re: Chicago Police Shooting Video Released

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Doesn't look like murder to me. He was running from the cops never put his hands in the air and kept his left hand in his pocket.

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While I agree had he complied he'd be alive. 

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Certain cases that statement is true
We dont know that. Watching this vvideo though, it certainly doesn't speak well for that statement. He was murdered as he walked away.

Cop was on out of his car six seconds before he shot. Lots of other officers there, how can you evaluate the situation so quick? And the first shot was a head shot, can't just shoot the leg or something?

I think he is screwed

the bottom line is that the guy was murdered.. and this is pretty fricking similar to some recent cases too.

no one is going to be shocked when another corrupt officer walks, though.

I assure you I haved faced similar situations while deployed. If we failed to follow procedure we would have been brought up on charges. It is not easy but when you take a high risk job you do so knowing the laws you must follow.

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Looks like he was holding something that looked like a gun to me ,or something similar.

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It was a knife.

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Why couldnt he just stop and listen ?

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High on drugs, but officers know that when dealing with a guy in the middle of a highway.

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Its ridiculous that anyone would expect a good outcome

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He would be alive if he wasn't high and/or listened to commands.

However, although he had a knife in his hand the officer had plenty of room to retreat and engage if necessary, he wasn't in a small closed room or up against a wall with him. The officer didn't panic he was just a dumbass and put himself in the position he's in, not to mention make the rest of us look terrible.

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I thought the black guy was a cop at first ,with the way he was holding his hands. Looks like he was holding something that looked like a gun to me ,or something similar. Why couldnt he just stop and listen ? Its ridiculous that anyone would expect a good outcome , when you don't follow orders from police .

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Here's how to not get shot by the police:

1) Don't wield a knife
2) Stay off PCP
3) Don't slash tires with said knife
4) Don't walk down the middle of a highway at 1 am.
5) If you do these things, put your hands in the air and obey police direction.

Cop didn't need to shoot though. I have no doubt that he was afraid and this probably had little to do with racism. Dudes on PCP with knifes are extremely dangerous.

What did the officer kick away from the body after he was dead?

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e was running from the cops never put his hands in the air and kept his left hand in his pocket.


First of all he was not running, he was walking when the cop gunned him down.

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Running, walking, crawling, fricking doing the Super Bowl Shuffle, none of that matters. All that matters is this kid was no threat to anyone. The cop who riddled him with bullets is guilty as hell of murder. He's a cold blooded murder. Period.

And one more thing. This happened in October 2014. If you or I did what that cop did, do you think it would take then over a year to charge us with murder?