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New Flash. People have all sorts of different and goofy reactions under stress.
And some will get you killed.
Some decide to fight and go for a weapon.
New Flash. People have all sorts of different and goofy reactions under stress.
So the cop was making nonsense commands that put the guy in a situation to get him shot. i.e. crawling on the floor with basketball shorts causing them to fall down his waist making him reach to keep them up.
It wasn't a cluster fuck all round. ALL of that was on the psycho cop(s). One for making stupid and conflicting commands. Two for putting him in a situation where the guy had to reach back and pull up his pants, and Three for fucking murdering him.
Wasn't murder but the cop giving the commands should be fired or something and the guy that shot retrained or may fired.
He got killed because he was given moronic commands to follow.He got killed because he reached for his waistline where people normally carry weapons if the have them on a gun call. Deserve has nothing to do with it. He fucked up and the cop reacted could it have been prevented, I think so but that doesn't change what happened and why the cop was let off.
The cop's instructions were terrible.
"Pull yourself up to a kneeling position.....KEEP YOUR LEGS CROSSED!!!"
That said, the final movement the victim made was a poor one, and I can't blame the cop for treating it as a threat. However, the instructions he gave elevated the situation to unnecessary confusion. Not murder, but that guy shouldn't be a cop anymore.
If that ever happens to me, I'm just staying spread eagle, and telling the cop to come restrain me.
Well what's your instinct when your pants get dragged to your ankles, and someone's telling you to crawl or get shot?
As I said, the cop's instructions were terrible, and I don't know enough about law enforcement to say what is and isn't protocol in a situations like that. From my understanding, you don't want the suspect moving if you can avoid it. I would think the cop had him neutralized enough to move in, when he was laying down. I don't get why he asked the guy to crawl towards him. To me that seems like he's elevating the danger, over letting the guy just lay there spread eagle while he moves in.
Maybe it was tactical though. I don't know what was reported, and if the cops knew how many potential suspects they were dealing with. I could see asking him to move towards him, if they wanted him to get away from the hallway he came around from.
I think the cop giving directions fucked up and had the guy ( who was already losing it) all fucked up in what he was suppose to do.
He reached for his waistline and even if he was pulling up his pants the cop had no way to know that on a gun call.
It looked like a cluster fuck all the way around.
I can see however why the jury did not convict.
The lowest denominator of any race will stoop low enough to praise the murder of a member of a different race. To me this shooting is a lot like the Philandro Castile shooting except he actually had a weapon.Guys, I'm actually black.
I don't care about what race this guy was. Wrong is wrong. And this murder was wrong.
There is nothing stopping white Americans from protesting or rioting against police brutality. Instead, we had a jury, and people in this thread that are calling the cop's actions justifiable.
This isn't a race issue, every single person that saw that video should be outraged. Communities should have a bigger say in how they're being "protected"
Shit like this makes me glad that i left the country
If it could have been avoided it wasn't justified.Shame but don't reach when I cop as a gun pointed at you espicaly if he is answering a gun call.
The cop was acing a bit stupid but the shoot was justified. A shame and could habe been avoided but legally justified.
Neither could the cop from what I'm hearing.Was he crawling or lying prone? Because you can't make your mind up on that one.
In states where police have been given additional training, weapon use has dropped dramatically, so yes, better training would definitely help.Please give us your break down of the pros and cons of the current Police training model in the US, and ways it can be improved.
I think the cop giving directions fucked up and had the guy ( who was already losing it) all fucked up in what he was suppose to do.
He reached for his waistline and even if he was pulling up his pants the cop had no way to know that on a gun call.
It looked like a cluster fuck all the way around.
I can see however why the jury did not convict.
#Privatize the police.