The guy was drunk. The cops know what distance they have to be away, from getting hit with the taser. They shot him in the back. Why couldn't these cops have just called the guy's wife to pick him up and move his car?The shooting was not justified. Cops need to be trained how to de-escalate and situation, not pull a gun every time someone runs away from them.
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
I watched the video of this tonight and what I saw was the cops stopped a car. They felt that the driver was under the influence so they gave him a field sobriety test. It looked to me that they were about to give him a breathalyzer. He grabbed the officers taser and started running. The officer gave chase and at one point the man turned and fired the taser at the officer. The officer returned fire and killed the man.
Was that shooting justified?
The police chief has resigned, the officer has been fired and his partner suspended.
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