Ok, when this story first was reported, I shared in the outrage. However, as more and more details are shedding light in what happened, my outrage has shifted from feeling the cop acted out of line to that people are supporting and condoning violence towards LE.
I find it very hard to believe an officer who had zero blemishes on his career would suddenly start grappling with someone(who happened to be large) through the window on his vehicle. Secondly, I do think, someone who just committed a crime of robbery, which was forceful and aggressive, would assume that is why an officer was approaching him and be on the defense. I am no autopsy expert and will wait for all the info to come out on that before deciding completely how I feel. I just find it so unlikely a cop who appears to have been stellar would just suddenly change into a shady officer up to no good, while I find it very likely that someone who was committing a strong armed robbery would be very likely to use force and aggression.
Secondly, wth is wrong with people to think they can say we have a right to protest when almost every single protest has devolved into looting and rioting?!? I know the majority of people probably do want to protest peacefully, but the fact is that has not happened. I teach my 1.5 year old that tantrums and hitting will never get her what she wants. Did these peoples parents not do the same? They have taken so much away from what has happened, that even if in fact he was innocently slaughtered, that the ugliness that has resulted since will always leave a stain on the events.
And, if people were truly afraid of the cops in this area, I doubt we would see some of the behavior we have occurring. If I thought the cops were some thugs who were violating power I know I certainly wouldn't be putting myself at risk of arrest, abuse and possibly being shot.
