Well anyone with common sense can see that this was a case of suicide by cop. Like most on FR. I am also not very tolerant of liberal points of view. Cannot believe you would side with the crazy thugs in this case. WTF?
I just love your standards of evidence. Can I use them at your trial?
I am also not very tolerant of liberal points of view.
You call protection of the unalienable right to due process of law a "liberal point of view"? Liberals hate the Fifth Amendment.
Cannot believe you would side with the crazy thugs in this case.
I'm not. If the idiot had rushed the cop, his buddy could have dropped him in less than a half-second. One would think they were trained to keep the lead guy out of the line of fire from the second; if not, the trainers are incompetent. At the distance at which the perp was shot, there was no good cause for the lead to shoot given the backup. If the cop had been alone, that would have changed the risk v. rights picture considerably and I would have said he would be justified at the first gesture of attack, and no, failure to comply should not carry a death sentence. Given the backup, the lead guy should have done what he could to get the space cadet to surrender first, giving him as much room as possible to let him blow off steam and come to his senses.
The police exist as professional risk-takers employed to secure rights, not to act as judge, jury, and executioner just because of how they feel. It's why we have rules of engagement in war, albeit those Zero has employed are an abomination. So if this is how they are going to behave, I think we'd be better off without them and let the people arm and defend themselves taking their own risks.