Still no excuse for a 33 yr old to shoot a 50 yr old while trying to escape vs running him down
Even if the black man was in very good shape, for a 50 year old, and had gotten away, he would have been inevitably picked up on something else and they could have added the running away charge at that point.
sure Slager could run him down.
Slager believes Scott has his taser (that was incorrect but he believed it at the time)
So if Slager catches up to Scott, be thinks he’s going to get tazed. then he will be incapacitated, and at risk of serious injury or death.
not to mention Scott could steal his pistol and then have two weapons.
Yep - these days it seems as if some cops shoot perps for the "convenience" of it rather than a real need.
Too many cops seem to not be mentally fit enough for the job - they exhibit a thug's "don't you dare dis me" mentality and do not belong in a profession where deadly force is sometimes needed. Those types will want to "earn their stripes" by killing someone and many are sadists who have trouble holding themselves in check.
Just as battered women gravitate to social actions type jobs, thugs who want to hurt people gravitate towards cop jobs.