Black cop...white victim...nothing to see here.My standards would be just the same as they would be for white cop,black victim.It’s my understanding that there was some sort of serious,or potentially serious,situation occurring at the time and during it the black cop ordered the white guy to raise his hands but he failed to do so because,most likely,he didn’t *hear* the order because he was wearing headphones.Sounds plausible to me.With that info I’m not prepared to claim “wrongful shooting”.With additional info I may,or may not,change my mind.
Even worse is the number of blacks killed by other blacks. Talk about misplaced outrage and fear.
Not white means a lot of things, he could be Asian or Latino as well, both are ethnicities I have found to be somewhat of a demographic in SLC.
Totally disagree. Given the facts presented this would be minimum 3rd degree manslaughter.
Take away the badge and lets say the shooter was a civilian with a concealed weapon. Still think the shooting may be justified? If not then you must ask why does a badge make it ok?
Being a cop does not give you a pass and in fact cops should be much more prepared to make the right decision than a civilian. If police are not held to the same proctorial standards as anyone else in the use of deadly force then we as a society are literally giving them a license to commit murder.
Or, being wanted on felony fugitive warrants, maybe he pretended not to hear. He had no reason to want the police to get their hands on him.