Police Homicides in the United States

Re:Police Homicides in the United States by eeZah7Ux on Saturday December 09, 2017 @10:28AM (#15886173)

> I was expecting some semi-threatening move

Hold on. An unarmed person standing up an even yelling or walking towards the cop it's still clearly not a serious threat and would not justify shooting in most "first" countries!

Let's not normalize the idea of "extreme self defence".

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Re:Police Homicides in the United States by riffraff on Saturday December 09, 2017 @03:22PM (#15887889)

I didn't mean to imply it'd be "justified" in a legal or moral sense to shoot someone because one feels threatened.

But I can imagine being scared shitless and pulling the trigger because of a sudden perceived threat, which is why this video felt shocking to me.

I obviously don't see why the shooter thought shooting was reasonable, but I also cannot imagine why he felt so threatened to be forced to shoot.

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