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At this point the only person whose life is ruined is laying in the morgue — not that you give a diddley

Nonsense. Even if the evidence fully supports the officer's story, his career is finished, all because he was put into a no-win situation by a worthless thug. In addition, he, like Zimmerman, will always have a target on his back, because the race pimps won't let go of their fantasy that this was an evil white cop executing a poor little black kid (and they won't let go of that fantasy, because it lucrative, and enough people buy into it). As far as the Gentle Giant in the morgue, no, I don't really care. The lives of people like him usually leave a trail of pain and suffering in their wake. While I am not happy about his early demise, I cannot in good conscience say that I am terribly upset by it, either. Maybe he would have turned his life around, cured cancer, and gone on to be a productive member of society. But more likely he was going to end up dead, in jail, or a lifelong drain on the welfare system.

If his life was ruined, it was by his own hand that it was done, in all likelihood. And unless there is some evidence that hasn't been released yet, showing that he was in fact "executed", my concern about his fate is too small to be measured. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Let’s take an alternate hypothetical...
What if the initial reports were different?”
All of the day 1 day 2 reports have colored our responses.

Let’s step back... and try a different story.
Local PD has an open broadcast on a strong arm robbery. A few short minutes later a local patrol officer encounters two young men walking in the street and directs them to get out of the road and use the sidewalk. As he starts to drive away, he realizes one fits the BOLO. He’s not 100% certain, and the call is not armed robbery or armed and dangerous, so he doesn’t call for immediate backup. He goes back to check young men, giving them some benefit of the doubt until he’s investigated further. The officer backs up and stops to question them, calling out to them to step over to the vehicle. One rushes his truck as he’s standing up. The officer is pinned between the door and the truck taking blows. He reacts by reaching through the open window with his right hand to engage the suspect. The suspect then reaches for the officer’s gun, and in the course of protecting his weapon a round is fired. The suspect reacts to the shot by stepping back and then decides to run. The injured officer pursues. The weapon is at this point already drawn and in the hand of the officer from his successful defense of that same weapon during the scuffle. The suspect is not in particularly good shape and knows he won’t make it far. He hears the call to halt close behind him, and he knows the officer is going to catch him. He then stops, turns, raises his hands, and starts to taunt the officer that he can’t shoot an unarmed man. The suspect then lowers his head and rushes the officer again. The officer fires multiple shots at the aggressively charging suspect, who is unfortunately mortally wounded.

Again, I’m not saying I know for a fact this is what happened, but some of the witness, friend, and family reports support this story just as easily as the “execution on his knees while pleading for his life“ story gleaned from other witness, friend, and family reports that have been published.

The story above sounds a lot like a righteous shoot.
The stories in the media narrative point to a rogue racist cop.

As in most cases, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle, but the more evidence that comes to light, the less this is looking like a cop with an itchy trigger finger and a taste for innocent blood.