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Another black man killed by a cop in Atlanta trying to escape arrest

apoptygma

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What would you have done if you were the cop involved, at the point where the taser was being pointed at you within taser range, by a man who was intoxicated and had already fired it once at another cop??
You're right.
I would have murdered him in cold blood also... for pointing a non-lethal item at me while running away from me.
What was I thinking?
 

Smallcock

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Prove it wasn't. All you have is wiki.
You are still the one defending the murder of a non-threat, fleeing away from police.
Does that make you feel good about yourself?
Word of advice to you... don't do what he did. Otherwise you'll probably get shot.
 

apoptygma

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As they say, "don't bring a stolen taser to a gunfight fight". Cop did the right thing by defending himself. No intelligent and rational jury will convict.
Yup, defending himself from a 'threat' that was fleeing away from him.
 

Phil C. McNasty

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latinboy

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He could have stopped, fired off another taser shot which incapacitated the cop, and then he could have tried to take the cop's real gun as well. I think you're gonna have a tough time convincing a potential jury this wasnt a legit shooting


According to wiki its 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taser

Correct.

Rolfe shot his Taser three times @ Brooks before he switched it to his left hand and pulled out his gun. The taser Brooks had was the same, a three-shot.
 

apoptygma

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Word of advice to you... don't do what he did. You have a good chance of getting shot.
That's all you got, eh?
Thought so.
Can't offer anything of substance, so you fall back on defending incompetent policing.
Not a surprise, coming from you.
 

apoptygma

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The onus is on you to prove that it wasnt


He most definitely was a threat


Yes it does because I'm always on the side of the truth.
You are a typical Liberal in that you let your emotions get in the way of proper judgement
Maybe you should buy a dictionary and learn what the definition of threat actually means.
He was wielding a non-lethal item, running away from the officers.
Yeah... imminent threat to life or safety.
Maybe in your gammy's basement, but not in the real world.
 

Phil C. McNasty

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Maybe you should buy a dictionary and learn what the definition of threat actually means.
He was wielding a non-lethal item, running away from the officers.
Yeah... imminent threat to life or safety.
Maybe in your gammy's basement, but not in the real world
I explained that already. He could have stopped, fired off another taser shot which incapacitated the cop, and then he could have tried to take the cop's real gun as well. That most definitely constitutes a threeat

Maybe in your gammy's basement, but not in the real world
I can tell you're getting mad. Your argument is a weak one, and as you can tell other posters ITT feel the same way
 

apoptygma

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I explained that already. He could have stopped, fired off another taser shot which incapacitated the cop, and then he could have tried to take the cop's real gun as well. That most definitely constitutes a threeat


I can tell you're getting mad. Your argument is a weak one, and as you can tell other posters ITT feel the same way
Right... so police are now allowed to punish people for "mights" and "could haves".
Got it.
Ok, Minority Report.
 

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You're right.
I would have murdered him in cold blood also... for pointing a non-lethal item at me while running away from me.
What was I thinking?
name a country in which a civilians can taser police with impunity
 

Phil C. McNasty

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Maybe you should buy a dictionary and learn what the definition of threat actually means.
He was wielding a non-lethal item, running away from the officers.
Yeah... imminent threat to life or safety.
Maybe in your gammy's basement, but not in the real world
This is also wrong, because over 1,000 thousand people have died from being shot with tasers:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...sers-largest-accounting-to-date-idUSKCN1B21AH

Its rare but it does happen
 

yomero5

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Justified shooting. It's ridiculous that he was fired for doing his job properly.
 

Anbarandy

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hmmm, he resisted arrest, stole the cop's stun gun, pointed stun gun at police and ran.....what did he think was gonna happen?

Mob burnt down Wendy's (where they gonna eat now?) and torched other cars in parking lot......brilliant lol
I've never understood violently resisting arrest when the other person has a firearm and could choose to kill me with it at any time.

Then again, violent criminals don't behave in ways that make sense to normal people, and that's the danger in handling them.
Looks like it legit shooting to me
I have never heard of that happening, letting. Letting a guy go home and arresting him for DUI a few days later. What if he gets drunk again the next day and kills someone. Then what?
They are going to need better wording on justified use of force. I look at that video and I see a fully justifiable shooting. I can't understand how someone can say it was a bad shooting and I will never be convinced otherwise. I can't see how the fired officer isn't going to make a ton of money on a wrongful dismissal suit. Yet on CNN you have people condemning the shooting and people saying he should be fired. To me, they are going to need to break down every possible scenario (which is virtually impossible) and state whether or not you can shoot. It's only fair for the cops who are only human beings and need some clarity on this issue.

e.g. criminal steals your taser and fires at you-you must not discharge your weapon.

One thing to me is clear...if a criminal is allowed to take your taser and fire it at you and you're not allowed to shoot him, coppers deserve a much greater salary. It is an impossible job right now.
Give me a break! The cop was fired on after struggling to detain a violent man. I'm surprised they didn't put him down after he took one of the stunt guns and aimed at them. The guy got what he deserved for being stupid enough to DUI then fall asleep in the drive through then resist arrest then aim and finally fire a stunt gun at an officer.
He couldve stopped running and turned back towards the officer

At 3:48 in this video we can plainly see that the fleeing man turns and aims the taser at the cop.

Once he did that his fate was sealed.

I agree with all the points that Brandon Tatum is saying here.

If you are being placed under arrest do not resist. This is not a hard concept. Most of these police shootings involve non compliance.

In this case he's running from a DUI? Like why bother? Just take the charge and spend the night in jail.
I think that killing was totally justified. The officer had a duty to arrest that drunk driver and he was defending himself from significant threat.

If officer let this drunk driver go, only for the driver to find another car and run someone over, I say officer should bear responsibility for not doing his job which was to arrest the guy.

If officer received the taser discharge and not responded with his gun fire because he hoped tasers are not deadly or whatever, that must be an exception and not the rule for other officers to follow.

As a rule, you cannot allow civilians taser police without fear of being shot at. Eveybody and their dog would be tasering each other then.
No, let the drunk violent guy who just stole a taser from the police and shot it on the officer to go wonder the streets with that taser. It will be much safer fro everybody. I am pretty sure if he'd simply run away without taking the taser or shooting it, it will be a different story.
As they say, "don't bring a stolen taser to a gunfight fight". Cop did the right thing by defending himself. No intelligent and rational jury will convict.
Set your cop-block, clocks to awaken y'all this coming Wednesday as:

The killer cop will be charged by the State of Georgia with manslaughter at the very least, but most likely murder in the 3rd or 2nd degree.

That is what happens when a cop, who was not nor was anyone else under imminent or immediate threat of death or grievous bodily harm, shoots a black man in the back from 8 - 10 feet away and kills him.

That is what happens.

Suck it up ..... I know it don't feel good ..... but suck it up.
 

apoptygma

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While running away with another cop right there? More importantly, HE DIDN'T.

Not in the same class as Floyd's murder but still horrible police work.
Seriously.
Losers like Philly are so scared that they want police to punish people for things that they MIGHT do.
Hello Minority Report.
 
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