INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STREAM POLICE SHOOTING OF BLACK MAN ROILS CITY

TMZ ^ | May 7, 2020 | TMZ

[GuavaCheesePuff]

A man running from cops was gunned down by police after bailing from a car ... and the officer-involved shooting was captured on the dude's live stream.

The wild scene unfolded Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis ... and the video picks up with the man behind the wheel of a car, calling out the street he was on ... and pleading for someone to "come get my stupid ass." All of this as he live streamed from a phone.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"I am looking for facts."

Let us know when you find some, Puffy.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Give him the key to the city, of course. How will Indianapolis ever get over the loss of such a valuable citizen ?

Will Puffy be attending the funeral ?

[21twelve]

“Don’t get me wrong. I’d never be in that situation.”

I knew a gal in college. Her brother also went to the school. On a summer road trip with a buddy they got pulled over somewhere. The two cops were REALLY rough with them. Seems their car fit the description of a shooting.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Naah, this poster is a troll. Check their history. They posted a negative story the other day about Colorado and a fake poll showing Plugs with a nearly 20% lead over Trump.

[null and void]

I rather doubt he was running backwards.

12 shots, a pause, and a double tap.

You tell me what the available evidence, as thin as it is points to.

[Manly Warrior]

Wowser!

So, everyone fleeing from a police officer is automatically a felon due a death sentence?

Watch Sly Stallone and Judge Dress much?

Agreed that a person who threatens another unlawfully with deadly force is and ought to be engaged with countervailing force, but only then. Fleeing is s bit more involved.

Fleeing felon is on the books in my state, but defense of justification is burdened upon the officer or citizen.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

"F**k you" ... and then a flurry of gunshots rang out (AS THE MAN WAS FIGHTING WITH ANOTHER MAN HOLDING A SHOTGUN AND HIT THE MAN WITH THE SHOTGUN) (and then) fell to the ground. The phone's camera came to rest pointed up toward the sky ... and continued streaming.

Fixed it. Moms, tell your sons NOT to fight with someone over a gun when unarmed and especially if they've done something wrong. The liberals get mad when a perpetrator with a gun is fought with or shot in the act of a crime, so, give it a rest.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Didn’t mean to imply that it was.

But it never works out well.

[dljordan]

“There is no mention of whether or not the man was armed”

They don’t care.

[Secret Agent Man]

not usually

[House Atreides]

“
...If you want to get mad at anyone, get mad at TMZ for poor reporting.

By the way, I don’t blame Guava or anyone else for posting a TMZ article without first doing more research. TMZ is a goofy celebrity gossip site. But they often do excellent, real reporting. I’d trust them over, say, NBC or CBS.”
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I’m not sure it was really “poor reporting” by TMZ. TMZ has an agenda and the way this information deficient article was written advances that agenda. I do agree that TMZ frequently has excellent, old-fashioned objective reporting. So maybe the lockdown resulted in this particular article getting good a good editor’s complete review.

It’s possible that GuavaCheesePuff shares some of TMZ’s agenda based upon some of his postings.

[House Atreides]

“...12 shots, a pause, and a double tap.

You tell me what the available evidence, as thin as it is points to.‘
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You actually need to wait for COMPLETE evidence to see what it “points to”. Anyhow, my original question above was directed at your allegation that the perp was “shot in the back”. Where did you find THAT information? Or were you simply making it up?

[shanover]

So by coincidence and design the race machine is in full gear for the election. This summer will be so much fun locked down and riots galore all lit by Soros.

[Bikkuri]

I had to learn this in the academy, decades ago (surprised I remember the case):

Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985)

"Under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a police officer may use deadly force to prevent the escape of a fleeing suspect only if the officer has a good-faith belief that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others."

[MeganC]

Who exits a car firing a rifle while talking on their cell phone? The very notion is absurd.

[Hugh the Scot]

I fear that the “firing a rifle” part of that may come from conflating two different incidents. This guy isn’t accused of having a rifle, as far as the news reports would indicate.

[null and void]

Oh, I just made it up. The evidence will show the suspect was indeed running backwards in an attempt to convince the cops he was peacefully surrendering.

Only in your universe!

[trebb]

I have a 9mm that holds 16 in the mag...and if needed, a 17th in the tube...

[JimRed]

So if a LEO says, “come here” and you go in the opposite direction, you may be shot ?

There's a difference between continuing in the direction you were going and taking off running.

[JimRed]

So, everyone fleeing from a police officer is automatically a felon due a death sentence?

Dead criminals are the best kind. Let them get away and they are a future threat to the lives and property of all the rest of us. And the more they get away, the more they escalate.