You are saying that summary execution is a just consequence for running for your life in America. Is that what you mean to be saying? Because it's what you are saying.

No, running from police is no longer an acceptable reason for shooting a suspect.

I was military police. Pretty much a given that you don't fire at an UNARMED PERSON running AWAY from you with his BACK TOWARDS YOU.

I think the audience that doesn't want to see it is probably the best audience to present it to.

so what's the excuse for him planting a taser? claiming he performed CPR when he didn't? Or are these all holdovers from the fear he was feeling?

This is idiotic. Your point "you don't run away from law enforcement, period" is indicative of the PROBLEM IN THE FIRST GOD DAMN PLACE - that an unarmed man fleeing from a police officer in an empty lot where there is absolutely no threat whatsoever to the police officer, gets murdered in cold blood.

What's the worst thing, aside from being shot, that can happen to a cop in a movie or a TV show? Getting his gun (well... one of his guns) and badge taken away temporarily? Meanwhile, they can cause untold property damage and sometimes hurt innocent bystanders in the course of catching/killing the bad guy, but as long…

The SCOTUS ruled that a police officer can only shoot a fleeing suspect if the said suspect is armed and pose immediate danger to the general public.

So no. Just because you are running, doesn't mean the cops can shoot. Otherwise, shows like "Cops" would be very different. I mean why bother running through hedges when…

More recently, Nixon was elected by promising, among other things, a return to "law and order", which everyone knew damn well that it was dog whistle for "getting black people off the street" (okay, hippie war protestors too, but mostly the blacks).

"In the Southern states the development of American policing followed a different path. The genesis of the modern police organization in the South is the "Slave Patrol" (Platt 1982). The first formal slave patrol was created in the Carolina colonies in 1704 (Reichel 1992). Slave patrols had three primary functions:…

Don't worry, black people are just as scared of black cops as white cops, because it's institutional to the profession. Even popular fiction like The Wire CLEARLY shows that. If you don't understand the problem is POLICE on black here, you don't really understand the issue.

Do you remember when the same police officers used to be proud KKK members? Some of them are still are, just hiding it better.

Please shut the fuck up you mindless drone. Stop parroting every thing you hear on Fox News.

......who would most likely be subjected to worse acts of abuse than we could ever imagine if he snitched or went against the grain of his fellow officer(s). You know DAMN WELL, if this wasn't on camera, this police department would have pulled a "well, we're innocent" act. Give me a break.

Actually, both men served in the Coast Guard. Guess how many stories mention that the victim served compared to those mentioning the murderer served?

Looks like you need a history lesson.

Holy Fuck you're right. Maybe he was running towards a loaded cannon. Better put 8 rounds in him just be sure.

Fuck you, fuck your brother and fuck anyone else who keeps repeating this shit about how "the cop feared for his life."

"minorities are being killed by the very men and women sworn to protect and to serve them."

One thing I found interesting in recent news (and by "interesting" I mean "depressing and soul crushing") is that, while 36 black people were killed last month, officers being killed in the line of duty is at all time low and, according to an NPR report I heard over the weekend, there has been 46+ days without an…