‘The View’ Discusses North Miami Police Shooting — Raven-Symoné At It Again
The View‘s cast sees no logic in the North Miami police shooting of Charles Kinsey. Yet, Raven-Symoné’s comments might make you scratch your head once again.
The View posted their latest segment onto the show’s Facebook page.
Along with the usual cast, Tip “T.I.” Harris was a special commentator. Seated beside him was Raven-Symoné.
The North Miami police shooting segment started with Joy Behar as she discussed the shooting officer’s — Jonathan Aledda’s — reaction when asked “why?”
“He was shot anyway,” says Behar. “And when he was asked ‘why did you shoot me?’, the policeman responded ‘I don’t know’. That’s what he said. ‘I don’t know’.”
You can hear from the hostess’ voice that she was appalled by the North Miami officer’s response to Charles Kinsey’s question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hgsdTwJt18
Shortly thereafter, Raven-Symoné makes a valid point.
The View‘s hostess emphasizes that Jonathan Aledda isn’t “European-American,” and that he isn’t a Caucasian male.
Rather, Aledda is a Latino male. So, by this inclusion, The View‘s Symoné mentions that it’s not just a problem among White American officers.
She says that the issue deals with the entire police structure, itself, regardless of ethnicity.
Although it probably would’ve made more sense for her to continue into the topic of police reform, Raven counters her noteworthy remark by elaborating on possibilities why police can’t “just shoot him in the leg” or “just use a taser.”
“Maybe, just maybe, it should just be the police [with weapons]. Nobody should have anything else. We shouldn’t have deadly weapons out here just roaming around in our communities.”
Luckily, T.I. stopped that rant before it got “too far gone,” as he expressed.
“I believe it all starts with accountability,” mentions T.I.
“Policemen are humans, just as you said, and humans are going to make mistakes. But, when you make mistakes, you must hold yourself accountable and move forward in a progressive manner — not sweep it under the rug and hide it to protect the people you love, who are going out here doing wrong things every day.”
We all know that police officers have a job to do. The issues come when certain officers use excessive or negligent force as an abuse of their given powers.
When your story has a big as hell plot hole in it. #CharlesKinsey pic.twitter.com/QUc5uamotv
— George Wallace (@MrGeorgeWallace) July 22, 2016
Whether the accused is resisting arrest or questioning authority, if that person is completely unarmed, why are officers using lethal force? That’s the concern.
Moreover, like North Miami police mentioned as reasoning, they use the context of “fearing for lives” as an excuse to act irrationally — whether theirs or someone else’s.
Although officers — including North Miami PD — have to act quickly, these trained policemen need to assess the situation better, rather than always “fearing for their lives.”
North Miami thrust into the national spotlight after #CharlesKinsey shooting https://t.co/ckLdRzhwfO pic.twitter.com/m660MWKBrC
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) July 23, 2016
After Eric Garner was choked to death by New York police officers, retired NYPD officer Frank Serpico mentioned that “coward cops don’t belong in the uniform,” according to New York Daily News.
“When was the last time a police officer was indicted? This is the use of excessive force for no apparent reason on a guy who is selling loosie cigarettes; what is the threat to your well-being? If a police officer’s life is in danger, he has every right to use every force in his means to defend himself.”
“In the old days, they used to put a gun or a knife on somebody after a shooting. Now, they don’t even bother… today, we have cops crying wolf all the time. They testify ‘I was in fear of my life’, the grand jury buys it, the DA winks and nods, and there’s no indictment.”
As Frank Serpico mentions, police can’t police themselves.
What are your thoughts regarding The View‘s discussion on the North Miami police shooting? Do you agree or disagree with Raven-Symoné? Feel free to share your comments below.
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