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I'm glad the cop is charged with murder, they need to teach them to shoot not to kill
That shows your ignorance right there. A gun is lethal force. You shoot center mass. There's no such thing as shooting "not to kill". That's the movies. A moving leg is a hard target and you can easily kill someone with a shot to the leg anyway.
He ran away & the cop murdered him. You can even see the cop planting the stun gun next to his dead body.
YEP. The video speaks for itself. I wonder if opinions on here would be different it it were a white republican man being gunned down like an animal. It looked like the cop was hunting a deer, especially the slow walk towards the victim. Again we don't know if cops motivation was racial, but it was clearly murder either way.
That shows your ignorance right there. A gun is lethal force. You shoot center mass. There's no such thing as shooting "not to kill". That's the movies. A moving leg is a hard target and you can easily kill someone with a shot to the leg anyway.
You are showing yours, he should not have shot at the back of an unarmed fleeing person.
Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, he or she may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.
They shouldn't be allowed to shoot someone in the back running away whether they are a felon or not. What barbaric crap that is. That's giving the police(government agents) execution powers.
The "felon" here had a broke tail light. That was his crime as reported so far.
He has a warrant for his attest. Whoi runs from the cops for a tail light that is out, that's ignorant.
YEP. The video speaks for itself. I wonder if opinions on here would be different it it were a white republican man being gunned down like an animal. It looked like the cop was hunting a deer, especially the slow walk towards the victim. Again we don't know if cops motivation was racial, but it was clearly murder either way.
I personally believe that any Cop with a badge who kills with impunity should be held accountable no matter what shade victim's skin is..Murder is murder..and history seems to be repeated..claim self defence..felt threatened..stole my gun or whatever...It's been shown more and more such claims are not only false..but done so to enable their ability to get away with killing anyone ( regardless of race/colour or creed)!! Why would they feel the need to lie...It's obvious..To get away with it..Having a bad day?? Sorry isn't going to be so likely to get away with it with electronic capabilities today
Yes, another cop who unloaded into the back of a man RUNNING AWAY as he "feared for his life."
I knew many cops in Philadelphia who spent careers never having even pulled their weapons. Something is definitely wrong and these cops have to be brought under control (I'd say brought to justice - but that's would be ludicrous).
I'd hate to think of all the people murdered and no charges because there was no video.
It's both, imo. I think policies got a little bit too loose during the '80s. Nobody cared if some street punk got shot in the back when crime was that high when he was running away. Now public perception is swinging a bit the other direction and putting the spotlight on law enforcement and use of force. It wasn't that many decades ago when this would have been a good shooting in many states. The guy was running, that used to justify deadly force alone in many places up until Garner.
The video looks bad for the cop. But let's play some Devils advocate here.
If it was just a tail light, why did he run? What was he hiding?
What happened before the shooting?
Did he tell the cop he was going to get a gun or a knife? Did he have something stashed around there?
The camera guy was a bit convenient. Was his job to tape while his friend tried to get a cop to beat him up a little and things went wrong?
There was a struggle over the taser. Did the cop think he was firing his taser in the heat of things?
I wonder if the people insisting that felony convictions be expunged after good behavior applies in this case too?
Also, since the guy failed to pay child support, he was a dirt bag and thus according to some, he deserved it. Who knows what abuse his kids went through because they didn't have enough money to buy food and clothes etc?
Just applying the same standards as when the shoe is on the other foot.
Sadly this could have all been prevented if the guy didn't run and just accepted his consequences of his warrant and he would have lived to see another day.
Or if the cop, who appears to be in fair shape, would have pursued the guy, who is not in as good of shape, with his legs and take him down in order to do his duty to get the man to a courtroom, and not be judge, jury, and executioner.
agreed. That's the video of a cowardly murderer.
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That was his crime as reported so far.
