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Originally Posted by javadog
All the arguments about the fact that he was un-armed are irrelevant. You think nobody of his size could create great bodily harm or death, with nothing to use as a weapon?
I'd like to see a poll of a hundred policemen, asking how many of them would not shoot a 300 pound, angry young man running towards them, after having been struck repeatedly by that same angry young man and after having had him try to take the officer's gun away. I would be real surprised if any policeman would have held his fire.
This kid didn't deserve to die but his own actions doomed him. Given what little I've seen of his behavior, I think it was only a matter of time. Sooner or later, his mouth and his defective reasoning would have sealed his fate.
My only wish is that his death might serve as an example to others in his peer group, as to why you should not act as he did. I'll bet none of them get the lesson.
JR
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If this is exactly what happened, you are correct and it was a good shooting. The problem is that
no one has challenged the cop's version and now no one will, at least until the civil trial and possibly a federal CR trial. This PD has a horrendous record wrt excessive force and violating the CR of its citizens. The cop's injuries do not in any way agree with his assertion of what happened. I'd expect a bloody nose or a shiner if even a tough 12 year old slugged him as hard as he says he was getting pounded. His story needs to be seriously confirmed. It ain't gonna happen now. He could be lying through his teeth. He has every reason in the world to distort the truth.