5 things to know about Michael Brown's shooting
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/us/ferguson-michael-brown-shooting-5-things/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/us/ferguson-michael-brown-shooting-5-things/index.html
Sure, but if the first 2 shots were right in his back while he is trying to flee, then the officer should go up on murder charges.
I dont think it is justified to kill someone just because they are running from you.
Now it would be different if we find out there was some sort of struggle for a weapon or something like that.
I have a few relatives in Law Enforcement. Do you understand the pressure and stress they feel when they are out in uniform? They are given 'educational' videos of other officers SHOT IN THE HEAD IN BROAD DAYLIGHT by random perps/ ---it is always in the back of their minds that someone is trying to kill them because it is true. When they make a 'routine' traffic stop, they have NO IDEA whether that driver is actually an escaped killer on the run, willing to kill them and escape.
Some here seem to be implying that the Ferguson cops are racist. I think it is more likely that they are fearful. It is no secret that many gang members have a vendetta against the cops. They brag about wanting to 'shoot a pig.' They make threats about doing so. And then we wonder why some cops appear 'trigger happy.' I see it more as defensiveness and fear, as opposed to being coldblooded or racist. jmo
What is the general policy regarding *police* shooting people who are running away? Clearly it is not standard procedure by any means, but it certainly happens without the police getting in trouble in some situations. Is it if the police know they have committed a violent act and think they are about to if they get into the community? Like prison escapees?
Tape or not, is it worth shooting this young man? Last time I heard, petty theft and/or shoving someone into a display rack wasn't a death penalty crime.
Murder? If the police accounts were correct, and a 6'4", close to 300 hundred pound guy was beating the officer about the head, maybe the officer wasn't hitting on all cylinders mentally.
Sure, but if the first 2 shots were right in his back while he is trying to flee, then the officer should go up on murder charges.
I dont think it is justified to kill someone just because they are running from you.
Now it would be different if we find out there was some sort of struggle for a weapon or something like that.
Thank you. I tried to post something similar to this, but my post....disappeared.
Tape or not, is it worth shooting this young man? Last time I heard, petty theft and/or shoving someone into a display rack wasn't a death penalty crime.
All I know is ...law enforcement typically don't comment on "on going investigations" why should they be forced to release information piecemeal fashion in this case??? Why can't they complete their full
Investigation before making a comprehensive statement?
The shoes in the street appear to be flip flops to me, JMO.
I DID read that several days ago, ,maybe the same day. I wonder what the justification for DISAPPEARING that information is, who did it, and why.
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