,how many more examples must be made.every time this happends….what…theirs a al sharpton march…***** that.someone needs to stand up and put some fear in these cowards hearts..i swear i feel like a jihad or a taliban right now..i just wanna strap up and make an example out of these motha *****az
Most of us don’t care when we are killing each other. But when some other race do it we go crazy. Many of our black people lack respect for each other and don’t value life, why would another race respect or value our lives when it’s clear our own people don’t. I know people are going to be *****ed, but it’s the truth. I didn’t see many people getting *****ed off when the rapper kid got killed last week, or was it ok because he was killed by another black guy?
@Shantell
people like myself are outraged because this cop was killed and racism was a factor.
The police are suppose to protect and serve. We are tired of these officers wearing a badge of honor while they are corrupt. Police Officers are trained to attack. We do not want Officers filled with racist views wearing gear to brutalize us all because of mistaken identity, the wrong motion, or any other unjustifiable notion they may conjure up. This kind of injustice regarding Officer
Edwards calls for a public outcry.
The rapper who was killed last week was more of a domestic dispute over a girl. No one can stop someone from becoming enraged and deciding to exact revenge and take a life.
They had an episode of The Wire were the same exact thing happened, talk about life imitating art!
One thing that everyone had missed was that, as a trained officer Edwards would never ran towards another officer with a gun. He would most likely identify himself as a fellow officer and explaining to them the whole situation.
roflmao@BOSSIP OWNED BY A JEWISH WOMAN
“always knew
@marquis- you really are an idiot.. Te only error that was made, was them shooting and killing a blk police officer. There is no justification for it.
Bottom line.”
LOL! No, always ignorant…As always, you and your ilk are allowing your typical female emotions to cir*****vent your “QUESTIONABLE” judgment and intelligence. By your rationale, every police officer should have E.S.P..
What transpired was an unscrewed up reaction to a screwed up situation: UNIDENTIFIED BLACK GUY WITH GUN IN HAND PURSUING ANOTHER PERSON. Trust me, anyother officer (in all probability) would’ve reacted the same way…You being a black woman who (I might add) was recently apprising Sydney on your situation with the drama going on with your (perceived) Mexican problem, can certainly empathize with the precariousness of being a cop, and how dangerous it can be. Officer Edwards, made a bad judgment call by continuing to pursue a petty thief while recklessly carrying a gun in hand, while undercover…Do you honestly believe that he would’ve been shot if he was in full uniform? No he wouldn’t! I reiterate, this was nothin’ more than an unscrewed up reaction to a screwed up situation.
What justice ???? This is a sad accident. You have a plain clothed cop who chases someone with his gun drawn because the guy broke into his car. Instead of calling for a uniformed cop and identifying himself he chased this guy p***** another undercover police care with his gun drawn. If you had been in this situation you would have shot. I’m sure if you check regulation this cop violated a few while off duty. People grow a brain and stop making everything a race issue.
For each of you who want to holler race. When a black man come running towards you with a gun I want to see how many of you will think ” a police offier” and ” he going to rob me”. I’m Black and i’m truly tired of the BS we make an issue. I’m truly sorry for thing young man and his family this is a accident. Auto insurance would have paid for the damage to the car, but a life is lost. Not to mention that the guy who broke into the car was unarmed.
For each of you who want to holler race. When a black man come running towards you with a gun I want to see how many of you will think ” a police offier” or ” he’s going to rob me”. I’m Black and i’m truly tired of the BS we make an issue. I’m truly sorry for thing young man and his family this is a accident. Auto insurance would have paid for the damage to the car, but a life is lost. Not to mention that the guy who broke into the car was unarmed.
@ Illuminate Truth Your story is so sad. I want to say more but I can’t think of anything to say other than stay strong.
I am wondering if the gun shot in the back could have happened after Officer Edwards was down. Which of course would be excessive.
BOTTOM LINE: HE’S JUST ANOTHER DEAD AZZ *****!!!!!!!!!!!
@ *Treasure*
“This could of been avoided maybe if police officer Edwards was wearing his shield around his neck, instead of carrying it in his pocket.”
I don’t see how the pursuing officers could see a shield on the front of the officer who is ahead of them. Besides if an officer is off-duty why would he display his badge?
@ Samantha
I agree with you that Officer Edwards should have let the criminal rummaging in his car go. Once he chased the criminal off the only real loss would have been the smashed car window. I am betting there wasn’t anything valuable in the car. A police officer would know better than to leave something expensive in his car. Of course this is a separate issue than that of the white officers who shot him.
