10-18-2004, 02:09 AM
The reason I think that the cops pointed their guns at you was because, you had a gun in your hands.
I have a BB gun myself. At first glance close up its hard to tell that its a BB gun, it looks real. I don't know what your guns looked like but I'm guessing they looked like most other BB guns and looked pretty real.
Cops pull up to the scene, see you holding guns, rush out of their car and draw their guns.
I would expect the local cops to do no less with me or anyone else. Black, white or what ever.
Using the excuse "they pulled out their weapons because we were black" is silly. They pulled out their guns because you had "potential" weapons on you.
Have you ever seen the videos of cops walking upto a car with their hand on their guns, and get shot? I've seen many of those. Sometimes the cop lives sometimes they don't. Its a dangerous job.
Most of the time cops have a fraction of a second to decide if you are pointing a gun at them or something thats harmless. Again seeing how real BB guns can look and how dangerious they can actually be (they can actually severly hurt or kill someone), I'm not surprised that they pointed their guns at you.
Cops are paranoid about guns being pointed at them, do you think that if they see out in someones hands or even if the person is not holding it but its out on a table near them that the cops would be like "hi we heard you have guns, please don't use them, thanks" and then go away?
I have a BB gun myself. At first glance close up its hard to tell that its a BB gun, it looks real. I don't know what your guns looked like but I'm guessing they looked like most other BB guns and looked pretty real.
Cops pull up to the scene, see you holding guns, rush out of their car and draw their guns.
I would expect the local cops to do no less with me or anyone else. Black, white or what ever.
Using the excuse "they pulled out their weapons because we were black" is silly. They pulled out their guns because you had "potential" weapons on you.
Have you ever seen the videos of cops walking upto a car with their hand on their guns, and get shot? I've seen many of those. Sometimes the cop lives sometimes they don't. Its a dangerous job.
Most of the time cops have a fraction of a second to decide if you are pointing a gun at them or something thats harmless. Again seeing how real BB guns can look and how dangerious they can actually be (they can actually severly hurt or kill someone), I'm not surprised that they pointed their guns at you.
Cops are paranoid about guns being pointed at them, do you think that if they see out in someones hands or even if the person is not holding it but its out on a table near them that the cops would be like "hi we heard you have guns, please don't use them, thanks" and then go away?