Tragic.
And there just seems to be no break from the unrelenting bad news as it relates to race relations in the United States of America. On Wednesday, San Clemente, California, home of the surfboard industry, entered the ugly fray when two Orange County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed an unarmed homeless Black man after stopping him for jaywalking.
Per The Orange County Register:
1:15 p.m. Wednesday, two deputies with a homeless outreach team encountered Kurt Andras Reinhold, 42, near the Hotel Miramar, off of South El Camino Real.
It is unclear what prompted it, but a ground fight broke out, the Sheriff’s Department said shortly after the shooting.
The department said Reinhold – whose last known address was in Los Angeles County – reached for a deputy’s gun before he was shot. Two gunshots were fired by one deputy during the incident.
Shortly after Reinhold was shot, deputies began lifesaving measures but they were unsuccessful.
I have no doubt that policing is more difficult, more potentially dangerous, than ever but the “victim-was-reaching-for officer’s-gun” excuse is, let’s be honest, ridiculously overused, generally unprovable even with “photo evidence” and at this point beggars belief.
A demonstration rocked typically quite San Clemente the next day, beginning at the former site of the Pipes Cafe and organized by former City Council candidate Jackson Hinkle.
Hinkle told the Register he believes the San Clemente shooting was related to the Sheriff’s Department and other law-enforcement personnel trying to step up jaywalking enforcement, adding, “Instead of giving him food and support, they gave him two bullets. Instead of letting him walk away, they body slammed him to the ground and pinned him. I want justice. I want those officers arrested.”
Sheriff Don Barnes asked the public to reserve judgement until an investigation has taken place which seems particularly unlikely as Reinhold’s death occurred directly on the heels of a decision in Kentucky not to prosecute officers there over the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Justice, for many, seeming an un-reachable fantasy.
Whatever one’s beliefs on Black Lives Matter etc., the loss of Reinhold is tragic in every way.
Every single damned way.
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So the Orange County Sheriff’s Department ships losers like Deputy Shawn Murray out of San Clemente (the same Deputy Shawn Murray who consistently defied the honor of his badge — ask me all about it), and now apparently they have given us some “fine” new replacement Deputies. There’s a bit of a pattern here: Murray gets sent up to Rancho Santa Margarita where he shoots and kills an innocent [mentally ill] man in his own apartment. And now this, an innocent [mentally ill] homeless man being executed in the streets of San Clemente. What kind of screening process is the OCSD using for their recruits?!?!?
Are you trying to say local breweries are more important than education?
Thats
The Fashion.
Subtle difference
If you don’t reach for a cops gun you won’t get shot?
Edit: So Taylor. Cops have a warrant. Knock and enter. Her boyfriend starts shooting. Cops return fire. Taylor gets shot and dies. A tragedy but not a crime. How can you have justice when no crime was committed? I just don’t get it…
Thers nothing to get.
It’s just fashionable news propaganda giving credence to mindless thugs.
well, i am sure that a homeless guy has some real strong reasons for what he does most of the time. As I have met many who are well thought out, full of composition in their lives. But yes, most of the time I wonder why folks “square up” with the police, even when the police are being dicks.
I just tried to ignore the world by TRYING to subscribe to Disney +.
They would not accept my 2015 TV.
Go figure.
Consumer culture etc etc.
If they are trying to smash synapses into grey goo to avoid revolution, they are doing it all wrong. FUCKWITS.
Assuming you have WIFI at home you could purchase an Amazon Fire stick ( about 30€ ) and you can probably stream Disney through it .( saw it advertised on the Amazon Home Page on the TV last night ) we did with our older TV for Netflix in our old digs and Facebook when the WSL went up that road .
Or Google Chrome and stream it from your tv or laptop.
Thanks
Yep , I have both but didn’t want to complicate CB ‘s life .
Thanks!
That’s cultural appropriations at its worst
We did the free Disney 30 days just to watch Hamilton, then canceled with 3 hours left.
I’m currently undoing 2 DirectTV satellites and shifting to Hulu+. Got 9 TV areas to deal with in this old place and WIFI is sometimes sketchy. Got boosters etc. What a f—ning tangle of wires tho.
At least its “simple” with the new smart TVs compared to the old days.Internet ready, lightweight too. dont need Firesticks anymore. …I hate throwing away all these old giant screen things, but no one wants them. And obsolete tech stuff….we are going to drown in electronic waste.
Making fun of surfers
Making fun of surfing
Making fun of surf culture
Making fun of the surf industry
Hazing the WSL
Sharks
Those cute Australian girls who make you pay to see them wear a swimsuit
Making fun of commenters (you and I include)
also, you, downplaying a black guy being murdered.
Thank you for being the moral compass of a website designed to make fun of surfing. Truly.
I think I’ll have a proper gander at those Coffee cupcakes.
Noone cares.
It’s just fashion
How about now?
you don’t even really care, you just say you do.
Tap tap tap,, it means nothing and you’ll hang out with your all white crew, spend your money, complain and complain some more, drink your beers and go to bed all confused and teary.
Eh? Australian governments subsidised Holden for decades. They should have gone out of business at least 10 years ago. But they were awesome at manufacturing some impossibly bad cars, I’ll grant you that
Aren’t you mainly concerned about the future of your tax-payer funded grossly overpaid pension benefits as a CA firefighter.
Your mind is incapacitated by copious amounts of self-righteousness. Just a Guy who thinks he’s all That. What a twat.
Yet again Otto your lack of self-awareness is staggering
Is it you that’s the firefighter? I always get you and that guy mixed up. You act exactly alike, almost interchangeable, perhaps even one and same.
Making fire fighters out to be selfish ain’t helping your argument.
i thought you had people who are paid to keep you safe in higher regard. Aren’t fire-fighters doing that?
Ah, that’s right, they don’t kill black people…
Maybe they can be called the “Coffey’s”?
Did you learn that in your 3 months of firefighter training?
lame.
Yup, hook line and sinker…. very angry too, always watching Fear Porn.
snowflakes melt, That Guy.
indeed they do
Ironic.
This shooting should surprise no one.
The authoritarian coup of the US is in acceleration. Impending election is being gamed like no other… and it’s been really really bad before.
You would think Police departments would have held contingency planning for conflict mitigation, de escalation and for fucks sake not killing jay walking suspects on video.
Hey, look who decided to show up. Is your wife ignoring you again? Why show up here to jerk-off Cunty kuntard when you should be tending to your wife’s needs? Can’t get it up anymore?
Lowest common denominator response. You used to try.
You’re bringing facts to an emotional debate sullied by racism. But good luck.