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Well, I dunno.
The victim was "running toward the policeman"?
That was a mistake too.
Why didn't he walk? He must not have been very badly injured in the accident or he wouldn't be able to run.
Hard to say why someone does what they do after a car accident. Could have been shock...not thinking properly...scared, hurt...he didn't deserve to die though...especially from someone he trusted and looked to for help....guess pretty soon there'll be a rule book to read on "how to safely approach police", so that you won't be shot. Probably be a big seller.
The article (the only source of info I have to go by) did.
in other words, yes, the cops said so.
There will be other eye witnesses. A scene like this draws many eyes.
This will all come out in the trial. I just think its a shame to even have a trial to appease the usual race-baiter extortionists like it happened to Zimmerman.
Hard to say why someone does what they do after a car accident. Could have been shock...not thinking properly...scared, hurt...he didn't deserve to die though...especially from someone he trusted and looked to for help....guess pretty soon there'll be a rule book to read on "how to safely approach police", so that you won't be shot. Probably be a big seller.
That's called common sense. And yeah, it's not so common.
The victim was "running toward the policeman"?
That was a mistake too.
Why didn't he walk? He must not have been very badly injured in the accident or he wouldn't be able to run.
People are often in shock after an accident and are not thinking straight. Often things happen so fast that they don't even know how they got into the accident in the first place. Lots of accident victims report that they never knew what happened. It's often eyewitnesses who are able to say what happened, or the police figure out what happened from the evidence. Therefore, accident victims are often just overwhelmed that they almost died and that their car is wrecked.
Also, in this case, it was the middle of the night, no one was out, and the victim had been looking for help for quite a while. After all that, he was probably so relieved to finally see people (the police) who could help him, that he just ran because of the expectation of getting help.
The cop tried to retreat and used non-lethal means first...hardly "trigger happy".
The fact the cop is being charged tells me he was white. If he wasn't there would have been no charges.
Defending yourself against black people trying to harm you is illegal in America now.
Does the "non-lethal means" still count even though the cop missed with the Taser??? Race issues notwithstanding, I think this was another case of murder! But the cop will probably get away with it! They usually always do. They can shoot somebody that's unconscious and justify it! Makes me sick!
Does the "non-lethal means" still count even though the cop missed with the Taser??? Race issues notwithstanding, I think this was another case of murder! But the cop will probably get away with it! They usually always do. They can shoot somebody that's unconscious and justify it! Makes me sick!
The only reason I'm sticking up for the cop is because (based on the article) he did make a good faith effort to use retreat back and nonlethal means. The fact he missed with the taser is unfortunate(may not have worked anyway), but things like that happen.
I'm also wondering if the dead man was under the influence of something which will come out in a toxicology report. The bum-rushing the cops thing reeks of alcohol and/or PCP use, probably exacerbated by head trauma from the car accident.
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