[boycott]

Tragic any way you look at it. I don't know the story of why they were being pursued by police. All I know for sure is that if the officer had been white, you can bet with 100% certainty that Jesse, Al, and all the other race clowns would have been in south Alabama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDdIR24qLrY

[DoughtyOne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDdIR24qLrY

[skeeter]

Impossible to tell whether this was intentional or not.

[DoughtyOne]

Doesn’t look good, that’s for sure.

The officer doesn’t seem to have hit the breaks until he had gone clear over the suspect.

Looked like one of the worst reaction times ever. Completely flawed decision to run the guy down?

Affirmative action in motion?

[taxcontrol]

In many states, a LEO may shoot a fleeing suspect if that officer or the situation meets certain criteria. Normally that list includes the fleeing suspect having been observed committing a felony, having the ability and/or intent to cause grievous harm, and having been ordered to stop. There may be other conditions as well.

Once these conditions have been met, lethal force is permissible. The choice of that lethal force (bullet or bumper) used by the officer should not be questioned.

[arthurus]

From this video it is hard to tell. It depends some on how fast the cop was going. And Jermaine ran straight across the road without first ascertaining whether there was traffic.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

There seems to be an easy defense not mentioned. When driving a vehicle, it is recommended that you have three car lengths in front of you before the next vehicle, as your vehicle cannot usually stop in time to avoid hitting that vehicle otherwise. Reaction time plus momentum.

[Popman]

To prevail, the plaintiff must prove that Commins acted intentionally and as not merely negligent. Commins also faces a wrongful-death count, under which the plaintiff must prove that the officer was "deliberately indifferent" to the victim's life.

Based on strictly the video footage, why is this even in court...?

The perp, err I mean victim could have just stopped running...

[kanawa]

Looks pretty harsh, Judge Dredd.

[doug from upland]

When the silver Dodge Charger driven by Hillary...........

Be still my heart.

[stylin19a]

I just watched this thing 15 times. Slow-mo, frame by frame.
He’s following the cop car in front of him.
Changes direction as he sees the guys...

what I think I am seeing is, this cop is trying to get to where the running guys would run into the cop car, and misjudged it.

[Caipirabob]

That was an outright kill. Period.

Suspect disappears under the front of the car. A moment and then a rather large bump. Officer stops car. "What was that?" : /

Not good.