Don’t Rush To Judgment On The Atlanta Shooting: The death of Rayshard Brooks is a tragedy, but it is not the open and shut case that George Floyd killing was.

He was shot AFTER Brooks shot at the officer. That would be the key detail.

I'm still trying to get this straight myself. As I understand it, Garrett Rolfe is the one that was tazed and also charged with killing Brooks. Rolfe looks to be left handed then? The other cop doesn't appear to have pulled his weapon yet. It looks like Rolfe may have got both shots off before he was struck by the taser and there was a delayed action before Brooks went down? Just the way it looks to me.

Exactly. I’ve never been in a combat situation or a shootout. I was however a witness to a crime where a bunch of black guys were trying to get at me while I was in my car. Several police arrived at the same time and it was mass pandemonium for a few seconds with lots of guns out and laser beams pointing.

It’s impossible to have complete situational awareness.

That’s a good article. I forgot to mention the fact that Floyd was saying “I can’t breathe” when he was standing next to the police car. He couldn’t breathe before anybody restrained him on the ground or put a knee on his neck. The autopsy shows no injuries to his neck, superficial or deep. Whatever caused his breathing problem, it wasn’t the knee on the neck. It didn’t help his medical condition to be arrested but he resisted and that caused the “subdual restraint.” It’s interesting that doctors now recognize that for COVID patients, a prone position HELPS them to breathe more easily. So there’s another argument against restraint being THE cause of death. Did it contribute? Probably at least somewhat, but enough, given all the other circumstances, to send a man to prison for 40 years or life or worse? This is what a jury will have to decide. If the officers disobeyed some policy, they’ve already been punished for that by being fired without due process. Same for the officers in Georgia. Punish first; investigate later. This is supposed to be America, where our constitution protects due process and the assumption of innocence until proved guilty.

Yeah slow motion ... that what the cop should have used. Real life ... fighting running

I am not sure cause i was not there. Just looking at it as if I was in the cops shoes. Just thinking if I was defense atty.

As far as racial, I dont think it would have been different if it was a white guy. At no time did either of the cops treat him with disrespect.

Shoot a tazer and run away, that gets you a shot in the back.

You're leaving something out -- that the person that shot the taser took it from the officer after resisting arrest.

Police are going to be unable to do their jobs if suspects are allowed to resist arrest and take their weapons and use them against them.

There is no scenario where law and order can be maintained and that is allowed.

He said real men go out and risk their lives everyday so little girls like you can sit and criticize their every move from the safety of Moms basement..

When you fight with the cops and grab their weapons they will fight back. If you don’t want to get shot then do as they ask.

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