Posted on 01/27/2017 4:07:55 PM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: 'Drop the gun!': Police release harrowing footage of cops shooting and killing an 18-year-old suspect just moments after he opened fire on a bus and drew his weapon at the officers
Police in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday released hours of footage related to the fatal police shooting of an armed suspect, under the first test of a state law expected to make such releases more routine.
The harrowing encounter took place in June of 2016, as police were searching for a suspect in a gang-rivalry shooting on a public bus.
Shot dead was 18-year-old Rodney Rodriguez Smith. Smith's grandmother, Linda Woodard, had questioned the official account of his death, saying that Smith had texted his girlfriend around the time of the shooting, the Charlotte Observer reported.
The newly released video upheld officers' accounts of the shooting.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
All too common mistake, letting one’s guard down and approaching a subject after he goes down. He may or may not have even been hit.
Take the chance to improve your position/cover and reload. Observe and see if the hits were effective. Don’t rush up.
Whoa. Charlie Manson musta checked his white privilege.
He looks like a zombie from The Walking Dead.
Not kidding.
that was a waste of time...
Another Black wannabe gang-banger dead.
Yayyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Officer Tryon - ironically(?) there is a Tryon street in Charlotte.
I think one of those cops had a military style assault machine gun pistol Glock ak 47 with a large capacity clip.
Suicide by cop?
There has been an alarming loss of aspiring rappers lately. I’m not sure the music industry will survive.
“”He do have an excellent “X” to shoot between his eyes, though. If you hit it I think you get an excellent score.””
You win the big stuffed bear!
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