Hard to see what was happening, sure seemed like they had enough cops there to handle this situation without shooting.
Not for nothing, but I love how everyone knows how to be a police officer in the wake of one of these shootings. Why bother going through the academy, then field training, then subsequent training when apparently the skills to be a police officer are inate? Secondly, when the police have guns pointed at you, just do what the fuck you're told. This guy had something more important to do and he paid the price. Simple as that.
I'm all for law enforcement support, but there's no excuse for this. Sent from my SM-N930V using Tapatalk
There are many Drs. who go through medical school, they still kill people by mistake. Like I said, it's hard to see what's happening from that video. The voices on the vid say, we're going to taser, then boom. If the guy was reaching for a gun, fine, if he was just meandering not following orders, you can't shoot him. I'm not on a jury, just offering up an opinion on what was seen in the vid.
It does look like the video was enhanced for lighting, it may not have been as bright on scene, as what it appears to us.
no need to have on the job standards then I guess. These people went through the academy so they are incapable of fucking up
Theres aerial video too. Guy was unarmed and had hands up. Also there were comments about how he needed to handled because he "looked like a bad dude". Sent from my SM-N930V using Tapatalk
Poorly trained cops, massively over-armed populace, yawning chasm of income inequality, centuries of institutional prejudice. What could possibly go wrong?
When I first saw the story yesterday I thought to myself, based upon the narrative that he had his hands up, well this one will be cut and dried. Then I saw the video, sure he had his hands up, but then he walked back toward the car and put his hands down and it looks like he may have reached inside the vehicle. Did they order him to get his license or did he just figure it would be a good idea to walk away from the officers? Did the audio say he isn't following orders? Still not enough info to say one way or the other.
Cops should not be shooting people because they are afraid; they should only be shooting when there is a clear threat. Does reaching into his car constitute a threat that warrants deadly force absent of actually seeing what he is reaching for when, if you are so concerned about it possibly being a weapon, the cops can actually retreat from their immediate positions and reassess the situation rather than shoot first and sort it out later? That being said, that's only one part of the situation. The other part is the other constant in many of these situations -- disobeying the cops orders, because that seems to be what creates many of these scenarios. You can condemn the cops and condemn the victims, but the more society ignores the fact that black men tend to disobey police the more they encourage the continuation of such disobedience, and as a result encourage black males to martyr themselves for the cause of condemning police. This looks to be a bad shooting. But it also seems like it could have been prevented if he simply didn't reach into his car. That needs to be said as well. He doesn't have to be blameless in creating the situation to appropriately condemn the shooting. But most people think it can only be one or the other -- the cops fault or the motorist.
Has anything come out yet as to why the police were interacting with him in this manner? Last i heard his car broke down and the police were called about "a car blocking traffic in need of assistance." If that is the case why are there so many cops, a chopper and guns out?
