Here’s my problem: I’ve had it with our modern sissy lala culture. I am steeped in Louis L’Amour novels.
What would Chick Bowdrie do?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Bowdrie
For the record, I don’t care if this perp was black or white. When you get tazed and still put up a fight and, when the cop has his gun trained on you and telling you to stop (and he’s pumped up with adrenalyn from the scuffle he had with YOU, don’t be surprised if you suddenly find yourself at the great white throne judgement.
Running from an armed cop yelling for you to stop is just STUPID. And you deserve whatever you get at that point.
I’m no fan of the cops and don’t trust them, but unless I’m armed and ready to shoot it out with the cop, when a cop with a gun yells for me to stop, I STOP. Any other action is taking my life into my own hands. My unarmed hands.
Sure it is stupid to struggle with and then run from a cop! I don’t think it deserves 5 in the back though from 25 feet or so IF, IF, IF this is all there is to this story. Now a what if: say a perp, been tased, following a struggle with a cop, took off screaming and yelling incoherently and charging towards little children, (or adults for that matter), off in the distance I think that deadly force would be warranted. The perp has just proved he is nuts, fighting with an armed cop. Within seconds he is in range of the kids, pulls a knife and kills them. Then everyone would say why didn’t the cop shoot the perp when he had the chance?! That scenario did not happen HERE though. His OWN PD has charged him with murder! They would not if there had been one iota of mitigating circumstances that they saw or have been informed of. They went for murder AS SOON as they saw the video. We will see if a lesser charge ends up being what the cop ends up getting.