re: Breaking: Houston PD Officers kill armed man

Accidental down vote.

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it any worse than automatically siding with the cops?

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Uhhhhhhhhh..... I'm gunna go with yes. Those scum who immediately rush to these "victims" defense, demonstrate no ability to be fair-minded and instead just scream injustice/murderdindu, are 1000x times worse than any level-minded citizen who gives cops benefit of the doubt in these situations. Surely you don't look at the two examples and see the same thing?

hands up (with gun)........don't shoot

No they wouldn't have. It would have been just another murder in the hood that neither side have a shite about. At this time, that is the lesser of two evils. That is harsh and cold to say but it is not worth placing LEOs across the nation lives at stake. This cop should not have even approached the man unless he was in the active commission of a crime or was the known subject of an investigation. Unless either of these criteria were at play (which would alter my view btw) , this cop mad a bad error in judgement considering the current climate. Hell, probably >50% of every adult male walking around in the hood is concealing or open carrying a firearm at all times whether it be 1am or 1pm.

If you think my post is racist, then RA.

Otherwise, have a nice day and kindly GFY, sir.

I should be getting back to the states after 6 months in Qatar on Tuesday... I am flying into Baltimore... frick...

Another update: Apparently a witness was there to back up the police side of the story. Basically he was yelling at the guy to put the gun down as police were telling him to. This is all according to the police.

it's very simple. i can solve all their decades of "police problems" with 2 words. Stop resisting.

Houston can let Dallas out do it in anything.

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nother update: Apparently a witness was there to back up the police side of the story. Basically he was yelling at the guy to put the gun down as police were telling him to. This is all according to the police.

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If this is how it happened then kudos to that police department. This is how I wish all encounters with citizens with guns or perceived guns would happen. Too many times police shoot people reaching for ID or carrying something other than a gun. I understand that in the heat of the moment a split second decision must be made and I don't envy the law enforcement personnel that have to do that, but I think this is where better training can make a huge difference.