re: I have a feeling this officer is going to be railroaded.

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Well if this is true it's news to me. The last I heard (and granted I'm traveling this week) the kid had his hands up in surrender and was shot at a considerable distance. It was expressed in such a way that I had come to believe this was almost an indisputable fact. I apologize and admit I'm wrong if new credible evidence negates what I had initially believed.

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Fair enough. The rush to judgement has been insane in this case. If the cop is proven to be criminal, he should be treated like one. But the media and folks on the internet have been irresponsible here. Example:

First stories I heard were he was running away and shot in the back at a distance. Now that evidence contradicts that, the line is "but hewas 30 feet away!!!! How could he be a threat?"

Well, IF another version I've heard is true, a man charging at me from 10 yards can be pretty threatening indeed, especially if he had just fractured my orbital bone and tried to take my gun.

Don't know what version (if either) is true, but I'll wait to decide whether to be outraged. Wish others would do the same.