I do feel race was involved there. One would think that the man running with a gun drawn is either an off-duty or undercover cop. I don’t think I have ever heard of criminals chasing someone with guns drawn. Wouldn’t that raise suspicion? Aren’t most shootings are done on the sly like drive-bys? My condolences to the Edwards family.
JeJoro
Police officers took an oath. They are required to intervene if a crime is occurring in their presence. If they don’t it is considered an act of cowardice, which goes on their record.
@Lois Lane
You are absolutely right! Like a cop is going to admit that he fired his weapon just because he saw a ni99er with a gun. Of course he is going to add boolshyt to the story. Now please tell me… how logical and believable is it that an off-duty COP with a GUN is going to run towards another COP with a GUN??? I am sure while in the academy, they are taught some type of procedure to follow when they are approached by another officer while off-duty, and have no reason to believe that Officer Edwards wouldn’t or didn’t follow protocol. Even if they don’t address that at the police academy, I would certainly hope that they wouldn’t give a badge to someone who couldn’t sense that danger of doing what the yt officers “CLAIM” he did… based off of what they are saying, he would have had to have been boo-boo the fool. I’m not believing a word of what those white cops said. Hell, they know a damn riot would break out if the truth came out.
I HAVE BEEN A PLOICE OFFICER FOR 34 YEARS. I STILL FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A POLICE OFFICER WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND WOULD TURN TOWARDS ANOTHER OFFICER WITH SAID GUN. WHY DID ONLY ONE OFFICER SHOOT? IF HE TURNED WITH THE GUN IN HIS HAND SHOULDN’T ALL OF THE OFFICERS HAVE FELT THREATENED AND FIRED? I CAN TELL YOU THIS; IF IT WAS A WHITEMAN/OFFICER CHASING ANYONE WITH GUN IN HAND, THE PURSUING OFFICER(S) WOULD HAVE *****UMED HE WAS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND NOT FIRED. THIS ***** REALLY NEEDS TO STOP.
awww guess he wont get to kill his fellow black men like he signed up for. punk ***** coon
y the ***** cant/didnt they shoot the legs?!?!?! i mean, even if he was a criminal what is killin him gonna solve????
shot the damn legs or the arms
THIS IS SO SAD. BLACK MEN STOP LIVING THE LIFE THAT WILL HAND A WHITE PERSON A REASON TO PULL YOU OVER OR SHOOT YOU. RACIAL PROFILING IS BIG TIMING BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE USUALLY THE CULPRIT OF CRIME LIKE THIS.
BLACK WOMEN START RAISING YOUR YOUNG BLACK CHILDREN TO NOT LISTEN TO VULGAR RAP, PIMP MUSIC, AND KEEP THEM POSITIVE MINDED EDUCATED AND WITH A NON THUG MENTALITY.
THIS WAY LESS OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN!
BLACK MEN STOP SELLING DRUGS AND DOING PETTY CRIMES!!!
STOP HAVING BAD CREDIT AND WORKING A ***** POOR JOB!
STOP HAVING MANY CHILDREN! IF YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM YOU WOULDN’T HAVE SO MANY!!!!
STOP SETTLING FOR A JOB AND GET A DAM CAREER!!!
STOP NOT TAKING CARE OF YOUR KIDS FINANCIALLY!
STOP NOT BEING A FATHER OR NOT BEING A CONSTANT PRESENCE IN YOUR CHILD OR NOT SPENDING ALOT OF QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN!
BLACK MEN START BEING MEN! IF SO THE WHITE MAN WILL GET AWAY WITH THIS LESS!!!!
he was off duty and should have minded his own bizness!
How was the cop who killed him supposed to know?
I mean if anyone is in plain clothes running after someone with a gun, wtf do you expect?
May he rest in peace, though.
@brnhornet
brnhornet quote: “Cops are not paid to take risk. They are not paid to dodge bullets. When someone is in front of you with a deadly weapon, just for safety sake, you have to *****ume the worst. Another question: IF SOMEONE BREAKS INTO YOUR HOUSE AND YOU HAVE A GUN AND YOU DON’T KNOW WEATHER THAT PERSON HAS ONE OR NOT. ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT AND ASK THAT PERSON WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE? SIR ARE YOU HERE TO ROB ME OR DO PHYSICAL HARM OR BOTH? ARE YOU ARMED? IS THER ANYBODY ELSE WITH YOU?
