Cop Shoots Man in Atlanta
 

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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Steve

missed a significant detail.................the thug started to physically fight the officers once an officer got behind him to handcuff him.


guess he was never taught not to fight an officer.

I hope the officer sues for wrongful termination. He will win..

Guess the police do not have the right to defend themselves anymore

Another detail was that they did give him a breathalyzer test, which he failed. Resisting arrest is a crime, which, I think, should be prosecuted more often to prevent these incidents and protect the police.

But, apparently, the guilty person was the owner of the Wendy's restaurant. I guess that is why someone burned down his restaurant and put him out of business.

Fight with an officer, you have a good chance of being shot.

No matter what color you are, or what color the officer is.

It's not a color issue.

Firings.....knee jerk politicians (like the mayor of Seattle) rolling over and caving in to the current wave of lawlessness. Making the LEO back away from the area to allow the lawlessness to continue.

As this continues more and more LEO members will become more passive when encountering unlawful incidents.
Which will in turn lead to more criminals and thugs getting away with their crimes.

Those who serve and protect are in danger of being emasculated by those who run cities and states.

What individual, black or any other, in their right mind in this day and age would fight police, resist arrest, run away and shoot at police???

Agreed but watch everyone now telling us what a good guy he was.

I find it strange that there is no information on the Internet about Rayshard Brooks' criminal record or the lack of one. Why?

They say, "The good ones always die young."


Don't know who "they are.


Don't know what it take to be a "good one".


Don't know what "young" is.


Don't know why I posted this.


:shocked:

The answer is always within.

Do you remember this from just 90 days ago?

Black Cop Shoots Unarmed White Man In Viral Video | NewsOne


I didn't think so.

Why the hell can't people just comply? This crap is avoidable if people would just comply! I'm not saying who's right or wrong, it's just avoidable.
Steve

Resisting arrest here in Ohio is a misdemeanor offense unless the officer is put in major danger or the assailant has a deadly weapon. This will be investigated and I suspect the officer will be charged with something.

He apparently brought it upon himself by grabbing the officers taser and things just esclated and in retribution the guys decided lets burn down a restaurant.

Not what you wrote. You said, "exactly why black people across the nation are so angry."

Why wasn't it about ANY police shooting ANY person regardless of race?

You are on a bandwagon, and I know you are not alone. But people need to wake the hell up. ALL people.

The police are already on pins and needles. It is because politicians are kow- towing to the mob and do not have the guts to stand up to them and protect their constituents. It is better to let their cities burn. Anarchy will reign. America is in trouble and our enemies are gleefully watching. Thank a police officer revert chance you get.

Yea, I was going by memory. The officer has in fact administered the breathalyzer and and was in the process of handcuffing him when he began to fight.

But that wouldn't justify shooting him. The issue that I saw that did was that he stole the officer's taser and fired it at him. That's when the officer returned fire.

Thank a police officer every chance you get.

Actually, what struck me as odd about the whole thing was how pleasant and cooperative Mr Brooks was during the whole process up until the officer tried to cuff him.

He just turned on a dime.

It's amazing how the officer was immediately fired, his partner suspended and the police chief resigned. I think that it was the mayor that made those calls.

In this case, the person was armed and fired a taser at the officer.

Do you condemn the officer defending himself?

There must be a "cleaning brigade". That offends me mightily. I searched and searched before and finally found a British Newspaper that published George Floyd's criminal record. I feel like we are being manipulated and maneuvered. We are the victims of a new religion called political correctness by unseen forces. People are trying to hide public information from behind the scenes. That is wrong. Very wrong, just like it is wrong to break the law and to drive while drunk and to resist arrest and to flee police and to discharge a weapon against officers of the law while fleeing. Every child I ever knew was taught this.

Let me correct a few things in this post. He was was running away but was not shot in the back. During the pursuit, the man turned and fired the taser at the officer. The officer returned fire.

The taser is not a lethal weapon and if this man didn't steal the officer's taser the officer would have been able to use it instead of his gun.

Officers are trained that if someone has a taser or stun gun that they are to shoot. This is because if they are tased or stunned, they are rendered helpless and the perpetrator can then take their gun and shoot them.

A taser, by the way, can be used as a stun gun once the taser cartridge has been expelled.

I have no idea why the officer was picking up brass or that he actually was. I didn't see that. If he was it would no bearing on the case. He shot three times. There is no disputing that so where the brass laid would have nothing to do with this case.

This is easily a justified shooting. Unfortunately, it comes on the heels of what is apparently an unjustified homicide of a black man that is all over the news and has created a toxic political environment.

What you didn’t include was when the man fired the taser at the officer, it was not accurate, as you can imagine if one is drunk, scared, running, and trying to shoot with something he is not trained to use. Here is the article in more detail: Video Investigation: How Rayshard Brooks Was Fatally Shot by Atlanta Police - The New York Times

The Taser was a contact taser and he grabbed and ran 45 minutes after first contact.

Don’t think a taser justifies shooting and killing him. All I will say if he had been white would the officer have shot him.

Actually, yes he can shoot the thug.

It is not about George Floyd it is the straw that broke the camels back. This was not the first black person unjustifiably killed by the police this year or even that month.

Yes, it was justified.

In retribution for killing someone a restaurant got torched And that is what you think is bad.

Go back to Tulsa Oklahoma 1921 the worst racial massacre in this country no arrests. This type of thing has been going on this country since it has been a country and you are surprised they have had enough.

Good or bad he does not deserve to be dead for being intoxicated and sleeping in his car.

If we looked up you would there be information on your criminal record or lack of.

Can't pick his lowest crime & make judgement.

The B/A was administered; he blew .108; cuffs were being put on and that’s when the perp decided to do something really stupid - resist and grab the Officer’s taser.

When he turned and fired it towards the Officer, all the rules changed and deadly force was justified. They need to learn that if they point a weapon, they will get shot.

I was taught that if a police officer tells you to do something follow the instructions. Unfortunately if the man had just followed instructions he would be alive and would have possibly been found guilty of a minor violation. I cant imagine the stress police officers are under each and every day. I had lots of job stress but I never had to worry that I might get killed on the job.

Wow, you had to go back 99 years to find that piece of (maybe) fake news.

People keep saying “returned fire”. Returning fire with a gun vs taser isn’t a proportional response. None of the offenses the man committed are punishable by death.

[QUOTE=Dr Winston O Boogie jr;1784288]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.
The guy was asleep in the drive-thru lane of the Wendy’s. He had passed out, drunk.
Knowing the area well, the owner of the Wendy’s was more than likely, black!