Georgia police killed exonerated man

[Jolly]

The penalty for reckless driving (at least in this state) is very similar to DUI.

[Horace]

Heart breaking.

[Copper]

No choice, that was stupid.

[George K]

Bodycam:

[LuFins Dad]

[Copper]

@LuFins-Dad said in Georgia police killed exonerated man:

sounding so belligerent

I assumed that was his command voice.

[LuFins Dad]

@Copper said in Georgia police killed exonerated man:

@LuFins-Dad said in Georgia police killed exonerated man:

sounding so belligerent

I assumed that was his command voice.

Then he needs a new job. The way he approached the car, he was angry as hell and also scared. That escalated the situation. His emotional overreaction fed the other.

He was justified in the shooting, but poor training and/or personal fitness for the job contributed.

I’ve been pulled over in a similar manner once, with the same type of demeanor from the cop. I had to restrain myself from making it worse. If I had been unjustly jailed for 16 years then I might not have.

I don’t think this should just be called justified and swept under the rug. There is something to be learned from this.

[89th]

Fair points. I think the dude was on drugs though, I wonder if that info has been released.

[Mik]

Maybe learned, yes. But that LEO had no way of knowing this guy's history, and you'd think the guy'd be smart enough not to poke the bear by driving 100 mph. You might be right that drugs were involved.

[Jolly]

Don't be an idiot around people who carry guns for a living and are allowed to use them .

[Mik]

Did you know they all have guns and clubs? Why would you want to start a fight with someone like that?

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in Georgia police killed exonerated man:

Don't be an idiot around people who carry guns for a living and are allowed to use them .

There’s a dead magat bitch you could have given that advice to.

[jon-nyc]

Am I missing something or did both of those videos end before the shot.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Georgia police killed exonerated man:

Maybe learned, yes. But that LEO had no way of knowing this guy's history, and you'd think the guy'd be smart enough not to poke the bear by driving 100 mph. You might be right that drugs were involved.

It is VERY easy to drive 100 mph through many stretches of Georgia on 95, especially south of Atlanta. I shadow my cruise control set on 95 when I went through there just 2 years ago and was still driving in the middle or right lanes because I was being passed. I don’t think drugs had to be involved…

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Georgia police killed exonerated man:

Am I missing something or did both of those videos end before the shot.

The sound of the shot didn’t come through the audio pickups. The cop is saying “shots fired’” at the end of the first video. I had thought it was a taser in his hand that he held against the guy’s abdomen, but it must have been his firearm.

[jon-nyc]

Ok, so he shot him during the altercation. Justified AF but sad all the same.

[taiwan_girl]

Not sure why the guy was driving 100 mph.

I remember reading a story about a guy who was speeding, got in an accident, someone died and he got into a whole lot of trouble.

Not his exact words, but something like, "Yeah, I would have saved a whole 13 minutes of driving time. Instead I am spending 5 years in jail"

[Horace]

Lots of crime and consequence is rooted in random unlucky outcomes that the criminal chose to roll the dice on.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Georgia police killed exonerated man:

@Jolly said in Georgia police killed exonerated man:

Don't be an idiot around people who carry guns for a living and are allowed to use them .

There’s a dead magat bitch you could have given that advice to.

Well, there's your sorry bastard moment of the day.

[jon-nyc]

It was a cheap shot but it seems remarkable how you’re all law-and-ordery until the perp is a Trump supporter then you become Bobby Seal.