Did you watch the video? He was ignoring the commands of the police. He opened his door and was reaching inside. The police had no idea what he was going to do next. If this person had simply listened to the police, things would have gone much better for him.

I just posted about this as well. DISGUSTING.
Watch the video, and listen to a witness describe the situation. WHY did they need to send 7 police officers in the first place?

Listen to the police or not, which none of us heard exactly what they said, there’s no excuse for this. It shouldn’t be, “listen to what we say or we’ll shoot you in the back, even though you don’t have a gun or knife.” The guy didn’t go anywhere, and he had THREE KIDS in the back of the car. So now you’re saying that it’s as simple as just listening, and has nothing to do with SOME, not all, trigger happy LEOs.

I am sure there was a reason send 7 officers.

How did they know what the guy was reaching for? If he would have said the reason would have been a rather different outcome.

Just because there was 3 kids in the back how would they know if he was reaching for a weapon?

You can’t be serious that you think it was ok to shoot a person because they aren’t listening patiently to you.. walking away wasn’t a smart thing to do but shooting someone because of that is never ok..

Deadly serious. What if he grabbed a gun, turned around and shot that policeman? Would you be OK with that?

When the police take you out of your car and are conducting an investigation, you are not to go wandering around and cart it reaching into your car for who knows what?

This will be a just shooting. Don’t sit in your comfy living room and second guess LEO. They are the ones putting their life on the line everyday.

How do you know that he was reaching for a weapon? Did the officers see the weapon while his back was to them, blocking their view? I’d bet money on the fact that there was no weapon. It’s not as if he ran to the car to grab a knife or gun.

These shootings can’t be compared to police shootings of white criminals who don’t listen either. White people in general haven’t been discriminated against because they’re white. No, those shootings aren’t publicized—maybe they should start doing so to show that SOME cops are just trigger happy in general— they all need to be held accountable for their actions and treated the same way. What you’re saying is that color isn’t the issue; therefore, you’re saying that its police in general, regardless of the offender’s race. If that’s the case, maybe it’s time to address that. Kill two birds with one stone.

Sure, it would show more or or less of either black or white, but it won’t tell you which shootings were justifiable or not. That’s the issue. It’s not how many, it’s why.

True, but does that give them the right to shoot anyone based on how “criminal” they are or were? That’s yet another form of discrimination, especially if there are no current warrants out for their arrest.

Well, he was an adult, not a kid. Some say that he went to the car because he worried about his children in the back seat. The Police were there for a domestic disturbance. Police statistics show those to be very dangerous situations. Police do not like to go into those situations. Their presence may make the situation worse. Society is now grappling with the idea of involving more social service type professionals in these situations. Possibly they could wear vests and have radios and a squad car could stay some distance away. The social workers could receive danger pay. Those are some opinions and suggestions.
.......As to the actual shooting, I would suggest that Police carry 2 guns, one with lead bullets and one with rubber bullets. This man had his back to the officers so maybe (?) it would have been a good situation for rubber, not lead bullets?

I disagree. If things continue as is, there might be a decrease of those who shoot to kill— SEVEN times in the back—and a decrease in black (AND WHITE) deaths by unjustifiable shootings. It would then keep the well qualified LEO and weed out the others to make room for more well qualified and quality officers.

So that means that your opinion of those who don’t believe there should be unjustifiable shootings, regardless of race, is that they don’t care, and blue lives don’t matter to them. I,for one, feel that both issues matter.

Why not shoot to incapacitate and not shoot to kill?

don't stop shooting until the threat has ended


can't: shoot once, how did that work. shoot again, how did that work. shoot a third time, how did that work.