Sure as hell looks like 1st Degree Murder to me.
Yes but he was running like hell in the opposite direction, in a very threatening manner… sarc/
Eddie Murphy used to have a joke where the cops go bang, bang, bang,….”stop or Ill shoot!!”
Murder yes. Not sure about 1st degree. But definitely murder.
I’m assuming you’re not a lawyer? Otherwise you would know the difference between first and second degree murder. This is second degree, tops.
Although I am curious what the thing is that falls away from the cop (behind him) just before he draws his weapon and fires. Unfortunately, the cop and shooting victim are obscured just before that moment. Did the guy go for the cop’s weapon, only to dislodge the taser, resulting in the cop reacting defensively?
If so, that’s clearly heat of the moment and 2nd degree tops. Either way, I have no clue how you could possibly say the cop’s actions were premeditated.
As a Southerner, I believe this was bigotry. If the guy had been white, I do not believe that cop would have shot his gun. Does this type of bigotry happen elsewhere other than the South? I really wonder if it is a Southern thing as portrayed by tv.
Me too.....in fact, if I were standing on my front porch shooting at a guy running down the street who had just tried to break into my house, I don't think the Castle Doctrine law would protect me from murder charges.