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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui
Heaven forbid I don't think a misdemeanor matters when it comes to the cops killing a person.
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I think crimes are crimes. Both committed a crime. The one crime doesn't justify the other.
Let's break it down just on the shooting. If the officer had pulled the taser and hit him with it, she would have been completely justified. He would have been arrested, and picked up further charges. When she shot him, then she committed a crime. She should be punished for that crime. That does not mean he did not commit a crime, It does not mean he was "right" to flee the officers.
Lathum has it right. Arguments like yours and Rainmakers just entrench the "police are always right" side, and do damage to actual change.
Any reasonable person can see the shooting was not justified.
Any reasonable person can see the kid fighting the cops and fleeing was not justified.
Both can be true.