re: NYPD officer kills drug suspect with a water cooler (video)

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If the guy wasn't being violent or endangering anyone, this was a stupid move by the cop. You can't kill a man just for fleeing.

BUT...

If it's true he was riding his scooter on the sidewalk endangering the lives of innocent people, which I'm sure some were children, the proper action would be to stop him however you can.

I'm sure the cop had zero intention of killing him, and just wanted to save lives. Innocent lives.

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Do you get yourself dizzy when going around in these logic circles?

He used what was literally at hand to halt a fleeing subject who was endangering others by riding a vehicle on a sidewalk.
Either it was acceptable by a reasonable officer standard or it was not.
I say that it seems like a reasonable effort which had a sad result. Too bad.

But I avoid NYC like the plague.

Sadly, I figure that they will charge him for assault with a deadly cooler.