We did this. By allowing police extra rights that every other citizen doesn’t possess. The only important thing is that the officer went home to his family at the end of the day. (No matter how many citizens he murdered to get there.)
Do we “allow the police extra rights” or do we give them greater latitude because we are asking them to put themselves at great risk in order to protect us? I would say that it is the later...and I would also say, in this case, the officer failed to meet any reasonable threshold of necessary use of deadly force.
I have family members who are law enforcement and they feel the same way. Incidents such as these tarnish the reputation of all of the good officers who go to work every day to serve and protect.
This guy was either horribly trained (Shouting all the confusing and contradictory commands), too panic-stricken to think/act clearly ( a trait which should have been caught earlier on in his career) or, worst of all, he truly thought he was bad-ass and wanted to shoot someone, which should have been caught in a psych eval and he should never have been hired! Whichever was the case, this was NOT a justified shooting!
Correct! Any civilian would be facing life in prison or the death penalty for this crime. The police are getting away with murder with the simple excuse "I thought he was reaching for a weapon" or "I feared for my life".
WHEN DID THIS BECOME AN EXCUSE TO USE LETHAL FORCE?
Police need to STOP SCREAMING AT CITIZENS! We the people are THE BOSS, not the other way around. Does anyone think a civilian would walk out of court with a not guilty verdict? What in the hell is wrong with our society that we keep allowing police to kill indiscriminately?
If you call that cop a murderer you are a liar.
“We did this. By allowing police extra rights that every other citizen doesn’t possess.”
Funny, but I don’t recall voting for “allow police extra rights that every other citizen doesn’t possess”.
Nope. Never did.