According to the article, the truck was stopped and the young man was unarmed when shot to death.
“According to the article, the truck was stopped and the young man was unarmed when shot to death.”
You know, other than the fact that I don’t like to see anybody killed, this is what bothers me.
If you or I had done the same thing, in the same situation as the cop, we would be going to jail. In many of the “cop shoots citizen” threads that cause so much contention here, if you replace “cop” with “Joe Citizen”, in 95% of these cases Joe would go to jail. For a long time.
If I shot a person sitting in a truck unarmed, or a 14 yo. kid walking down the road with a BB gun, then I am going to jail. Period. No, “I thought it was real”. No, “I thought he was gonna point it at me”. No “he might have driven away”. None of that. I’m going to jail. Probably for a long time.
I really don’t see any problem with rules of engagement for citizens and cops being the same.