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Originally posted by jade_dragon
Before I downloaded this and did not know the city it happened in I felt completely differant about it. Most of you do not know this area because you are not from Louisiana.
Your arguments about quick decisions and police shoot to kill tactics are all blown out of the water by the fact that he pointed the weapon and the officer grappled with him and had the gun to his head, the guy walked off and then he was chased, had ANOTHER chance to fire and did not and then was shot in the back. Sorry cops got owned on this one they should have put one in him when he first got out the car and pointed his weapon after that the time of reactionary deadly force is passed. Watched it with a few sherrif's officers I know and they said when they had the gun to his head his brains would have been all over the pavement no questions asked and if not he should have been dropped before he even had a chance to point the second time. They killed him in the line of duty but the people I talked to said that this was sloppy and they opened themselves up to some NAACP troubles most definitely, what a waste of resources...... I feel sorriest for the people of the city who had to pay for this when the SPD got sued.
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You made some fantastic points. But what we do not know is what was going on in the initial crime that they were cahsing him. as well as his background. The cops may have known that he was high enough, that if they shot him while he was facing them, that he would have killed at least one of them There fore they made the choice to shoot him as he attempted to continue to flee ( Armed ) where he posed an even greater threat to any civilains..
Not a call I would want to make as the State attorney!