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Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms
#21756524 - 06/03/15 08:30 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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In case you needed your daily dose of fuck the police Kid took some shrooms for the first time and freaked out, jumped out a 2 story glass window and then was killed by police in an alley
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/01/student-shot-california-long-beach-police-feras-morad
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The 20-year-old shot dead by police in Long Beach, California, last week was a student debating champion who enjoyed academic work and planned to study law at Harvard, family members say.
Feras Morad had no criminal record, did not carry a weapon, and, until last Wednesday, never had any encounter with police, his sister told the Guardian on Monday.
“He was so smart and beautiful. He had so much potential. I know he was going to change the world,” his sister Ghada, 16, said.
On the evening of 27 May Morad took hallucinogenic mushrooms – his first time experimenting with drugs, according to Ghada – and freaked out. Black Americans killed by police twice as likely to be unarmed as white people Guardian analysis finds 102 people killed by police so far this year were unarmed, and that agencies are killing people at twice the rate calculated by US government Read more
He leaped through a second-floor window and was wandering the street dazed and bleeding when he was confronted by a police officer summoned to the scene.
According to a Long Beach police department statement, Morad ignored commands to stop so that medical treatment could be rendered.
“The suspect advanced more rapidly toward the officer who perceived the suspect was now a threat and going to assault him,” says the statement issued a day later. “During the next few minutes, the officer utilized verbal commands, an electronic control device, an impact weapon, and physical force to gain compliance but was unsuccessful. Ultimately, the suspect again advanced toward the officer, telling the officer he was going to attack him. At that time, an officer involved shooting occurred.”
Fire department personnel at the scene attempted “life-saving measures” before ferrying Feras to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the statement said.
Friends and relatives have responded angrily, accusing police of using unjustified lethal force against a young man they said was confused, unarmed and harmless.
“There were so many other things they could have done. My brother didn’t have any muscles. He had a chubby little stomach. He couldn’t harm anyone. They could have cuffed him. Pinned him down. He didn’t have to die,” said Ghada.
The family, which has Egyptian roots, will sue the force and campaign to prevent further shootings, she said. “The only thing we can do now is get justice for Feras and stop this happening again.”
Friends and relatives have set up Facebook and Twitter accounts, using the hashtag #justice4feras, and a crowdfunding page to raise money for funeral and legal costs. By Monday afternoon it had raised just under $9,000 of the $33,100 target. There is also a HeadTalker campaign.
Morad graduated from El Camino Real Charter high school in Woodland Hills and enrolled in nearby Moorpark College. He was offered a place at UCLA and Berkeley but transferred to California State University, Long Beach to save money for his plan to study law at Harvard.
Morad was a champion debater at school and college and competed in national competitions, earning gold honours at the 2015 Phi Rho Pi National Forensic Organization parliamentary debate. The Counted: people killed by police in the United States in 2015 – interactive The Guardian is counting the people killed by US law enforcement agencies this year. Read their stories and contribute to our ongoing, crowdsourced project Read more
Soon after ingesting hallucinogenic mushrooms at around 6pm on 27 May, however, the articulate scholar became panic-stricken and bewildered.
The police statement said Morad had gotten into “a physical altercation with his friends” before jumping and then threatened the officer, who has not been named.
Morad’s friends and family deny those claims. According to the campaign’s Facebook page, based on friends’ eyewitness accounts, Morad crashed through a second storey window and fell on to the concrete below, leaving him severely bleeding from a gash on his shoulder.
He ignored entreaties to return to the house and walked through an open gate into an alley, where a lone police officer ordered him to raise his hands, the campaign says in a post:
“Morad was not able to comply, and instead moved about aimlessly in the alley as witnesses yelled to the police officer that he was unarmed and in need of immediate medical attention.”
It says the officer fired three shots, all on target.
