Ever notice that, according to leftists, when a cop shots someone it's the cop's fault; but when a criminal shoots someone it's the gun's fault?
Sounds like liberals are biased against police and in favor of criminality. Hmmm.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I think you are missing the point completely. In the US cops carry guns and there is an expectation that they will be used as the situation dictates to protect self and the community in which they serve, and frankly, the vast majority of cops do just that. The outcry happens when a cop abuses his use of a gun and somebody gets shot/killed when the situation clearly does not call for excessive firearm use. I understand completely the difficult job cops have and that sometimes split second decisions can make the difference between life and death, but when the "criminal" is running away with an expended taser, shooting him in the back seems a bit excessive.
When a criminal shoots someone it is still the criminal's fault but the free access to firearms makes it so much easier for the criminal to shoot someone.
xerxes
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June 19, 2020
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Well said
I would say that in this situation, he didn't just get shot in the back for no reason. He was running and turned his body to fire the tazer at the officer. His back is facing the officers but he is still showing a weapon just before being shot. His back is the target at that point. Just because he is running away, doesn't mean he's not a danger to the officer. Being shot in the back is purely on the standpoint on how he was positioned while attempting to utilize the tazer that he forcefully took from the officer.
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The timeline of what happened is: The security camera footage filmed at Wendy’s shows Officer Rolfe chasing Mr. Brooks. In seconds, Officer Rolfe passes his Taser from his right hand to his left hand, and reaches for his handgun.
While being chased, and in full stride, Mr. Brooks looks behind him, points the Taser he is holding in Officer Rolfe’s direction, and fires it. The flash of the Taser suggests that Mr. Brooks did not fire it with any real accuracy.
Officer Rolfe discards the Taser he is carrying, draws his handgun and fires it three times at Mr. Brooks as he is running away. Mr. Brooks falls to the ground. as is shown on this site [nytimes.com]
It does seem that once the taser was fired the imminent threat was greatly reduced and BTW tasers are not considered to be lethal. Yet after the taser was discharged the officer discarded his own taser, draws his handgun and fires three times. I still think that is an excessive response
@xerxes Tasers are considered "less lethal," not non-lethal. And Brooks didn't just grab the taser and run... He struggled a fought the cops, striking them several times - giving every signal that he intended to do harm, not merely escape.
But I wasn't speaking about this particular incident. Generally, the gun is blamed rather than the criminal using it.
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@xerxes From my understanding, state of Georgia considers it a lethal weapon.
Mind you these are split second decisions. If they tazer disabled the cop, he could have stopped running and continued attacking. This isn't pure he was running away, he become a clear danger to the cops by punching them multiple times and stealing their weapon. The cop only fires once he sees him turn and point the weapon at his partner.
I'm usually not one for defending police actions but I would have done the same thing. I've listened to a bunch of cops all say the same thing, this was a legit shooting situation.
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