Posted on 11/25/2015 11:57:19 AM PST by IChing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iND23AFZXdw&feature=youtu.be
that video doesn’t show much.
The tragedy is that it took them 12 months to charge this crappy cop. Cops like this make the entire force look bad.
Minimum response, if there is an imminent threat, is two rounds to center mass to neutralize the threat. Then you reassess while making sure there are no other threats. 16 rounds, when there was no imminent threat, is going to send this officer away for long time.
As I understand it several rounds hit him in the back. And he was shot numerous times while lying on the ground. Once he was on the ground he was not a threat to anyone.
I just believe that way too many cops are way too trigger happy. (Not all cops.) I remember in the old days if a cop had to kill someone the cop would be devastated. I had a relative cop who had to kill someone in self defense. He pointed a shotgun at the cop and the cop shot him. Turns out the shotgun wasn’t loaded. My family member never got over killing a man. He went to his grave with regret. It doesn’t seem to bother the cops one bit to kill someone today. Too many video games, I guess.
JMO
Rahm saved it for a “crisis needed moment”. Maybe to get the Syrian thing off the front pages.
Poor McDonald, having to keep his hand in his pocket to hold up his pants. There, but for the grace of a belt, went he.
This shoot was wrong. There is no way to justify what this cop did.
A lot of Monday morning quarterbacks out there. Someone has to police a violent and belligerent inner city population and I for one am willing to give the cops the benefit of the doubt.
I don’t understand the first degree murder charge or why it took a whole year for this to come out.
It’s not that unusual for someone to empty a whole magazine without realizing it when the adrenaline is pumping.
They are charging him with 1st degree because it will be harder to get a conviction.If a jury acquits him it is not on the city government, they can say they tried.
I hope most FReepers don’t subscribe to this author’s opinion that it is “railroading” a white cop. The cop was wrong, and now he is going to pay. Anyone trained in deadly force knows that, and that is why the case was referred to the DA.
They are probably charging him with First Degree because he shot, the guy fell, the officer paused...and then emptied his gun into the guy.
Even the most “cop” cops are calling this murder.
How long were they in vehicle pursuit? 5 or 10 minutes?
This should have been more than enough time to to arrange for non-lethal weapons to be deployed or brought in.
16 rounds, when there was no imminent threat, is going to send this officer away for long time.
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Based on what law or precedent?
If it’s in line with his training, Supreme court decisions, or testimony from experts about such situations, he’ll be exonerated as most officers in these cases are.
that video doesn’t show much.
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Video never tells the whole story, and that’s the problem with these cases that are tried in the press and by lynch mobs.
on the ground...
you don’t know he’s not still a threat. you do not know he’s not getting back up. especially if you think he’s on drugs. he could be shot but not in anything vital. plenty have played possum.
I saw the film. The perp on PCP was being stupid but if he had been captured would not have received anything close to a death sentence. I'm hard pressed to call it murder in the 1st degree but it was murder. Unfortunately the cop had a history of overreacting with force, this will not end well for him. The cop will likely spend many well deserved years behind bars with those he put there.
I may sound harsh but as a society we give our police great power and authority. The only way to make sure they don't abuse it is to come down very very hard when they do.
I imagine if the cop had it do over again he would rethink using lethal force or continuing to use it after the perp went down. Continuing to shoot that many times after the perp is on the ground was unnecessary and murder.
If that were the case, no one would use it, including the cops. Btw, any evidence is better than none. And this goes for cops and non-cops. Learn it.
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