I'm not totally up on what happened there, and it seems confirmed that there was a knife involved, but how many times do you shoot a man in the back for that?
I have to say that it sounds excessive force. And I think he just died.
At the start I was slightly leaning on excessive force but I'm leaning towards justifiable shooting at this point. He was fighting the cops right before the first video started recording. Another angle shows him breaking free of the cops and then him walking towards the car door.
Poor training or policy is what caused the cops to shoot him in my opinion. The guy should have never made it to the car door and been tackled and cuffed before reaching it.
I'm not totally up on what happened there, and it seems confirmed that there was a knife involved, but how many times do you shoot a man in the back for that?
I have to say that it sounds excessive force. And I think he just died.
At the start I was slightly leaning on excessive force but I'm leaning towards justifiable shooting at this point. He was fighting the cops right before the first video started recording. Another angle shows him breaking free of the cops and then him walking towards the car door.
Poor training or policy is what caused the cops to shoot him in my opinion. The guy should have never made it to the car door and been tackled and cuffed before reaching it.
I'm reserving a conclusion in lieu of clearer evidence, still observing.
Shooting a man in the back 7 or 8 times sounds abusive to me at this point. But I wouldn't go out and set the city on fire in response either.
Why does it matter that it was in the back? Should they have asked him nicely to turn around so they could shoot him in the front?
Well yea. They should at least ask. Manners and all. =)