I hate to come in and second guess people, to Monday-morning quarterback the guy on the street as it were.
But this is a bad shoot. There is no other way to describe it.
I wasn't there. I won't presume to guess what was in either man's mind which led him to make the choices which led to that fateful moment. I don't know if it was a matter of race, of power, of poor decision making, or what.
It was absolutely, unequivocally wrong. There is absolutely no way I can look at this as an officer, as a firearms instructor, or as a human, and remotely justify this shooting.
The only remotely decent thing I can see is that the local jurisdiction immediately moved to charge the officer, and that he has been terminated.
Please don't turn this into a referendum on national actions. Please don't paint us all with the man's brush. I don't know why he did what he did, but I cannot in any way excuse his actions, and I am glad he is being held accountable.
And thankfully we are in a society which openly exposes this act, as opposed to hiding it, or worse, condoning it.
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That the man in question has already been fired and charged is a sign that The System already works.
It would be a lot easier to not paint you all with the same brush if there weren't several corroborating police reports that were also contradicted by the video.
The bad apples ruin the barrel. It wasn't just him -- it was all the other officers backing him up that are the problem.
Sorry for the late comment, but yes, agree!!!
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