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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
Can you explain this a little more? You seem to be critical of ALL police actions but you offer not specific explanations on your broad, generalized statements.
For example, you called the video a few posts up, "BS". What was BS about it? I saw a person walking backwards, ignoring commands with his hands in his waistband/under his shirt. Out of curiosity, what is your line in the sand? Further, what was the cop doing there? Was he called there for a reason? There is a lot missing from that article to make such a judgement don't you think?
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I somewhat agree. We don't have a lot of background information and I have to assume this wasn't just a random murder.
Having said that, the man that was killed seemed to be caught totally off guard. He turned around and was probably pretty shocked to see a gun pointed at him. Hard to say how anyone would react in that situation.
The trigger-happy aspect isn't the thing that bothers me the most though. Perceived danger is hard for an outsider to really understand. But there is no denying that the officer didn't seem very interested in saving his life after the fact.