Unarmed South Carolina man shot by police

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FlakeNoir

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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.
I've just watched the full video, it is sickening. He is very, very lucky that the cop was so crap with his handgun. I'm sad for him (the victim) because this incidence will likely change who he is and how he sees the world. :(
 

Rrty

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I was thinking about what I wrote earlier, about King needing to do a story -- wouldn't it be interesting to see a novella called "Senator Flagg?" He rises to power on the back of something like the Tea Party, gets endorsements from Palin and O'Reilly, and proceeds to create all kinds of havoc through legislation...each one of his acts causes mayhem. He would be the grand architect of a stand-your-ground-type thing that leads to a lot of deaths, etc. Would see all kinds of supernatural stuff going on behind the scenes (colleagues dying in strange, horrible ways, etc.). Could end with Flagg running for president, and the election is too close to call...
 

GNTLGNT

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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.
...obviously you have no-one in your family involved in law enforcement, firefighting, armed services, EMT's etc, coz statistics don't mean shi*!!!!!!....
 

GNTLGNT

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Giant, if you aren't impressed that a thread about a somewhat malicious police shooting of a citizen could be devolved to the point that "vajazzling" was brought into the mix, well, there is no pleasing you.
...I was ONLY agreeing that you were the superior laffalicious poster in this case, that-and possibly my softer-no pleasing me-feminine side was bubblin' up through the muck...