The point is, there was zero need to draw a gun and shoot. Zero. He wasn’t a kill-worthy threat.
Glad everyone here takes the side of the criminal and lynches the cops no matter what. Makes everything so easy.
Why do we even have police when no matter what they do is going to get them lynched?
Got to disagree. he sure as hell was a threat. He pointed a weapon at the cop first. If you let him go, in his condition with a weapon he was willing to point at a police officer, he could have done the same to innocent civilians. He wasn't down an in custody. The officer did nothing wrong here. In fact, he shouldn't have even been fired
He assaulted both police officers. He was intoxicated and had been driving. He apparently was on probation, which means the new crimes would probably send him to prison. MADD used to be considered the heroes. Now we’re supposed to let people drive while intoxicated and possibly kill innocent people (and yet people not wearing masks are accused of risking other people’s lives and so “should be” arrested for “assault”)? He’d be alive if he didn’t resist arrest, didn’t punch the officers, didn’t take and point a taser at the officer. How could the officer have known that it was a taser and not the other officer’s gun OR a gun that Brooks himself had? He was running, so why did he delay, turn, and fire at the officer? What was his goal? What would have happened if the officer went down, incapacitated? Officers have a right to self-defense, they have a duty to protect the public, and they deserve due process, presumption of innocence, and a fair trial BEFORE being punished. The VP-hopeful mayor forgot all about due process and her classes in constitutional law, apparently. She called for his IMMEDIATE firing, which she got. In addition, she “accepted” the white female police chief’s resignation and replaced her with a black male. This is equality and racial justice in 2020.