I REPEAT no scenario where the guy that got shot in the back is not an immediate threat is justified. I don’t care what he may or may not have said to the cop. More cops were already coming. This shooter was just wrong and the court will bear that out - if it goes to court. It will most likely be plead out to manslaughter.
What’s incomplete? The video clearly shows the cop drawing and shooting a retreating unarmed man in the back.
Here’s an article describing the two major Supreme Court decisions that will apply in this case.
Scott, the alleged victim, wasn’t unarmed, he had two big fists. He was another big black male, just like the guy in Ferguson, Missouri who was beating on the Cop there in his squad car, and the guy who was beating up George Zimmerman in Florida. It appears this guy Scott was attacking the Cop here also, according to witnesses. We willl see, but as many here on FR have sided with the alleged victim, I’m siding with the Cop, the contrarian position.
The Cop sounded more than reasonable when approaching Scott in his car, and obviously had no idea that Scott would take off running. The Cop had no idea about the background of the guy he was chasing. It could have been an ax murderer for all he knew, and he was stopping a guy with a very possible criminal record, perhaps violent, from escaping to harm others. We shall see how this will pan out, but for now I’m on the Cop’s side and I think once again the initial hue and cry by the media will result in a bum rap for a Cop.
As to the video, the most important part of the transaction between the Cop and the alleged victim, when they were fighting (IMO the Cop was being attacked) is missing, isn’t it. Funny how the guy videotaping the incident somehow doesn’t have his tape rolling when the two were having their altercation. Hmmmm, selective taping? The alleged victim attacked the Cop? Just the part you’d want to have missing, isn’t it. And no one knows whether the taser was placed by the victim or not. No one knows what was dropped, be it sunglasses or something else other than a taser. So, I wait....