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The officer pulled a weapon and when the kid tried to flee, he jumped in front of a moving vehicle putting himself in danger, which arguably made the shooting substantiated. Had he chose to let the kid flee and wait for a better opportunity, we wouldn't be dealing with a dead body.
The kid seen a gun and ran . He had is girlfriend in the front seat also, eating an ice cream.
We need a 10 week course for all High Schoolers to complete before they are allowed to graduate. The 'kids' would be instructed on how to conduct themselves around Law Enforcement Personnel. They would be shown videos and material on how to act if they are in a situation with a Police Officer. I would envision demos of actual officers taking down perpetrators. I would show them the size of the hole and blood on a real gunshot wound, not a hollywood one. I would have speakers that were shot and survived come in and show the students their gunshot deformities.
This may save a few more lives and make a Police Officer's job a bit easier. Heck, I it might be good to have them sign a Pledge that they will respect Law Enforcement and they job they do for Society.
Just a Utopian thought. Ok, naysayers, let me have it. I am sure this is going to rile someone?
The officer pulled a weapon and when the kid tried to flee, he jumped in front of a moving vehicle putting himself in danger, which arguably made the shooting substantiated. Had he chose to let the kid flee and wait for a better opportunity, we wouldn't be dealing with a dead body.
The kid seen a gun and ran . He had is girlfriend in the front seat also, eating an ice cream.
Read the laws. No police officer is required to retreat or fail to arrest because some punk decides to attack them.
Isn't it nice to be able to start responsibility at the time of your choosing instead of when the first choice ro break the law takes place?
Punk is dead because of what he did.
Who cares what his girlfriend was doing? She wasn't shot. If the punk would have decided to eat an ice cream instead of becoming a criminal, he'd be alive.
At least now the girl can go find a smarter boyfriend.
Please contribute before asking something of others.
Anyone can guess.. Since its okay for you to guess, then it is okay for anyone else too. Guess he could have had a gun in the car, since we're guessing.
The facts are: stupid criminal tried to resist arrest, abscond and tried to run over a cop.
Cop shot stupid criminal dead. No doubt that the criminal was stupid, it is a fact.
Cop is not being charged.
Those are the facts, they are not in dispute despite your attempts to make this about me.
Please watch the video before you contribute. That cop should have let that kid drive on. He wasn't trying to run the cop over, he was trying to run away. I'm sure there would have been another opportunity to catch him. He could have possibly been reformed, but now he's dead so that chance is over. The problem is some cops out here are just gun happy and shoot as soon as they get scared. He's not fit for police work.
Please watch the video before you contribute. That cop should have let that kid drive on. He wasn't trying to run the cop over, he was trying to run away. I'm sure there would have been another opportunity to catch him. He could have possibly been reformed, but now he's dead so that chance is over. The problem is some cops out here are just gun happy and shoot as soon as they get scared. He's not fit for police work.
I agree. The kid probably was "high" and paranoid when he seen the cop. The cop just really was looking for a reason to use his gun that day....claiming the good old fashion "felt my life was in imminent danger" claim
The teen was un-armed. The cop was not in front of the car at all and the cop should have approached from behind.
Read the laws. No police officer is required to retreat or fail to arrest because some punk decides to attack them.
Isn't it nice to be able to start responsibility at the time of your choosing instead of when the first choice ro break the law takes place?
Punk is dead because of what he did.
Who cares what his girlfriend was doing? She wasn't shot. If the punk would have decided to eat an ice cream instead of becoming a criminal, he'd be alive.
At least now the girl can go find a smarter boyfriend.
Mhhm. People wonder why there's so many "cop haters" and "anti-cop" folks out there, this attitude is disgusting.
Mhhm. People wonder why there's so many "cop haters" and "anti-cop" folks out there, this attitude is disgusting.
Disgusting are the excuses for thugs, punks and others who won't obey they laws, create the conditions for their own demise and then the apologists and bleeding hearts who wouldn't live within miles of any of them, complain about the police.
Right, some people hate cops because thugs and punks break laws. Save it.
There we have it, don't blame the criminal for anything. Criminal uses a gun to kill? Blame guns and everyone else. Criminal throws away their lofe? Blame the cop.
Who will you blame when the criminal invades your home and rapes your wife, the tooth fairy?
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I don't think he tried running the cop over.. the cop was no where in front of the car... He was by the driver door..He tried getting away. We can't deny that.
Ive seen dozens of videos of police in the same exact situation, if not WORST , and they do not shoot the driver in the head...
Every time a cops murders people , they can claim their life is in "danger" and that really needs to stop....
If the cop followed protocol and stayed behind the vehicle, then his "life in danger" would have never happened.
A friend of mine was in EXACTLY the same situation. Driver turned into him, knocked him over and one wheel ran over his arm. He was able to draw his gun after being knocked down, but perp crashed into a pylon, and his partner arrested him. My friend got very close to losing his life. He did not approach with gun drawn, and maybe he should have.
If drugs were legal the punk wouldn't have been selling drugs, he'd be running some other kind of hustle. Legalizing drugs would do nothing to prevent these occurrences or make decent people out of the criminally minded. All it would do is send children the message that frying their brains with chemicals is an acceptable practice.
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