Cops shooting unarmed man

spoffle said:
Because it wasn't an action movie, it was reality where that doesn't actually happen.
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spoffle said:
No, no it couldn't
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In what world do you live, in which petroleum isn't highly flammable and combustible ?

3 out of the 4 bullets did not hit its intended target. So who knows where they went. A bullet hitting metal causes sparks. Sparks + petroleum..... well no need to go there.

Do you have any idea how far bullets travel? How many layers they can go thru? even if frangible.

Once you start firing off in a gas station, you are at the mercy of luck.
 
thedoc46 said:
In what world do you live, in which petroleum isn't highly flammable and combustible ?

3 out of the 4 bullets did not hit its intended target. So who knows where they went. A bullet hitting metal causes sparks. Sparks + petroleum..... well no need to go there.

Do you have any idea how far bullets travel? How many layers they can go thru? even if frangible.

Once you start firing off in a gas station, you are at the mercy of luck.
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Who said petroleum wasn't flammable? It just doesn't explode like it's depicted to in movies.
 
I don't think this guy should be a cop any more, his decision to shoot happened too quickly, it was too much of a knee jerk reaction. The subsequent shots fired were unwarranted.

However I can see it from the cops POV. The guy turned quickly and reached in to his car, for good reason to get his license as requested, but being black and knowing you are facing an armed cop he could have made the better decision. If he told the cop that his license is in the car and asked if he can get it this could have all been avoided.

The cop holds 95% of the responsibility though, he at least sounded like afterwards he was trying to get the guy help and dealing with the situation calmly and in a more proffesional manner.
 
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FunkyCowie said:
... but being black and knowing you are facing an armed cop he could have made the better decision. If he told the cop that his license is in the car and asked if he can get it this could have all been avoided.
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He may aswell have apologised for being black, lol.

I'm sorry, but that is just totally absurd. If you ask someone for their license, it's pretty obvious that they're going to reach into their glove box as that is where most people keep the damned things. If the same logic was applied everywhere, you may as well make it standard procedure for cops to have their guns continuously raised at every encounter.
 
My first thought on watching that video wasn't that he shot an unarmed man but he shot 4 times from no less than 2 metres away and wasn't even sure if he hit him or not. How can this moron be allowed to carry a deadly weapon when he can't use it properly?
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
My first thought on watching that video wasn't that he shot an unarmed man but he shot 4 times from no less than 2 metres away and wasn't even sure if he hit him or not. How can this moron be allowed to carry a deadly weapon when he can't use it properly?
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America?
 
titaniumx3 said:
He may aswell have apologised for being black, lol.

I'm sorry, but that is just totally absurd. If you ask someone for their license, it's pretty obvious that they're going to reach into their glove box as that is where most people keep the damned things. If the same logic was applied everywhere, you may as well make it standard procedure for cops to have their guns continuously raised at every encounter.
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I am saying that likely there is some racism involved in the cops actions, and that the guy knowing that there can be such prejudice it might have alleviated the situation... but whether white black or whatever the situation could have been avoided by stating intention before acting.
 
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Moronic, it is upto the trained party acting as an official to take charge, that's the officer. The other person shouldn't be expected to day or do anything.

If you instruct them to show paperwork, they are going to reach into the car. The officer was 100% to blame, pure and simple. which is why he was sacked and faces upto 20years in jail.
 
Glaucus said:
Moronic, it is upto the trained party acting as an official to take charge, that's the officer. The other person shouldn't be expected to day or do anything.

If you instruct them to show paperwork, they are going to reach into the car. The officer was 100% to blame, pure and simple. which is why he was sacked and faces upto 20years in jail.
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Making a quick action in such a situation, blocking the view of the police officer as to what you are doing is creating a situation.

As I said the cop reacted way to quickly in a knee jerk reaction rather than a calculated way, he deserves what he gets.
 
He's not creating a situation, the cop is. You can not expect the public to react how you say. It really is moronic to think the public should know and think how to react, that is down to the officer. Again it is 100% down to the officer. Who didn't control the situation and instructed him to do something he didn't want him to do.
 
It is moronic to believe that only one person plays a part in a situation involving two parties. The guys quick movement changes the dynamic and creates a different situation, the cop accelerates it by some crap choices that shows he should not be in the job.
 
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