Except then we’d have people arguing that well, with what that guy said, of course he was dangerous. And defending racial slurs by saying that if the cop didn’t lynch anyone, it couldn’t really have been racist, etc.
Trust will come back when people are treated equally and fairly by the cops and no sooner.
I say we MRI scan all cops and recruits, and fire those with sociopathic tendencies, impulse control problems, unusual racism, or anger issues. That would only leave good cops, and it would be cheaper than the body cam solution. And better, because people would have good reason to trust every cop automstically.
An MRI will not disclose any of those issues.
Of course it will. You show images to people and see what happens to their brains.
maybe I’m being whooshed
A fMRI sort of does what you’re saying, but it won’t actually tell us who is racist and unstable.
What you are thinking of is fMRI (Functional MRI).
Does seeing this video and comparing it to the officer’s account make you doubt the veracity of all those cases you read about in the past?
Another scary thing is the number of shots fired. It appears he only hit Walker with the last 2 or 3. What kind of a moron would turn 5 rounds loose on a city street endangering all the citizens in town?
I’m not even sure there is such a bare minimum. Can’t the DA just decide not to even bother to press charges if he wants? Or kinda half ass it in court, totally? Or let the cop plead out to probation?
I mean, there’s basically no punishment if the DA knowingly gets an innocent man convicted and sent to prison, so why would there be punishment if he does his job really badly but still technically turns over all exculpatory evidence, etc?
Of course, what makes this murder? Can you say that the officer was premeditating the killing in the few seconds during which he draws his gun and opens fire? Unless he made a blog entry saying something like “I’m gonna cap me a black person today”, you can’t say he planned out the murder any further than during the traffic stop itself.
Of course it will. What are you talking about?
Yes it does. We have to get a more reliable way to hold police accountable. Exonerate the good cops and prosecute the bad ones. This goes beyond police shootings. Any complaint of misconduct needs investigation.
I see the President was requesting funds in matching funding for body cams a few months ago. Thats a very good idea.
Dubious.
Brilliant response.
How about “this wouldn’t have happened” if this fucker hadn’t been allowed to be a police officer? It’s always said, “oh, there are bad apples in every profession”, which is true. However, with a job such as police officer, I think a lot more attention needs to be paid as to just who is allowed to wear a uniform.
Dubious.
Bolding mine.
No, no it is not. It is not ‘option 2’ The gun is an option when there are no other options and the person fleeing is likely to hurt someone. There is NO indication of that in the video.
Nobody corrected this yet? Eight shots, five hits.
I love this.
The kinds of people that either
Have an outsized need to control others through physical force, and/or
Lack compassion for people not of their “tribe”
Prolly shouldn’t be cops. And yet, it seems like a lot of cops are in at least one of these groups.
Been a cop for 10 years, fought with a many perp, vehicle pursuits, chased guys with guns, tasered perps…but that was straight up murder and makes me sick…you can’t shoot unarmed perps for running. The guy could have just committed an armed robbery, doesn’t matter…can’t shoot him just because what he might do if he gets away.
They are trained, quite correctly, that if you must shoot someone, keep shooting until they go down.
This policeman obviously, to me, shot the guy when he should not have.
Over reacted? How do you describe an execution as an over reactions?
Please just don’t do this.