re: Charlotte Police Shooting Videos Released (links in OP)

If the perp has a gun in his hand cops have a right to defend themselves. Even if he doesn't raise the gun you can easily argue it is justified. If the cops hesitate one second to the guy raising and shooting someone could get shot. The Cops role should always be to de-escalate the situation as quickly as possible with as little death as possible. You rather the perp get shot than a cop. If a Perp has a gun cops have even right to shot him if they even feel slightly threatened. Also, any hesitation because of fear of unjustified shooting could cost cops lives. This would be a situation when in doubt shoot.

I'm saying I would think the cam would stay on and there would
Be video.

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I'm saying I would think the cam would stay on and there would
Be video.

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Unless you are going to push a plant by the cops story line it doesn't matter. There are already pictures of the gun and the holster at the crime scene. I'm sure some body cam has the gun on it, but it may be well after the situation was calm.

Just because they say "put the gun down" doesn't mean he was holding an actual gun. IMO it is more likely than not that he was, given how close they were to him, but he could have been holding something else that they thought was a gun.

No, that's a good point, and that's what I meant.

Look, the other thing is that this guy clearly wasn't trying to indicate to them that he didn't have a gun.

Some people are kind of stupid in critical moments.

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Black Culture and its affinity for sociopathic lifestyle choices.

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You are exactly right and the black race refuses to address this. The result is that I no longer give a shite when the cops shoot a black, justified or not. Let the bullets fly.

Another important point to note, is in the photos that gun's hammer is cocked. As in, Scott pulled the hammer back to make it fire faster/ easier. Its dangerous as heck to have it like that in a normal setting as it takes light trigger pressure to fire. So Scott was preparing to fire his weapon, not stand down.

I have no doubt the guy had a gun and resisted arrest

but what law did he break?

Why were there like 4 cops on the seen hunting him down?

I'd like to understand the root of the situation.

Beyond that, I have seen the victims criminal record that shows us he was a model citizen in the African American community.

His wife, another pillar of wisdom is filming the scene "he better not be fing dead"


Her audio shows the police commanding "drop the gun" a number of times

Michael was just walking down the streets. Was on the ground with his hands in the air.


Alton was just selling CDs, working long hours to provide for his family.


Kieth was just reading a book.

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The left leaning side of our country are like giant enablers and apologists for deviant behavior. It's not surprising that they want to make martyrs of these thugs. They have no answer for how to deal with the problem, so they'd rather placate them.

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The majority of, as you call them, left leaners are not making him out to be a martyr. And since you are going to generalize about their lack of solutions, one could easily say that the right leaning solutions are a police state and comply or die. You see, generalizations can work both ways.