I haven’t spoken to a single cop (I have some in the family) who believes this shooting was in any way justified. He wasn’t running from a crime, they had already checked and found that all he had was just a warrant on him for failure to pay child support and, while he had a record of minor (mostly traffic related) arrests, he was certainly not “America’s most wanted.” Even if he had been, cops are trained not to shoot when the person is running away unless he somehow presents an immediate threat to them or somebody else (he’s armed and turning around to shoot at them, for example).
This cop violated his training and even elementary common sense, and a perhaps somewhat dysfunctional but harmless person is dead now.
I agree with you even though I also understand he was driving a stolen car.
Yep...the justification of the use of deadly force is the IMMINENT threat of great bodily harm or death. That clearly was not the case here.
Throw in the fact that the officer moved the taser from where it actually was after the physical altercation to right next to the perp laying on the ground after he was shot(tampering with evidence) shows the cop deliberately ignored his training and sought to cover up his actions.
This cop needs to fry.
I agree,only point I am trying to make is when you run away from a psycho cop ( and at least half of them are psycho’s), you stand an excellent chance of being shot in the back.
So maybe blacks, whites, and persons of every other race should learn a lesson from this incident.
Don’t make any sudden moves, and comply with instructions.