Morad was shirtless, unarmed and possibly suffering head trauma, Jordan Menard, a college debater who helped set up the Facebook page, told the Guardian. “Feras was not compliant but he was not combative. He was completely discombobulated, plus he didn’t have his glasses on.” Campaigners wanted to see the officer indicted, said Menard.
A spokesperson for the Long Beach police department said the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office was conducting an independent investigation, standard practice for all officer-involved shootings in Los Angeles County.
Morad’s family complained that they were not officially notified about the shooting and discovered he was dead only after phoning his friends on 29 May.
The police spokesperson said notifying next of kin was the responsibility of the coroner’s office. The coroner’s office did not immediately respond to a request for a comment.
A candlelit vigil is due to be held near the family home at Woodlawn Hills on Wednesday.
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroomism] 7
#21756541 - 06/03/15 08:39 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I cant help but feel the prevailing attitude of American police is "hes not listening, better execute him". Gunning down some unarmed, chubby kid for approaching you is insane.
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Bodhi of Ankou] 1
#21756545 - 06/03/15 08:39 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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If they keep getting away with it, they keep doing it. Poor kid. God damn, I do not want to be his parents 
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“Morad was not able to comply, and instead moved about aimlessly in the alley as witnesses yelled to the police officer that he was unarmed and in need of immediate medical attention.”
This made me sick to my stumach, fucking cop! Fucking pig! Had to be a BIG MAN, didn't he? God damn fucker, I'd send him to Hell myself if I was the kid's father.
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Bodhi of Ankou] 4
#21756549 - 06/03/15 08:40 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Taser didn't work!!! He's gonna kill me with his bare hands!! Better deploy 3 shots in center mass that'll stop him
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroomism] 2
#21756569 - 06/03/15 08:52 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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What the fuck? He was probably advancing because he had a concussion and didn't understand what was going on. Fuck, maybe he just wanted a fucking hug or someone to help him stand. God damn.
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroomism]
#21756573 - 06/03/15 08:56 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Propaganda. There's obviously more to this story
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroom Kitty] 8
#21756605 - 06/03/15 09:08 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Obviously. A cop would never do something like this.
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroom Kitty]
#21756607 - 06/03/15 09:09 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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You're absolutely correct. Here's a much less biased report
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/20-year-old-debate-team-student-shot-killed-police-unarmed/
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Long Beach, California- 20-year-old Feras Morad was shot and killed by police on Wednesday. The shooting happened after a party at which Feras had allegedly been acting strange and had jumped through a window severely injuring himself.
Police shot the young man when he was approaching them, despite the fact that he was shirtless, injured and obviously unarmed. The victim was a student at Moorpark College where he had a 3.9 GPA and was also a nationally ranked debate competitor on the debate team.
According to witnesses and police, Morad had become erratic and got into a fight with another guest at a party. Many of his friends and other people at the party suspected that he was on drugs, and at one point, he even jumped through the window of the apartment. When he jumped through the window, someone called 911, and moments later police and firefighters arrived on the scene.
“He appeared to have a large cut on his body and was covered with blood,” police admitted.
According to NBC, “the officer believed Morad “was now a threat and going to assault him,” so the officer used “verbal commands, an electronic control device, an impact weapon, and physical force” on Morad, but was unsuccessful in restraining him.
However, it is important to remember that there are two sides to every story, and although the officer’s side is printed in every report, Morad’s side of the story can not be told.
“He wasn’t supposed to be shot, even if he did something, if he was under the influence, he should not have been shot, he could not harm anyone,” Morad’s father said.
The version of the story that the police department has given thus far is completely ridiculous. The police claim that they used every attempt to stop the boy without using lethal force, including a taser. They even claim that the boy told them “I am going to attack you!” which is a highly unlikely scenario.
“That’s not the right way to tell your family that your brother is gone. They told me they were preparing for a debate and decided to have some fun and it got out of hand,” Morad’s sister, Ghada said.
“I know my nephew since he was born, he was in my heart, and for him to be taken like that, it’s not fair,” Morad’s uncle, Mahmoud said.
