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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Well, you do want your training to be as realistic as possible, right?

A police department in Georgia is apologizing after posting now-deleted footage showed several white participants in a handgun training course shooting a photo of a black man for target practice. The footage has sparked outrage among some in the community.
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15 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 27, 2023 at 8:19 AM

    They have their place as a shoot/no shoot scenario. Usually one side has a person with a weapon, the other does not.

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  2. bogsidebunnyJune 27, 2023 at 8:35 AM

    If that's the target of the Black, loin cloth garbed, LeShawnda running away with a watermelon under his arm the object is to waste the guy, but hitting the melon disqualifies you.

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    1. AnonymousJune 27, 2023 at 10:28 AM

      The word "black" needn't be capitalized....

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    2. StevePJune 27, 2023 at 3:50 PM

      Black should only be capitalized when it's the first word in a sentence.

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  3. LindaSoGJune 27, 2023 at 8:40 AM

    Back in 2015, the North Miami Beach Fla police got caught using mugshots for target practice. Some of them were black. There was a bit of outrage but no repercussions.

    https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/family-outraged-after-finding-police-using-mug-shots-target-practice-msna506881

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  4. AnonymousJune 27, 2023 at 8:55 AM

    Much ado about nothing.

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  5. AnonymousJune 27, 2023 at 9:35 AM

    would they be as upset if it was black shooters useing white people photos as targets?

    ron

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    1. markmJuly 4, 2023 at 10:12 AM

      The current Democratic leadership is not even upset when black shooters are using actual white people as targets - not until it's one of their elite rather than any of us deplorables.

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  6. AnonymousJune 27, 2023 at 9:51 AM

    Statistics say...and especially in GA.

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  7. flawthaJune 27, 2023 at 9:58 AM

    some "ranges" i have been to no longer allow the black silhouettes for the same reason. Ludicrous!

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  8. Univ of Saigon 68June 27, 2023 at 10:36 AM

    The pistol group at my club went with the blue silhouette targets for that reason.

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  9. boronJune 27, 2023 at 12:36 PM

    I'd normally agree with the Anonymous commenter who quoted Shakespeare, but I think the outrage might (and I repeat "might") be somewhat justified after seeing this quote from the report:"Online commenters critiqued the apparent sole use of images with a Black male." The word "sole" is the problem and if that's the case, well ...

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  10. AnonymousJune 27, 2023 at 4:29 PM

    Train as you mean to fight ...

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  11. ABEJune 27, 2023 at 5:32 PM

    And if they were white, it would be fine... WTF? They had to pick one or the other.

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  12. AnonymousJune 27, 2023 at 6:57 PM

    I don't see the issue here.

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