[normy]

I used to work at the Pike Place Market back in the late 80’s as a teenager. There were lots of drunk Indians hanging around. Some would get loud and yell but I never saw any attacks on anyone, not that it couldn't happen but my point is you get to know their tendencies. If this cop knew the victim, shouldn't he have used a different approach? Called for back up, slowly followed the strolling suspect in his squad car? It's looks like the guy hadn't just commited a violent act on another citizen and the cop was following up. Face it the cop had no right to kill this man.

[SeeSac]

If this cop knew the victim, shouldn't he have used a different approach?

I wasn't trying to say what he should have done, just that sometimes if you have an emotional past with someone, you react differently than you would with a complete stranger. Or maybe it wasn't personal, the cop just had a problem with the street people and lost it.