The crux of the issue I brought up was justification for use of deadly force and the seeming pass that the agents of the state get versus what we citizens would be arrested and charged for had we done similarly. I'm addressing the mindset among we the people specifically. Cops get a pass - a citizen will not, and that is okay and celebrated even.
I'm still curious as to WHY the cop had to shoot the kid dead if indeed he fired at him multiple times. He did not call for backup, chase the perp down to affect an arrest using a baton, mace or a taser .
If we have arrived at the point that agents of the state are given latitude to use deadly force whenever they feel 'threatened' - what threatens them will continually be redefined, until such time that a wayward look could earn an execution by the hands of the state, and it will be justified. Look at how many pet executions have occurred in the last few years.
It's a greased Toboggan to hell if that is what we are content with.
I pointed out how wrong you were to go around screaming and shouting about ‘how the police shot him in the back’. Most of us knew, instinctively, that that was the foolish ranting of someone not fully engaged with the facts of the case.
Then you moved on to how the police were out of control, and again, those of us who understand these things knew you were talking from a position of ignorance. We knew, but couldn’t prove, that you were wrong.
Now there’s this bit of news:
“The “JJ Witness Video” – Eye Witness Audio of Mike Brown States: “Brown Doubled Back Toward POlice”…
This wasn’t an out of control cop, it was a cop who was justifiably protecting his own life.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3193733/posts
Again, you’ve been shown, by the facts as they come to light, that your rush to judgment simply shows your own ignorance of how these situations play out on the ground.
You are allowing your biases to blind you to reality.