There was a chain of events leading up to the shooting. I'm not saying a petty thief deserves to be shot, but in this situation his actions got himself killed.
Body cameras would be a good thing. I know some cities have them.
saw this on CNN.
They pretty much gave the officer's description of the last moments, and if true, the victim really provoked the actions taken by the cop.
They also talked about the body cam that sounds like a sort of good idea.
I think it's weird that cops here (holland) are trained to shoot for the legs first. Can't find statistics but if 2 people were killed by our police last year, that would probably be a high average. And they would have been warranted.
In contrast i continuously hear about people killed by officers in the states.
Loading off 12 bullets like in Brown's case is in no way necessary.
really curious as to how officers would justify that.
This case might not be the best case to defend, but the history of minority suppression in the US is huge.
Rodney King imho was the case that should have solved shit.
Guess the authorities get in the way of that, so it's great that everyone is on the streets now.
Guys like Mandela/MLK would be proud.