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Originally Posted by Mike80911
As a retired Police Officer I understand very well the difference in these two situations. In the case I listed an innocent man was gunned down because someone was fast to pull a trigger. In the Brown case a Police Officer was being attacked by someone twice his size that had just robbed a store and the officer defended himself using his last resort. Do you see the difference? Have there been shootings involving both races that I have sat and wondered what could have caused this yes but the Brown case is not one of them. I have been in that situation before and luckily in NYC help is on the scene in seconds because there are over 35,000 police officers here. When you work in a small police force help can be 10 minutes away by that time you can be dead.
There is no law or even a department policy that states an officer may only use deadly physical force when a subject is armed. There is however a long list of times when an officer may use it to prevent or terminate serious physical injury to themselves or others. I believe that when all of the facts of this case come out the officer will be proven to have acted within his justifiable rights.
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When the officer first encountered Brown and his friend he was, by the chiefs own admission, unaware of the cigar incident so we are looking at a jaywalking case. Two guys walking in the road and being asked to move to the sidewalk.
How that whole thing goes down starts with how the officer initiates contact and how the civilian reacts.
If the civilian responds in a conciliatory manner and follows instruction cop is in no danger.
If the civilian reacts in an aggressive manner then the cop should proceed with caution, not put himself in the situation that he did.
It's the cops job to manage the encounter.
In this instance it seems he managed it very poorly and put himself in a defensive position and it goes downhill from there.
Everyone has seen this one before. This trooper would have been well justified in hauling this assclown out of his car and sticking a boot on his neck as soon as assclown grabs the clipboard. But he does not, he manages the situation by letting the guy rant. Everyone goes home in one piece. 2:10 in is my favorite part.