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Extremely erratic. What a joke. How dare someone act a strangely and in a non threatening manner around cops...

A vehicle pulled up next to a squad car on a traffic stop so close the officer couldn’t open his door. A man then got out of the vehicle, and was dancing in the street. He then got in a pursuit, pulled a U turn and got out of his car again and approached the squad car.

..... That's not (extremely) erratic to you? Not sure you know the definition mate.

 

[Agent Gibbs]

Where is a police officer member to explain how the officer perceived a scenario so fired first, but yet also claim that in the same situation (like that bloke in a diner a few months back) that a member of the public is not trained to use a fire arm in an actual dangerous scenario?

I mean jesus! in a squad car, window rolled up, guy comes towards them...so they shoot him through the glass? dead?

lets assume he was carrying, how about waiting till he shows a weapon before firing? or perhaps since it was behind his vehicle, reversing the squad car away? uing the loud speaker telling the guy to stop? blinding him with the spot light? announcing stop or i'll shoot?

And its quite clear the guy was suffering mental problems, if this is how the police deal with that, well whats stopping them clearing out mental wards by executing potential threats?

Walking with purpose? if thats a threat then perhaps the police should train their officers to walk like catwork models, because i'd say every officer is walking with purpose and could pose a threat to themselves, and the public

crazy and completely unjustifiable

 

[Ray Wonder]

A vehicle pulled up next to a squad car on a traffic stop so close the officer couldn’t open his door. A man then got out of the vehicle, and was dancing in the street. He then got in a pursuit, pulled a U turn and got out of his car again and approached the squad car.

..... That's not (extremely) erratic to you? Not sure you know the definition mate.

If I'm in a position to ask police for help, I would probably look quite erratic. I don't go walking up to cop cars while I'm coming from a calm situation. I might even resemble a guy charging a police car to cause harm to her. Part of her job is to stay calm and assess the situation. Not twitch shoot like she's playing call of duty.

She shouldn't have shot him. That's a simple truth.

 

[double jump]

He's white. I don't think there is a list for him.

Injustice is injustice. Yeah we should add it to list of constant abuse of police power. I hope they march and protest for this guy too.

 

[Siegcram]

I'll preface this post that it appears she fucked up. But there is a big difference between hurrying up to a squad car for help and what he did. His behavior was extremely erratic before and after the pursuit. Let's not act like some average Joe got shot walking up to a squad car for help like some here are trying to perceive it as.

As opposed to potential emergencies in which people have been known to behave completely calm and collected.

 

[minx]

If I'm in a position to ask police for help, I would probably look quite erratic. I don't go walking up to cop cars while I'm coming from a calm situation. I might even resemble a guy charging a police car to cause harm to her. Part of her job is to stay calm and assess the situation. Not twitch shoot like she's playing call of duty.

She shouldn't have shot him. That's a simple truth.

I agree with you on all points.

 

[Ray Wonder]

I agree with you on all points.

That's all I was trying to say with my first post. Should've described what I meant more clearly.

 

[sixteen-bit]

What the fuck. Well I guess I'm not going to hurry to a police car if some shit is going down and I need help. I might get shot.

Just approach without a purpose.

 

[EdibleKnife]

Just approach without a purpose.

"Officer...um...I forget why I'm here...Oh yeah something...my kid....um....black van....Can you just come look or whatever?"

 

[andycapps]

At this rate, the world should police America. Would be a nice counter to America policing the world.

I'd be okay with this.

 

[Beefy]

I did want to go back to America but this shit scares me.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Administrative leave, right? Always free vacations for these trigger happy cops.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

A vehicle pulled up next to a squad car on a traffic stop so close the officer couldn’t open his door. A man then got out of the vehicle, and was dancing in the street. He then got in a pursuit, pulled a U turn and got out of his car again and approached the squad car.

..... That's not (extremely) erratic to you? Not sure you know the definition mate.

Yes, that totally justfifies shooting someone. Their acting strangely is a perfectly acceptable reason. How dare someone not act in a proper manner when cops are about.

Heavens forbid he was having a mental breakdown or psychotic episode or simply drunk/high for which he needs treatment/assistance. Better to gun him down as it's easier...

 

[Siegcram]

Yes, that totally justfifies shooting someone. Their acting strangely is a perfectly acceptable reason. How dare someone not act in a proper manner when cops are about.

Heavens forbid he was having a mental breakdown or psychotic episode or simply drunk/high for which he needs treatment/assistance. Better to gun him down as it's easier...

"Cop shoots unarmed man who didn't address him as "Sir""

 

[Dali]

If I'm in a position to ask police for help, I would probably look quite erratic. I don't go walking up to cop cars while I'm coming from a calm situation. I might even resemble a guy charging a police car to cause harm to her. Part of her job is to stay calm and assess the situation. Not twitch shoot like she's playing call of duty.

She shouldn't have shot him. That's a simple truth.

Yep. Too many cops seem way to cowardly to be wielding a gun. Like the guy that got in a car wreck and survived only to be shot dead when approaching a cop for help.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

"Cop shoots unarmed man who didn't address him as "Sir""

It'll happen, wouldn't surprise me if there are instances where a cop has become aggressive because he/she didn't get what they deem to be enough respect.

 

[gogosox82]

I still don't understand why she shot this guy. The way he was described, he was either drunk or mentally ill but surely there are ways with dealing with people with these conditions that don't involve killing them. "Walking with purpose" is not a good enough reason to shoot in my view. Maybe he needed help and was trying to get the officers attention so that they would help him, but she went ahead and shot him. Didn't try to talk to him, didn't try to reason or give instructions for him to stop or anything like that, just shot him point blank.

 

[EGM1966]

A vehicle pulled up next to a squad car on a traffic stop so close the officer couldn’t open his door. A man then got out of the vehicle, and was dancing in the street. He then got in a pursuit, pulled a U turn and got out of his car again and approached the squad car.

..... That's not (extremely) erratic to you? Not sure you know the definition mate.

So you're saying everyone acting in an erratic manner should be shot dead?

Everything I've read about the incident would indicate a punishment of the nature of a night in the slammer to cool off - not ending up wearing a toe tag.