[Cautious Optimism]

Agreed. This is not like the Ferguson case where Brown was advancing with malice on the officer. It is hard to rationalize shooting this fleeing subject in the back. If he got away where was he going to go? They had his car and I assume ID.

[treetopsandroofs]

“Agreed. This is not like the Ferguson case where Brown was advancing with malice on the officer.”

Agreed. In Ferguson, the “suspect” had not gained control of the officer’s weapon.

“It is hard to rationalize shooting this fleeing subject in the back. If he got away where was he going to go? They had his car and I assume ID.”

Since the article didn’t talk about the election, why not trust Big Media’s reporting on this?

See #22.

[Kazan]

It is hard to rationalize shooting this fleeing subject in the back.

He was shot after Brooks shot the officer with a taser that he had stolen from one of the officers.

That is quite a detail leave out.

This is an open and shut case of an officer acting self-defense, more so than the Michael Brown case since was unarmed.