You posted the video in the first place as some kind of example of how blacks just get randomly pulled over and are a target of police abuse.
Sorry, in this case the guy had something in his hands, a mobile phone. He pointed it around and it clearly looked like he was intimidating the officers with it.
They had every reason to suspect that the guy had a gun and was threatening to use it.
So the bullets were justifiable.
You're just too funny with your backtracking. Why don't you just admit you were wrong instead of coming across as a total buffon?
BTW, I'm certainly no fan of police brutality and I think there have been many good examples of how the US police use force WITHOUT reason.
I also believe there are plenty of examples where blacks have been unfair targets.
This was not such a case.
They had a reason – there was a very good possibility that the guy was carrying a gun and was about to use it.
Actually Hedge, I posted that as an example of one guy, they
didn't fail to stop.
I understand the cop was in fear for his life, ...othewise he wouldn't have ducked, ...unless he's like some tin foil hatters who believe a cell phone sucks the jewels out of your brain. What I'm saying is that this was an example of a cop so hopped up over something so minor as running a red light, that they have to approach a guy with their guns drawn. Geez Louise... write a ticket... send it to him in the mail. You got a dash cam, ...you know his license plate, Seriously! That's why some departments ban high speed chases in some cases. The risk to innocent life is just not worth it when weighed against the actual infraction. Then cops are so amped up with adrenaline... no one is seeing straight, ...and an innocent man dies... over a cell phone, ...and a potentially good man is traumatized by the knowledge he took an innocent life. It's just not worth it.
Some cops are too fucked up to care, ...but for some shooting an innocent, or even close calls are traumatic.
A few years back, we had a low budget MOW try to cut costs, by skirting location permits. They were shooting a scene, ...a late night convenience store robbery. A neighbour walking their dog, saw the lights on, and a guy pointing a gun, and called police. Cops arrived on the scene and almost shot the actor holding the gun. When that cop realized how close he came to killing an innocent kid... he had to go through counseling. I'm not sure if the actor sued... I heard he was talking about it. He was pretty traumatized to find an amped up cop with a gun in his face. The Actors union went after production in a big way. Had they filed the proper permits, and hired all the requisite personnel, the cops would have known it was just a film shoot.