Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #24

[lordultimus]

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[philippos42]

So Tomar-Re had a son, and his name is Tomar too? Tomar 2? Tomar-Tu!

And he gets in trouble for killing a Sinestro Corps member, another Xudarian. What's his name? Romat-Ru!

Sure, print that!

[super_fly]

Tomato?

[goattoucher]

"Kaw"?

Really?

[joetuss]

Yes, a awesome moment.

[starwolf_oakley]

"He surrendered and you killed him."
"So? Don't say we're supposed to be better than that. Captain America killed Nazis during World War II."
"Wrong universe."

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

"He surrendered and *then* you killed him."

There's a big difference between killing in battle, and killing a guy surrendering himself into custody

[thehood]

Yeah, but he's surrendering while saying he'll escape and continue to murder children.

[cainofdreaming]

I'm pretty sure Sciencells have fewer escapees than death. It's really just a case of vengeance over justice.

[jlbarnett]

I think Sinestro at least managed to escape

[bruinsfan]

IIRC, by hitchhiking after convincing a sentient galaxy that it could break out any time it wanted.

[thehood]

Haven't Sinestro Corps members escaped before though? I can see why he might not think Romat-Ru was makingempty threats.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

I was expecting the Yellow Ring to go right to him as he removed the Green one.

[strejdaking]

That would either be really stupid or briliant.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

I thought his fear of being found out, fear of failing in his duty, and fear of failing his team would be a draw.

[strejdaking]

But that's not how it works? That's actually the oposite, right? You become a member by having an ability to INSTILL fear.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Oh yeah, thinking back, I guess you're right.

...

...pretty sure that little purple alien was afraid.

[thehood]

He surrendered, but he bragged that he would escape and kill children again. It's like he was begging to be killed.

[locuatico]

I am pretty sure police officers are not allowed, by law, to do that even then.

[thehood]

They're not cops though.

[strejdaking]

They are.

[thehood]

They're more like the military, that's certainly how the Guardians would treat them.

[strejdaking]

Even if, soldiers aren't supposed to indiscriminately murder people either.

[thehood]

Now that varies and depends on who the soldier is serving.

[strejdaking]

War crime is a war crime.

[locuatico]

... yes... they are... that's like one of the core concepts of the Green Lantern Cops: They are space cops.

[thehood]

No, they aren't. Unless you mean in a very superficial way. Also, Green Lanterns have killed before and since you compared them to cops, so do cops.

Though a Cop would have gotten away with this. Many examples of that in real life.

[locuatico]

they are a law enforcement organization that operate following the law, have their authority recognized by countless government and are authorized to take over ongoing investigations, make arrests and jail criminals.

They have to follow the law and can only make arrests or the like if they are legally authorized to do that. this was a plot point in a very recent Green Lantern story.

When a Green lantern is believed to have made a mistake or has shown neglicence during an operation, an investigation is made to decide if the GL should keep their ring or be decommisioned. When Laira Omoto killed Amon Sur after he had surrendered, she was kicked out of the green lantern corps.

They are cops with ludicrously powerful guns, but still a group of people who operate following the law. I am not making anything of that up: they are space cops.

However, I take more of an issue with your later statement.
"Green Lanterns have killed before and since you compared them to cops, so do cops."
I am well aware of that. Cops are still not legally allowed to shoot a suspect who has surrendered UNLESS they actually do something that calls for the use of lethal force.
a criminal under arrest can say whatever the hell he wants, as long as he doesn't do anything that justifies an escalation, a cop is not allowed to kill them. anything else is considered police brutality.

[thehood]

That sounds sounds more like feds than cops.

And you say that Cops aren't legally allowed to do that, but that hasn't stopped from them from getting away with police brutality. Have you forget how many innocent black men cops have killed and continue to kill? And most they get is a slap on the wrist.

I'll say this for the Green Lanterns currently, they hold themselves to a higher standard.

[locuatico]

"That sounds sounds more like feds than cops."
Okay. fine. Feds. still a law enforcement.

"And you say that Cops aren't legally allowed to do that, but that hasn't stopped from them from getting away with police brutality."
It is still illegal. and that cops do that is one of the signs of the corruption within the police.

"Have you forget how many innocent black men cops have killed and continue to kill? And most they get is a slap on the wrist. "
That is my point precisely: a Cop doing what Tomar-Tu did here and walking free is not a good thing. and you saying that "cops kill, too" seems to assume that it is. In the comparison of the GL being cops, it would still mean that what Tomar-Tu did was an excesive use of lethal force. and it not being enforced doesn't mean that it is allowed by law.

[thehood]

I said that mainly because your Comparison between Green Lantern and Cops, which to me sounded like you thought Cops never did something like this. Though now i see you meant it as that they shouldn't. That i can agree and i apologize for assuming otherwise.


Though in this instance, i can sympathize with Tomar-Tu, since the guy he killed is just too over the top evil.

[strejdaking]

Didn't the artist out himself as white suprematist or something?

[starwolf_oakley]

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/08/14/ethan-van-sciver-not-nazi/

[strejdaking]

Thank you.