If you going talk **** about the police at least have the common courtesy to provide a link to the story you are referring to:
Anger follows fatal shooting by police in Long Beach Quote:
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Officers say the man was acting erratically and got in a physical altercation with an officer. Witnesses say Roketi Su'e, 46, was shot as he lay shirtless and unarmed on the sidewalk.
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Since neither of us were there at the shooting, we both don't know for sure what happened. You say he was unarmed after reading the article, fine. I'm going to say he was armed after reading the article:
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Long Beach police spokeswoman Nancy Pratt said police were summoned to the neighborhood about 7 p.m. Saturday by callers who said a man was behaving erratically. The confrontation occurred in the 3400 block of 67th Street, a cul-de-sac of modest homes and apartments just southwest of the Downey Avenue exit of the Riverside Freeway
Pratt said Su'e charged the officers, who tried to protect themselves by hitting him with their batons and shooting him with a Taser gun, which proved ineffective.
Su'e grabbed one of the officer's batons, she said, and as the two struggled, Su'e punched the officer in the face and both fell to the ground. The other officer, "fearing for his partner's safety as well as his own," fired at Su'e, Pratt said.
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Why don't we wait for the investigation to be conducted before we make any judgments. Even the man's nephew agrees:
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...his nephew, La-auli To-omalatai, 37, of Arcadia ... did not witness the shooting, but he said it sounded like an officer made a mistake.
"We're not angry with the department," he said. Although the family is considering legal action because of Su'e's death, he said, "If there's some sort of training police can receive, that is all we want to be done."
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From ABC 7's story:
Long Beach police officers kill unarmed man
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"Obviously we're all pretty upset. I really can't explain our feelings, but the best we can do is wait for the autopsy and the police report," said Laa-ull Toomalatal, the Su'e's nephew.
Sue's family believes that a fight with his girlfriend caused his erratic behavior. They also say he suffered from bipolar disorder. Now they're hoping the evidence shows that the Long Beach police officers acted appropriately.
"We don't know the whole story. So until we get all the facts, we can definitely comment then," Toomalatal said.
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If the own man's nephew can show some restraint during a terrible situation why can't you?
Actually I'm just glad you attacked me personally and not just BAD91.......it looks like I made the big leagues now because I'm on your "A" list......
