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A lot of displaced anger here.
Big Mike was dead the split second that he decided to push the policed car door shut and stick his hands inside that police car. Somehow (handgun didn't cycle properly) he wasn't killed right there at the car.
Big Mike's second fatal mistake was stopping and then moving toward the officer after the officer exited the vehicle. If Big Mike continues to run, and gets away, Big Mike lives. If Big Mike stops, and gets down on the ground, other officers arrive, handcuff Big Mike, and Big Mike lives.
But back to the displaced anger...
If you want to be upset about police shootings, the shooting of Big Mike is not the one to be upset about. The shooting of the 12 year old in Cleveland was almost certainly preventable, and on many different levels... The totality of the circumstances in that incident seem to have been almost completely avoidable. You have to wonder how that confrontation would have gone down if the police had stopped the car a couple hundred feet away and walked up on the little boy...
Really really sad and heartbreaking for everyone involved, but especially for the immediate family of the child. Terrible Terrible incident and outcome.
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Silverwhaletail
(used to love slutty women and run-down apartment buildings, not necessarily in that order)
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