Sound__Off's Blog

I think it would depend on the circumstances.

What is the the person suspected of? Or running from?

Is he/she known to have prior arrest?

It's human nature for cops to think of their own safety, just like anyone else.

Are we forgetting something here? These people were in persuit. Criminals ...fleeing a criminal act.. You want to run? Take your chances when you get caught. I am so sick and tired about hearing how these poor criminals are being taken advantage of. Oh, the poor picked on black man. I took notice this week on the news ... and you know what? ... if it wasn't for all the poor exploited blacks, there would be NO news... or it would be all HAPPY news. Is Fox 29 racial profiling or is there a lot of crime being committed by blacks?? And these mothers on tv , crying my poor son... they should be arrested for raising scum. ... and I don't want to hear about being poor .. and disadvantaged... there are enough people in a black community to make it sustain itself ... but they bite the hand that feeds them, so the koreans have to go in and charge them double for expired food.

I am disappointed with fox as well. Why doesn't the stroy include a description of the 3 men who were shot and their injuries; why doesn't fox news interview the parents of the three shooting victims instead of the parent of the three guys locked up by the police. When I was watching the news abd I almost fell out of my chair laughing when the one guy's mother said "I am still going through it" I smell mental "insurance pains" UNBELIEVABLE!!!

If you happen to be 3 low-lifes who just got done shooting some people. Don't expect to be talked to in a polite way when stopped by the PO-PO.

Fox 29 should not be ashamed of anything, did you forget this is a news station "THEY REPORT THE NEWS" that's their job and they were doing it. The cops actions were excessive, they should have put the handcuffs on read them their miranda rights and halled them off to jail, not kick, stomp and beat them, unless they were resisting arrest, but unless I missed something I didn't see that. These are the kinds of actions that help the criminals get off and cost the city thousand's of dollars in civil law suites against the city. Don't blame Fox 29 for doing their job blame the those 15 cops that did not follow police procedure because from what I saw there were 3 guys on the grown so the cops safety at that point was not an issue. And further more all the other news stations would have done the same thing had they got it first.

I totally understand why the police acted as they did. Anyone that can truly put themselves in that situation would also understand how it happened. I just pray that it does not take away from the fact that those men "wastes of human flesh" so carelessly jumped out of a car and started shooting people. I watch the news and see his "mother" interviewed and I am so convinced that nothing will change. How can you change things when it is impossible to get adults to understand how we are to live here on this earth!!! My Father or Mother would have joined in on the beating had they ever found out i did something like that. You wanna run around like thugs with guns and rob and shoot people..then you should be able to take a couple knuckles to the skull for it!!And the audacity of this "mother" getting on TV and saying what she said....HEY DOPE...if you would have paid attention to your kid and given him a nice home to grow up in and MAYBE disciplined him yourself...then the Police wouldn't have to do it for you. YOU should be ashamed of yourself and not prancing around on TV saying how wrong they were!! But I also see that you ran and got yourself a white lawyer real fast!!!!

I'm so tired of the general populous feeling sorry for criminals. People appear to have more sympothy for criminals [who don't care about you], rather then allowing police officers do their jobs. Fox 29, should not of put that on the air, but out of greed ... they did. So shame on them!! For those who feel sorry for the criminals ... remember this! They don't care about you. They'll rob, beat, rape, sell your child drugs .. do whatever it takes to survive! So don't pity them! Those that do .. you make me sick! We don't even put those sick bastards on death row, because it's not humane ... but "we" as society forget what sick animals they really are! Let the cops do their job!! If they were'nt doing anything wrong in the first place ... this would not of happened!

If it were my son involved i would tell him he was luck it was the cops who beat him because I may have given it to him worse. I've said it before, if their parents would have beat them when they needed it they most likely woudln't be on the streets in the first place.

When you run from the police you should expect to be treated like a CRIMINAL. They were fleeing from a crime scene - lets say they were not stopped and shot someone else -- then the news would be all over the police for not catching them.

I do believe at times police can get carried away with their authority - but NOT in this instance. They ran -- they deserved to be stopped. Especially with the stress and heartache the force is currently going through - did they think they wouldn’t' be stopped. Obviously, they have not respect for the law they have been in trouble many times – they will never learn to be productive members of society.

As for the "mothers" going on TV - where were you when these "sons" needed to be raised to be law abiding citizens. Don't go crying on TV because they were FORCED to the ground to be arrested. They are criminals - and so should be treated that way. You would think differently if it was your child who was shot. We need criminals caught – whatever that takes – maybe that will deter some from committing crimes – instead they get a slap on the wrist.

Shame on you Fox 29 - for showing this footage the way you did. You should have more respect and appreciation for all the police officers patrolling your city. (The city is being name “Kiladelphia” - and you want to make a big deal about the police using "excessive force" on the people who are killing others.) WAKE UP this kind of force is needed at times (unfortunately).

I feel as though the negativity of you viewers was not needed if you look at it think about it if it was your family you would know how the victims family felt.I think it was racial to say that the family ran to get a white lawyer how do you know she ran to the white lawyer if you said she has no money the lawyer probaly wanted her.Not only the victims that you call scums do these kinds of things but all people white kids are blowing up colleges and making explosives and do we see the Police officers doing there job stoppping them from doing what they do.No!!!!!!I didnt know racism was still in America.