Michael Brown

[Tasslehofp99]

Originally Posted by Orruar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What will be important is whether Mr. Brown then turned around and ran towards the officer in an aggressive manner.

So running towards a cop warrants being shot multiple times? I mean couldn't he have gotten into his car and driven away/called for backup when the dude turned to run away from him?? I thought Lethal Force was only to be used as a last resort; when faced with lethal force.

I guess things are rapidly changing in this country, though. If you do a little google searching it becomes clear that unarmed people are gunned down by murderous police with an alarming frequency. I just read a story about a unarmed woman being shot by a police officer for rolling up her window; insanity. Something obviously has to change about the way this country is being policed.


Whatever happened to all of the police forces around the country investing in non-lethal weaponry to avoid situations such as this? I mean the police I'm seeing on the news are in full military equipment; but they can't afford tasers for their officers?
Someone was unnecessarily killed by a police officer who was obviously not trained enough to deal with the situation he found himself in that day.