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Here is where I say something that is just not going to be popular.
While it is horrible that a person was shot, I have said this time and time again on this board that when you run from the cops you have broken the rules of the game therefore you can't expect anyone else to play by the rules.
The relative in that video link said that she saw the video tape and her relative was getting out of the car with his hands up when the driver ran and that's when the police fired and he got hit.
Life is about choices, not big ones like they show in the movies where everyone knows it is about life or death, but small ones.
This guy made a choice a small one to get into a car with someone he probably knew was capable of driving 100mph through residential streets and then run from cops when caught doing so.
That choice led to him getting shot and he has to take responsibility for that. I have had friends in the past who have led me down some dark paths, becaue I made the choice to go with them knowing what the possibilities were. I now make choices not to even return their calls.
I don't care if he's military, that means nothing to me. Bad people wear all kinds of different uniforms, including ones with the names of police departments on them.
I am not saying the police were right. They could be 100% wrong. But once again when you run from the police you have to expect that there is the possibility of you ending up dead from a car wreck, gunshot or you yourself killing someone else because of your lack of consideration for the safety of others.
Sorry but I can't share your outrage.
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