Once he’s running away what does it matter? He wasn’t armed and he wasn’t endangering anyone at that time.
If one of our troops shot an ISIS member like this they would go to jail.
Appreciate your clairvoyance in this matter...you can tell he is not armed? You can tell there are no place he is running to in order to pick up a weapon? You can tell he did not drop one weapon? You can tell he did not say, “you will be killed cop.”? Thanks for the trial by intuition.
They would but in a time of war you allow those things.
I wonder if the cop is ex-military. Was he trained to eliminate any possible threat as a soldier or are they training cops this way now?
Maybe rubber bullets or a bean bag gun would have been a better next choice. Or maybe the cop could have tossed his nightstick. Or maybe we’ve found a genuine racist cop?
I agree 100%. Having grown up in the days of the old black and white TV westerns, one thing I learned is that nothing justifies shooting somebody in the back. The “good guys” just don’t do that.
Ummmm....thru out the years and wars. Enemies retreating were shot at..and killed.
That’s the problem with the encounter. They knew who he was. Whatever the situation, they could have picked him up later.
The officer was not in fear for his life, the deceased was not threatening anyone else.
The cop just didn't want to have to chase him down, it seems.
The cop had the car, easily traceable, if it wasn't stolen. ...his, a friend, a family member.
It also seems to me the cop knew immediately he screwed up, the first thing he does after he unloads 8 shots is look at the person videoing the murder.
I support law enforcement, but we all know there are bad cops and this is one of them.
Show me evidence to the contrary.
Fleeing violent felons can be shot. It's called the Fleeing Felon Rule. I don't think that applies here, but it is a standard policy.
So “stop or I’ll shoot” is an empty threat?
Didn’t the cop lie his ass off about what happened? If so, whatever he says happened before the video is going to be suspect.