I'm not sure executed was necessarily something I saw but many "witness" accounts talked about how he was chased down and shot. That to me suggests being shot from behind. Which did not happen.
It'll be interesting to see if the placement of the shots in his arm can differentiate between arms up or arms down/coming at the officer.
If he's coming at the officer after a previous scuffle through the window/at the squad car the officer may be justified in using lethal force. This was not a small kid and an officer doesn't have to put himself in harms way just to avoid public out cry.
Shooting aside where we don't know what truly happened, the way the town and state has handled this has been straight up terrible. I do find it hard to believe that this confrontation wasn't actually captured on some cell phone or something.
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