GaryDog
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- Feb 10, 2016
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You have no idea what it is to be a cop. I do. When a suspect is ignoring commands, it makes an already tense situation far more so. It sets cops on edge. And when a noncompliant suspect is moving toward a vehicle and the cops have no idea what's inside that vehicle, it becomes a recipe for a shooting.Reaching into the vehicle did.
There were four officers on the scene and they couldn't subdue one man using non-deadly force –even though tasers were available? They could have rushed him but it seems they were afraid to do that and kept their distance. If they had used brute force against the man early on there was no real danger of death or serious bodily injury to anyone, but they were scared. Of what? A Black man against four cops?? I question why only the female officer fired her weapon. Something about this whole thing stinks to high heaven.
If the only defense is that the man was reaching inside the car, good luck. With that and a sympathetic jury the police have a winner. If you were a cop and the man you pulled over got out of the car as directed, raised his hand over his head as you had directed, and after walking around for awhile slowly reached inside his disabled car would you believe his motive was to pick up a gun and kill you? All four of you? There are many reasons the man would have reached inside the car, perhaps for a pack of cigarettes. You would have shot the man and I would not. Since the weapon (if there was one) was in the car I would have seen a weapon in his hand before he had the chance to point it at me and would have used deadly force at that point; not before. Perhaps I'm not as afraid as you are and I perhaps I have more confidence that I can respond timely to any threat.
I predict a civil lawsuit which will be settled out of court. I also believe the case will be referred to a grand jury for criminal prosecution. You apparently think nothing will come of it and I disagree. We shall see.
You have the last word. I'm outta here.
It's your contention that he was shot because he was black, not because of his alarming actions that even the helicopter pilot remarked on. This is because you're a racist bigot like most Leftists.
If that's the mindset of police, then fuck police. The penalty for walking is not death. Fuck your badge, and fuck you for thinking you can unilaterally execute citizens based on your pants-wetting, irrational fear.