Justified shooting or no?

[blakbearddelite]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/b42513c9-f9bc-3379-88e2-5f4242df5321/ss_minneapolis-police-release.html



This is a tough call. The police responded to a call of someone shooting in the air and at the ground. They approach the guy, and he takes off running. While running, he grabs his gun from his pocket. While it is tough to tell if he was really going to turn around and shoot, I can kind of see why the officers fired.

The family was disputing the circumstances, so the footage was released.

I just don't get why people run like that with how much people think that cops are trigger finger happy with minorities. All the guy had to do was to just stand there while the police asked him some questions..and he'd still be alive. Arrested, but still alive.

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[Mr_Roboto]

Although he didn't have it pointed at them, he did certainly draw. Personally I don't see why they should have to wait for him to point it at them and take a few warning shots. Legally they don't.

Easily a justified shooting from a legality standpoint.

It's interesting, I think that while there are a few spots (typically non lethal force incidents) it's made the police look really bad a lot of the "body cam footage" cases tend to do the exact opposite in lethal force situations. It's certainly showing that "there was no gun" or "he wasn't resisting" is a flat out lie in many of these cases. It's also enabled higher transparency in PDs in cases like this.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Post video link.

 

[ragingclue]

Glad all the lies get outed with the body cams these days. That seemed pretty justified to me.

 

[blakbearddelite]

Vid linked in first post now...

 

[Chet Donnelly]

I don't know why any good cop would not want a constant running body cam going. This is sad, but a justified shooting.

 

[radioguy6]

"I didn't do nothing brah"..... then why are you running away?

 

[dom418]

same story different perp

Stop running from the police and by no means reach into your pocket for anything! Everyone lives to see another day

 

[Blood on Blood]

Justified

 

[Spivitz]

Yeah, looks justified to me too

 

[FESTER665]

Not a tough call in the slightest IMO. Justified for sure.


Don't want to get shot by the police? Don't run away and then pull a gun from your pocket.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

If he grabbed it, justified. The officers are trained with video after video of how it only takes a fraction of a second to get a lucky shot off. The officers want to go home that night and if he did too he would have put his hands up immediately, let alone run. The cops don't know if your a good or bad guy but running and drawing is going to secure your fate..

 

[boostedguy05]

some would rather be dead than go to, or back to jail.

 

[Blood on Blood]

But, but, but, in the movies the “A” List Actor caught up to the criminal, disarmed, then cuffed him within 3 moves.

“A” List Actor was left without a scratch and the criminal lived to see his day in court.

Because you know, the movies = reality.

 

[boostedguy05]

shit, had his pants not been below his ass, he could have outrun the cops.

 

[blakbearddelite]

Had the perp just been running with the gun in his pants, I could see there being a little more debate as to whether or not the cop could fire upon him. As others have said, it wouldn't take but a second to turn around and fire a lucky shot. That guy sealed his fate when he grabbed his gun while running.

 

[VenomousDSG]

mmm mmm mmm....... Another one bites the dust'ah!

"I didn't do nothing brah"..... then why are you running away?

With a gun in your hand.

 

[MrMezger996]

pretty cut and dry to me, justified