[freeeee]

What if he was running for cover to find a place to shoot at the officers? Also, you can not let an armed and dangerous suspect loose to treaten the general population. What if he left the scene and kill several innocent people?

Fact: You absolutely cannot legally use defensive force unless your life or that of others is in immediate danger. And a single gunshot to the back, nevermind multiple ones, is prima facia evidence to every DA in America that you were in no such danger.

Every single one of your explanations will get us 'little people' 10-20 for 2nd degree murder in an identical shooting.

I guess some animals are more equal than others.

[sinkspur]

Fact: You absolutely cannot legally use defensive force unless your life or that of others is in immediate danger.

Absolutely true. And the officers believed their lives were, as the video tape shows a shiny object in this perp's hands.

And a single gunshot to the back, nevermind multiple ones, is prima facia evidence to every DA in America that you were in no such danger.

Nope. I suspect Louisiana's laws are like those in Texas. Here, if somebody's stealing my wheel covers, I can shoot them in the front, the back, anywhere, to protect my property.

I can also do the same to protect my life.

The cops have already been no-billed by the DA, so the issue is moot anyway.

[Poohbah]

Fact: You absolutely cannot legally use defensive force unless your life or that of others is in immediate danger. And a single gunshot to the back, nevermind multiple ones, is prima facia evidence to every DA in America that you were in no such danger.

If you view the images, the suspect is pointing a shiny object at one cop when the other cop shoots him. The cops were widely separated, so the suspect was facing away from ONE cop, but facing another.