Everything was fine until Scot chose to do a runner. There is no suggestion whatsoever from the dash-cam footage that ****er was a "Good ole Boy" itching for any excuse to "Kill Me a ******!" (Mississippi Burning)!
Scot chose to run, He chose to assault a police officer in order to make his escape. He established himself not as an "Innocent Man" but as a desperate fugitive prepared to do whatever was necessary to make his escape.
Well i haven't seen any footage of him assaulting the cop, so cannot comment on that. feel free to post it and i'l reply
New reports suggest that he was heading towards a public park.
What would he do there, would he carry on running? would he duck behind a tree or other cover and pull out a hitherto concealed weapon to ambush the following Policeman? Would he take a hostage? would he shoot/stab an innocent bystander in order to force the Policeman to break off the chase?
I don't know what he would have done, would he have played with the kids in the park ?
Would he have played on the swings ?
would he have helped an old lady across the road ?
would he have went home and reinstalled deus ex ?
We won't know because the cop decided to kill him
The Cop doesn't know why he ran, all he knows is that Scott was desperate to escape, wayyy too desperate to be accounted for by a broken tail light and iffy documents.
The cop does not know why he ran so he decided to kill him and that is ok in your mind ?
if you do not know what someone will do just kill them incase they commit a crime ?
He had about one second to consider all of the above and make his decision.
Why did he have a second ? he could have just chased him or called back up.
he was running from him not attacking him, did the rest of the cops in the USA just die that he was the one remaining hope they had.
Lots of people run from the police and the police have no idea what they will do or where they will go ......by your logic they all deserve to be shot.
The only reason why this is being considered a "Bad" decision is because, in hindsight, there is no logical explanation for Scott to make such a desperate attempt to escape and it turned out, in hindsight, that he was infact unarmed..
yes he was unarmed and there was no reason for the police officer to think otherwise, there was no reason to believe he was going to go on a killing spree. there was simply no reason given to shoot him.
Had Scot actually turned out, in hindsight, to be armed and/or a wanted Murderer or terrorist ****er would by now be being considered a hero.
Well you could go around shooting random people and sometimes you will kill people wanted by the law but it's not the best way to go about it.
