As far as I can tell from watching this video which is very shaky at some points, the officer seems to have murdered the man.
Maybe there was some weapon right at that critical point that I can’t see bc of the shaky video, but I don’t think so.
Either he accidentally discharged his weapon in the man’s face, or he shot him on purpose.
Either way, I think the cop is going to be in trouble.
Murder?
If someone tries to run your ass over with their car and you defend yourself, that’s murder?
As I understand it - cops have had a green light for years to shoot a fleeing suspect. They make out like the suspect was going to run them over and BANG! They shoot.
Was not Tensing knocked down? Maybe he fell down after he shot DuBose, but it was - per regulations - a clean kill.
But - because DuBose is a protected minority - CVS’s gotta burn.
This kind of hyper judgment of police is cute but the trend will be for police to be less and less responsive. It is really easy in the cushiness of ones home at a computer to judge. It is quite another thing to be in the officers shoes and deal with the level of stress and tension on the job.
I am reading more and more how people have to wait hours for police to show up when they need 911 help. As we beat down the officers with armchair quarterbacking we may find they will watch out for themselves and let the citizens kill each other.