re: Police Officer killed unarmed homeless man in West Monroe, LA

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Regardless of why he was shot, it looks like another citizen failing to follow the orders of a police officer...

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So the consequence is death? The odds of a drunk homeless man having a gun are slim to none. This man was no threat. If he was somebody would have been harm far before the police arrived.

Before we rush to judgement, there may be more to the story. Or at least I hope so.

Maybe the person who called it in says he has a gun. Maybe the guy acted like he had a gun.

Ledoux is also under investigation for roughing up another suspect prior to this incident. Im not 100% but i believe he was already in cuffs.
Jody is also a former Baton Rouge cop.

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Prosecutors have released surveillance video showing Monroe, La. police officer Jody LeDoux shooting and killing a homeless man within seconds of the officer’s arrival on scene. Raymond Keith Martinez was reportedly drunk when he was ejected from a local store and law enforcement was called to remove him, and may have reached for what shopkeepers say may have been a black cellphone when shot. LeDoux has pleaded not guilty to the charges, although looking at the footage, it is difficult to defend his actions.While all the facts of the case are not known, LeDoux has found support from several of his colleagues from the West Monroe Police Department. LeDoux is next scheduled to appear in court on May 19, 2015.

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see the part in bold.

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Regardless of why he was shot, it looks like another citizen failing to follow the orders of a police officer..

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You know, we really don't know the entire story here. But the truth of the matter is, he was kicked out of a bar for being rowdy and drunk.

The cop became trial, jury, and executioner all in a matter of seconds. There's a problem with that system.

I get it, cops have to protect themselves. But we shouldn't have a society where the first action a cop takes is fire off 3 rounds.

So if my employees don't follow my orders it's okay for me to shoot them or beat the shite out of them?

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nope...didn't say anything about whether the dude's death was justified...just making the point that in most of these cases, the victim failed to follow police orders...

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Here's part of the problem too, but unrelated to this specific case because I know nothing about it. You don't have to follow a police order unless it is a lawful order. In other words, if you're on your porch and a cop tells you to go inside, you don't have to. If you're videotaping a cop and he tells you to stop for no reason, you don't have to. The problems then arise when you choose to not obey an unlawful order and get a beat down and an arrest for some bullshite charge like failure to comply/obey when it was an unlawful order in the first place.

Raymond Keith Martinez was reportedly drunk when he was ejected from a local store and law enforcement was called to remove him

tgrbaitn08, ok as long as you say you thought they had a weapon on them.

What's it like?