Policeman didn’t know, but deceased did know that he’d just shoplifted some cigars and pushed a clerk.
yes! and so far i have heard two African-American commentators and an African-American reporter say that since the officer did not know MB was a suspect, there was no reason to show the video! haha! talk about BIAS... it does make a difference--as the whole robbery incident might have determined how MB reacted to the officer...
one African-American reporter on CNN even had the nerve to say he could not tell from the video whether anything wrong happened... to him it looked like MB simply bought the cigs and lightly shoved the clerk at the doorway... the talking head did not buy it... she said something like, "well, something happened that made the clerk call the cops..."
We call stealing and while assaulting someone robbery....strong arm robbery in these parts....a felony. In fact theft from a person..pickpocketting for example..is also a felony.
Try Strong-arm Robbery aka Robbery 2 degree - a class B felony.
What we saw on the video is a felony strong armed robbery. This punk was not headed off to college, he was headed off to prison.
I never saw a picture of the punk until today. I assumed from the reaction that we were talking about a 110 pound freckled faced nerd, but instead you have a 6’4” 300 pound gorilla dressed like the gangbanger that he was.
If I were a cop, I certainly wouldn’t have tried to wrestle him to the ground if I were in an altercation. I would have shot him too. He was a walking talking deadly weapon.