Unarmed South Carolina man shot by police

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hossenpepper

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Kurben said:
Me too. Luckily i dont drive. A wise ass crack to much and boom, you have a gun in your face. Or if your tired or slightly tipsy and not thinking at the highest point of your capacity and move. Bang. Sounds a risky policy to me. Well none is incapable of error, even the police force. I guess the guy will get a good amount of money for being shot. Damages or what it is called. Is it the police or the state or who that pays that?
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The state since it was a state officer. If it was local PD, the city would pay, a sheriff's office, the county would pay. But in reality, they all carry liability insurance for these type of incidences so it will be an insurance company, which is ultimately funded and paid for by the public.
 
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Bryan James

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I hope the cop enjoys his upcoming Billy Bo Bubba rectal meat injections.

Actually I hope he doesn't enjoy it.

When I (rarely) did defense work, I crossed paths with a lot of asshat cops. There are some really great guys (and gals) out there on the Force, though.

That traffic stop just went wrong, and it was the cop's fault. It angrifies me, but it is also instructive.
 
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Sigmund

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hossenpepper said:
I have seen the entire video. The guy pulled into the convenience store and was getting out to go inside. You see the cop getting ready to turn out of the parking lot, then the victim pulls in and stops to get out. The cop backs up and swings his car around and then you hear the "Show me your license" about a second or two later.
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I saw that video.

White police officer shoots unarmed black motorist in South Carolina - Autoblog

The officer didn't light him up so the man had no idea the officer was after him. He got out of his SUV to go into the store until the police officer drove up to him (Very, very close!!!) and yelled out to him.

When the man heard the officer request it was like, "Oh. My license? No prob. I'll get that for you." Then the shooting started.
The officer fired four, FOUR, shots at close range and missed three times. (Thank God.) That's is mighty bad shooting. If you can't handle your weapon better than that you shouldn't have one. Like someone mentioned, the gas pumps and civilians that might have been hit.

Peace.
 
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Sigmund

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I'm super cautious.

Police lights me up, I slowly, safely pull over and keep my hands on the steering wheel. When S/he comes up to me I tell/shout them my window(s) roll down and I will use my left hand to roll down the window (keeping my right hand on the wheel). S/he will tell me why they pulled me over and ask for my license. "My license is in my wallet in my purse. There." Turn my head to where my purse is. If they don't tell me to get it, I ask if I can reach for my purse/wallet. (I try to do everything with one hand and keep one hand on the wheel.) I get my license and hand it over. (I never, ever argue that I was not speeding, blow through the stop, etc. Never. I'm not in a position to win. Just say, "Oh. I'm sorry. I'll keep that in mind." Haven't had a ticket since I can remember. Ha!)

Police officers face life and death every day, day in and day out. Every encounter might be their last. I can understand their apprehension and cautiousness and I appreciate their doing the job. But, you can't go blowing people away 'cause you *thought* he was moving too fast/slow and had a gun.

And as Grandpa stated, Good thing there was a dash cam, was working and pointed in the right direction.
Without it, that man might well be in jail awaiting trial for *resisting arrest* *assaulting a police officer* and that officer might still be out in public with a gun.

Peace.
 
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In the wake of the incident in Ferguson, the incident in South Carolina with the state trooper and the gentleman at a gas station seems quite disturbing. In this case, the video seems rather informative and unambiguous. The trooper has been dismissed, and I believe it has been reported that he will be tried for this outrageous attack.

Very interestingly, some pundits have pointed out -- and I noticed this as well -- that other incidents involving actual potentially dangerous individuals can end peacefully, the incident at the White House being an example. (In fact, MSNBC's Chris Matthews showed an archive clip of a guy on the White House lawn with a knife and displaying karate moves being wrestled to the ground, not killed.)

Ferguson, the incident at Wal-Mart, stand your ground...it all begs for a King take via fiction.
 
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Sigmund, I agree that officers do face life and death every day, but statistically, it's a small risk (if it weren't, there would be a lot more fatalities in that profession). And I think officers need to decide if they want to take that risk or not before they apply for the job. In essence, their risk should perhaps go up a little so that civilians and their risk may go down (especially minority civilians), and for the intent of the Constitution to be preserved.
 
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