Appears to me the man was being defensive and resisting, and flailing about, but not attacking.
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It appeared the man swung at the officers. I would consider that attacking. Also, can you confirm that he didn’t have a gun or reach for the gun of one of the officers?
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I guess if he was only drunk or high on pot he would only received an ass beating instead of shot several times?
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Good thing you confirmed it wasn’t bath salts, spice, or anything like that.
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No, I did not see him grab for an officers gun and you also don’t know whether or not he was grabbing for an officers gun. But pay attention to the number of timing and shots. After the first shot, they made sure he was dead at point blank range.
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I couldn’t tell what was happening from that video and neither could you.
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There are many ways this could have been handled differently... one would be for cops to take the time to evaluate and act less confrontational, but it doesn’t really matter now does it.
The man may have been a homeless drunk , a crack head or whatever, but he was not an animal. What I saw is the cops overeacting and putting this guy down like a dog. We dont have police officers anymore...we have enforcers.
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I personally don’t know why they didn’t taser the man. With that many police officers on the scene, it seems like that would have at least had a taser.
That all said, I don’t know enough about the situation to condemn all cops. And it could be that JUST ONE OF THEM OVERREACTED. The others could have been shocked by the action taken by the ONE officer. That doesn’t mean to me that all of them are bad cops. There just isn’t enough information in this video for me to condemn anyone at this point but a lot of questions will need to be asked.
I’ll add that I know there are many corrupt police officers but I also know there are a lot of good ones too.
That thin blue line is a very thick blue wall. And if the other cops believe their fellow cop over reacted they sure as hell won’t say anything about it. That’s one of the things I hate most about cops.
Another summary execution.