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Yep, the cameras are used to resolve questions following an encounter between officers and members of the public. That is exactly what was recorded on the police body cameras. I'm sure people are very curious about how police officers interact with each other and would really like to have video of those conversations, but that's not the purpose of the body cameras.
Thankfully, those who interpret the purpose for body cameras, and when cops are free to disable them, have a better understanding than you.
You're intentionally propagating hyperbole that he was executed with premeditated intent for vandalism, which is very disingenuous. The police were chasing a criminal with no respect for personal property, savagely smashing in car windows in the neighborhood. It's not a large leap to believe that he may hold the same lack of respect for other people's lives. He pulled something out of his pocket in pitch black darkness while running from police and the police reacted in a split second.
It's unfortunate, and no one deserves to die for vandalism, but Clark put himself in that situation and what ended up happening was very probable. Maybe the guy even committed suicide by cop
All a cop has to say is he felt his life was in danger and he can kill anyone he pleases.
Imagine the power of that statement.
"I felt my life was in danger."
Amazing.
Why do you choose to ignore the context in which this happened? This man was not sipping tea in his grandmother's backyard. He was vandalizing property and jumping over backyard fences in the middle of the night. When confronted by police, he ran. When confronted a second time, he did not show his hands, instead he started fooling around with his phone.
Why do you choose to ignore the context in which this happened? This man was not sipping tea in his grandmother's backyard. He was vandalizing property and jumping over backyard fences in the middle of the night. When confronted by police, he ran. When confronted a second time, he did not show his hands, instead he started fooling around with his phone.
Has it been established that he was the vandal? Source?
Actually he showed his hands one of which had a cell phone in it. Got him killed.
Why do you choose to ignore the context in which this happened?
Decisions on use of deadly force are predicated on whether the perpetrator is a current threat.
Not on any of this crap:
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He was vandalizing property and jumping over backyard fences in the middle of the night. When confronted by police, he ran. When confronted a second time, he did not show his hands, instead he started fooling around with his phone.
That is, if you run a professional police force.
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