did they stop issuing these?
That dirty pig should be strung up until his dirty pig neck breaks.
This story as reported in the news this AM is disgusting. The police officer should hang.
Once was excessive in this case.
Cops need to stick to their prescribed responsibilities: Raising money for the Welfare State from innocent citizens attempting to legally go about their day.
Ten hits out of twelve shots? This cop must be the academy pistol champ.
Guess I’ll avoid Charlotte at all costs!!
Trigger happy LEOtard. It’s beginning to feel like they use their weapons more frequently on innocent citizens (and their dogs) than they do on criminals.
Indicative of the kind of people the govt wants to police the citizens; callous, thoughtless, and willing to kill. This particular jackass was simply premature.
holy crap
At 2:30 a.m., a 200 lb man with blood all over him charges at you and does not stop even after you tell him to stop. Now, you could allow him to close the distance and attempt to prevent him from taking your gun away from you and shooting you. Or you could simply shoot him to take him down. Kerrick made the right decision. Better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6.
Bullies in badges need to be dealt with. Also, police departments need to do a better job of screening their recruits.
did they stop issuing these?
Sure is a lot of knee jerk reactions here. It sounds like it may or may not be justified. How about waiting for the facts? I notice the article states that “officers” arrived on the scene. How many? Seems to me that’s relevant. Two cops could feel legitimately threatened. Several cops should have been able to handle it without shooting the guy.
Jonathan Ferrell
Officer Randall Kerrick
This is so sad!
Ten hits? How many of them were after he was down?
That kind of "Protection and Service" I do not need!
There are plenty of bad cops, but a single car wreck in middle of night is odd. I suspect he was high on drugs.
Why didn’t he call 911 on his own phone? High on drug and avoiding cops?
Then, 3 cops were responding to a reported breaking and entering in the middle of the night and they come upon a very large black guy charging them. I think I would shoot too.
There were 3 cops. If the one was out to kill a black dude, he probably wouldn’t have done it in front of witnesses.
Given the recent nationwide rash of assaults and murders of whites by black youths, anyone employing deadly force on an approaching black youth is responding reasonably.
A reasonable jury will acquit the officers of all charges, simply based on the overwhelming evidence of these recent assaults and murders by black youths playing this knock-out game.
Thus should it be for the next century or so.