No, you’re going to shoot first because you fear for your life. Why do we expect less for cops when it is a black man involved.”
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The reason we expect a policeman/woman to act differently in that situation is because they are TRAINED to do so. AND, they are paid to take risk. Actually, their whole job is based on risk-*****essment and risk-management. That’s what police do, so to say they aren’t paid for that is ridiculous. That’s why they are supposed to raise their gun, find cover, and announce their presence. I wouldn’t be surprised if the only person that yelled POLICE was Officer Omar. And as a police officer, shooting to kill is your last resort. The shooting officer made that his first resort. Either because a) He isn’t good at his job or b) he thought the Black Brother wouldn’t be missed. I’m leaning toward the second due to the lack of protocol. Obama is the Pres, but a lot of you are ignorant thinking racism is gone. It’s still here and maybe more than ever. Racists were protected and comfortable under Bush, lessening their actions, but under Obama, racists are uniting against diversity. Racism is more an issue now than ever and we shouldn’t be scared to call it by name.
@Hannibal Pimp. You’re a damn clown. Is it not your business if a man smashed your window and is searching through your car?
THATS A DAMN SHAME….THATS SOME BULLSHI…..N.Y.P.D NEEDS A WHOLE LOT OF BASIC TRAINING WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK PEOPLE EVERYBODY AINT ALWAYS RUNNING FROM THE POLICE AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE HE WAS A OFFICER….THEY ALL NEED THEYRE BADGE REMOVED….
@Marquis de Sade
“always knew
@marquis- you really are an idiot.. Te only error that was made, was them shooting and killing a blk police officer. There is no justification for it.
Bottom line.”
LOL! No, always ignorant…As always, you and your ilk are allowing your typical female emotions to cir*****vent your “QUESTIONABLE” judgment and intelligence. By your rationale, every police officer should have E.S.P..
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Actually thy should have a standard operating procedure that doesn’t involve killing blks…
typical female emotions? You are really stupid. What does how I am feeling have to do with the facts that were released. No, not only are you bad at blogging, maybe you need another gig…
What transpired was an unscrewed up reaction to a screwed up situation: UNIDENTIFIED BLACK GUY WITH GUN IN HAND PURSUING ANOTHER PERSON. Trust me, anyother officer (in all probability) would’ve reacted the same way…
“You being a black woman who (I might add) was recently apprising Sydney on your situation with the drama going on with your (perceived) Mexican problem, can certainly empathize with the precariousness of being a cop, and how dangerous it can be. ”
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Actualy, I live in a border state, there is no perceived problem. We have become the kidnapping capital of the United States. 80% of violence in AZ is caused by Hispanics. Just because I don’t agree with Sydney (who does not live here, so she wouldn’t understand the situation)…I don’t alays agree with Sydney, but we can agree to disagree. The only timeI get out of pocket, is when soem dirtball like yourself addresses me in a less than respectful manner. So yeah, I can have civil discussions, as long as the person I am conversing with can be resepectful, otherwise, it’s open season.. I didn’t know you followed me like that…
I love what SMDH says to you and about you on the regular. She’s the only one that will tolerate or even deal with you on a regualr basis.
40 yr old working at a jewish blog site trshing blk women. Wow! If only everyone could be so successful…
jk
Officer Edwards, made a bad judgment call by continuing to pursue a petty thief while recklessly carrying a gun in hand, while undercover…Do you honestly believe that he would’ve been shot if he was in full uniform?
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You don’t know that. It had also stated that mant officers in NY, that have been off-duty, have also been shot and some killed…
The policies still weren’t changed.
They still operate the same way KNOWING that it endangers people’s lives…
No, I would say that’s not a mistake, that’s murder…
Kindly refrain from exposing your intelligence level by the retarded and unthought through comments that you make, in an effort to be as insulting as you can…I don’t take offense, after all you are is a blogger working at someone’s elses’ company, most likely for minimum wage…
Have a good day! Have an even better life!
BTW: always smile
at your enemies, it drives them crazy 
And I don;t have a clique or group, that went out in high school, you wouldn’t know that since all you have is a G.E.D.
For those mama’s and daddies that always will say to you ” the system works for all “.
Well….this is the realamerican system for you.
