Cop Chases Down Teen for No Bicycle Light, Shoots Him in Back as He Lies Facedown on Ground

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[–]BulbusBeanQueen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

How is that misconduct? dude had a gun, not the cops fault he was to retarded to use it after he pulled it out.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I get this isn't the most compelling story, but possessing a gun and even fleeing does not justify summary execution. We don't want these Judge Dredd cops running around. They should only escalate force when necessary to arrest people. It is outside of police purview to determine guilt or innocence, and supposedly (although not in any meaningful way) everyone is considered innocent until proven guilty.

So... That's a dead innocent kid that the cop didn't have to shoot.

[–]BulbusBeanQueen 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

And to be fair you do post a lot of legitimate vids of police misconduct and some are legit cops murdering civilians plain and simple, yea its sad a kid died there is no denying that but there could have been a lot of different ways it could have ended with the kid not dead. The kid running and drawing lethal force was not one of them unfortunately.

[–]BulbusBeanQueen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

When someone pulls a gun, weather or not they are running away or toward you make no difference. Once you pull out the gat, you become a threat weather your 3 yrs old or 83 yrs old. At what point does it become justified, once the kid stops running wastes a cop? A cops job is to prevent and neutralize threats to public safety, id say a kid running or bicycling around with a gat is a pretty big threat to public safety don't you think?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Bicycling around with a gun is not illegal everywhere, depends on where this happened. I think that's where we're looking at this differently. You see having the gun as a threat, whereas I'm glad no cop shot me when I was a kid just for having a firearm.

Of course growing up kids were permitted to bring their gun racks to school anyways.

[–]BulbusBeanQueen 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm totally pro gun, that being said there's nothing wrong with a gun but the person who has it is usually the problem. The gun wasn't THE threat, the kid who is running away from the cops who thought it would be a legitimately good idea to pull out a gun during a foot pursuit was the threat. That's why context matters, the cops didn't in broad daylight walk up to some kid who was concealed carrying and waste him for it. kid didn't have a light on his bike at night, cops pull him over because he is a hazard to himself and others on roadway, cops want info on kid which is standard procedure( possibly was going to offer kid a ride since no light on bike) I wouldn't let just some kid on the back of my car without knowing who they are. it never gets that far cause kid kicks it like usain bolt running to a UN water truck before cops can even talk with him, as he is running away from le cop pulls out his little friend, but before he can turn around and pull a couple of shots at le cops, gay tripping ensues and cop witnesses brandished gat and waste gay tripping kid.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

even fleeing does not justify summary execution.

The fleeing part does justify shooting them until they come to a 'full stop' (as the Brits say), but doesn't necessarily have to result in their death. If it does, they should be posthumously charged with the additional crime of whatever they call "illegally causing a homicide".

Even if the cops are engaged in illegal actions like arresting someone for 'not' wearing a mask, it's not for the arrestee to make a legal ruling on their actions. Otherwise, why not just let every criminal refuse to be arrested? No, suspects attempting escape should be shot until they stop.

[–]beece 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The "kid" could have done any of several things that would have led to his survival.

Cop turns on lights: Stop and say: "Can I help you officer"

Cop: you need a light if you are going to ride in the middle of the street at night"

Kid: "OK thanks, bye"

2nd - What kind of a retarded fuckwit runs from the cops and displays a gun openly? Not the cops faoult the kid was a total retard.