A Facebook page called “Justice For Feras Morad” says he was “was unarmed and in desperate need of medical attention,” and uses the hashtag #Justice4Feras.
Morad was a brilliant young man with his whole life ahead of him, who may have unfortunately not been in the state of mind to immediately obey a police officer. Does this mean that he deserved to die?
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroomism] 1
#21756623 - 06/03/15 09:13 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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At any rate, police definitely need to be trained more properly to deal with people under the influence. It's clearly a prevalent force in our society and it's not going anywhere. Allowing the police to continue this trend is just going to cause a greater amount of dissent.
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroom Kitty]
#21756625 - 06/03/15 09:13 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Shroom Kitty said: Propaganda. There's obviously more to this story
Can't help but feel the same way. I read a very similar article about a kid who did the exact same thing. Tried mushrooms for the first time, freaked out and jumped through a window. The police didn't shoot him, but the similarities are questionable. YouTube is full of Trip reports of young people touting about the Heroic dose and the spiritual breakthroughs. It is becoming an internet craze to do the Heroic dose. Without having any knowledge or experience of how mushrooms effects the mind and body. People need to research and understand how strong these are and how they effect you first. I do believe there is much more going on behind these stories.
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroomantisy22] 1
#21756632 - 06/03/15 09:17 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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During the next few minutes, the officer utilized verbal commands, an electronic control device, an impact weapon, and physical force to gain compliance but was unsuccessful. Ultimately, the suspect again advanced toward the officer, telling the officer he was going to attack him. At that time, an officer involved shooting occurred.
that osounds like a fucking lie. what the fuck is an electronic control device anyways? did the police put a chip in his brain? or is that a euphamism for two hundred and fifty fucking thousand volts?
and he was "telling the officer he would assault him" ? sounds like more bullshit
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Adolin]
#21756639 - 06/03/15 09:20 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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the dude didnt even have his glasses on, and he was near-sighted
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroomantisy22]
#21756647 - 06/03/15 09:25 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Shroom Kitty said: Propaganda. There's obviously more to this story
Can't help but feel the same way. I read a very similar article about a kid who did the exact same thing. Tried mushrooms for the first time, freaked out and jumped through a window. The police didn't shoot him, but the similarities are questionable. YouTube is full of Trip reports of young people touting about the Heroic dose and the spiritual breakthroughs. It is becoming an internet craze to do the Heroic dose. Without having any knowledge or experience of how mushrooms effects the mind and body. People need to research and understand how strong these are and how they effect you first. I do believe there is much more going on behind these stories.
Except for the murder. Just because there is a similar story doesn't mean this isn't true, you said yourself he didn't shoot the kid. This poor kid is getting buried by his parents
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: MinnesnowtaNice]
#21756677 - 06/03/15 09:40 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Long beach cops don't give a fuck about anyone there. While I'll always have a soft spot for that city, I'm so thankful that I made it out of there alive. I lived in a gang neighborhood, but teh cops were way more of a threat. I almost caught some lead to the face at the hands of the westside gang unit.
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#21756701 - 06/03/15 09:52 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: The Doobie Dude]
#21756707 - 06/03/15 09:54 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: The Doobie Dude]
#21756717 - 06/03/15 09:58 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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So this kid was a master debater?
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroomism]
#21756733 - 06/03/15 10:04 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I hate drugs you cant control your thoughts. Mushrooms are one of them. this could happen to anyone. What a shame.
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Shroomism]
#21756750 - 06/03/15 10:12 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Shroomism said: Taser didn't work!!!
so wait.... the tool all the cop haters demand the cops need to use didnt work?
that's impossible, you guys support the use of tasers until a taser is used
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Re: Long Beach police kill an unarmed boy tripping balls on mushrooms [Re: Prisoner#1] 2
#21756753 - 06/03/15 10:14 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah your right, this scumbag criminal deserved to die.
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