My boyfriend was arrested by these same officers a few months back and they were anything but professional. They made racial comments, referring to us as animals, *****aulted my boyfriend while he was in handcuffs and all because they’d thought he was just another young black male up to no good. The cop that actually shot Officer Edwards is the one who *****aulted my boyfriend and of course we filed a complaint but the process is really slow. These cops ride around Harlem thinking they own the streets administering their own kind of justice and it’s always us getting lost in the cross fire. When they come across someone educated and productive (my boyfriend has worked for the city for over ten years) they don’t see that….they just see a black face and in their minds that’s not to be respected.
Peace and strength to the Edwards family.
Bossip is always tryna make shhh a race issue. The cops saw a man with a gun in his hand chasing another man. Do you really think they’re gonna sit there and contemplate whether it may be an off duty officer!? F*** Y** Bossip
Here’s a question for y’all. Since the brother was shot dead, who is giving out the info saying what happened? The white cops say the brother was chasing someone with his gun out. How do we know that’s even true since the brother is dead and can’t say what happened. Maybe the white cop just shot the brother cause he was running and made up the story about the gun. All I know is black men in NYC better walk, not run, especially at night.
Mahogany,
You need to get your story out. Call every “good” radio station in NYC and tell them this.
The story doesn’t make any sense to me. You mean a police officer, yes a rookie but an officer of 4 years, turned to another police offiver with his gun in his hand, pointing it at them? Then he got shot 6 times, somehow in the back?
No..no…this doesn’t seem right to me at all. It doesn’t sound like a “rookie mistake.” Sounds like a “police ***** up” to me. There are too many conflicting stories, what with the testimony of the officer and where to bullets actually fell. The absurd amount of shots fired is what is striking me as well.
This may very well have nothing to do with race, but I think someone, or some people, are lying. Something just doesn’t sit right with me about this story at all.
fuccccccck theeeeeee holicccccccce!!!
I hate to say this but they both are at fault. With all the white people who are moving into harlem, as a black person you don’t run through no housing project with a gun out period. Cop or not. You are just asking for trouble. As for the cop who did the shooting I’m not surprised.
This is indeed horrible…However….How the ***** you gone draw down on a dude for breaking in your car…abuse of that pig ***** power you flexin…Karma is a motha*****a…which brings me to point number 2: Pigs are all blue, real talk.
@Samantha
@brnhornet
@ anybody else who confused by this ish!
It both saddens and seriously worries me that people such as you can display such blatant naivety! I know this has been said by other commenters, but the level to which you people are willing to listen and believe the stories of a people who have LIED TO YOU FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS is astounding! I live in London, and unfortunately, I’m sure most Black and Brown folks in America haven’t a clue to the issues WE have with the police over here, but given the publicity that the American incidents get, and the history of abuse and discrimination that we ALL share in our relations with the pigs, how can you display such ignorance!
Other bloggers have schooled you already as to the number of other ethnic officers that have been gunned down in similar incidents. CAN YOU SEE NO TREND HERE!?! Wouldn’t the numbers be a little more balanced if there were no racism involved in these incidents?
People, please wake up! Know who your enemy is! These people have no love for us and until we realise that they are NOT OUR FRIENDS, we will continue to be hoodwinked and bamboozled!!
if this doesn’t result in a protest then we’re doing something wrong as black people
Why didn’t they warn them to stop running, I’m sure he would stop running as he KNEW he was black and that the police are trigger happy when it comes to shooting ANY blacks.. I’m sure he would have stopped running and let that thief go.
Also, why the ***** are police so damn nosy? Why do they *****ume all black people are lawless? This is a shame to lose one so young I swear, don’t care how, black men are already in short supply without this BULL*****
Those officers will probably get off as no video tape to proove they were in the wrong and didn’t “attempt” to call out which we all knw they didn’t since the black cop is now dead.
Why did the off duty cop draw his gun on the burglar? Was his life threatened? He should never have drawn his gun period. My feeling is most police use excessive force.
a man was running down the street wit a gun come on ppl the other officer had to shoot he didnt kno if that man was tryn to kill the burgler or what if u seen a man runnin down the street chasn sombody wit a gun what would u do? not shoot ? jus let the other person get killed? wake up not everythn has to be racist and yall damn sure dnt gotta protest every lil thing. .your bringn your own race down *****odys doin it to you. . why do black ppl gotta c everythn as racist. .yall jus want sumn to complain about
i mean RIP its not like a dnt have a heart. . a life was lost. i jus dnt c it as racist jus happens to b black and white on both sides