Cop asks for license then opens fire. WTF!!!

[Lobo27]

[Warpy]

1. At least he's a lousy shot

and the poor guy he opened fire on is doing well with a hip wound.

He's off the force and sitting in jail unless his family has raised $75,000 cash.

When you say "at least the cop didn't kill this one," you know it's really bad out there.

[FlatStanley]

2. It's South Carolina.

[Ino]

3. This is what happens when you call the cops...

[Old Crow]

4. HOLY HELL.

This is the second video I've watched this morning after logging on. The first was the Crawford case where a black man was executed for carrying a BB gun in a Walmart.

Question: Has anyone seen any recent data on the number of visitors coming to the U.S.? That is, a year-to-year chart of the number of Europeans, Australians, New Zealanders, Japanese, etc. who are choosing to visit the United States? I have got to think the numbers have plummeted like a rock.

What sane person would choose to visit the United States where innocent civilians--particularly those with darker skin tones--are being shot down for little or no reason whatsoever? On a daily basis? A country spiraling toware fascism with a paramilitary police terrorizing the citizens?

I'll look for the data later today if no one else can find it.

HOLY HELL. What in God's name has happened to my country?

[TheFarseer]

5. why did he get out of the car?

Was he asked to get out of the car? If he just got out of the car for no reason, I can see the cop being on edge, cause you're not supposed to do that!

[heaven05]

6. really?

he had his hands up and in plain sight......oh what the hell....blaming the victim, especially if he's black, is an art form with some who peruse this forum. This pig was a goddamn coward.....afraid of the 'black male threat'. But you think the cop was justified in shooting this individual...that's all that matters...to you....

[TheFarseer]

12. I didn't realize he was not pulled over

I'm just asking a question for context and trying to understand a situation that we only joined in the middle of the action. I never at any point said he was justified in shooting. You don't have to freak out and vomit on me. Get a damn grip.

[2pooped2pop]

7. yes, getting out of the car should make the police more alert

but not freaked out so much he has no choice but to shoot. I mean really. Are the cops that afraid?

[LiberalArkie]

8. I always get out of my car first and stand about a foot away from it with my hands visible.

That way the policeman knows I can not reach for a gun and I do not have anything in my hands. Funny thing is I have never gotten a ticket, just a warning. I guess the officer is more comfortable seeing that I don't have anything to harm them. When they ask for my DL & registration, I pull out my wallet and given them my DL and then start walking around to the passenger side (they usually follow me) and get it out of the glove box. They go back to their can and I follow them so I am out in the open the whole time. I it is raining they usually offer to let me sit in their car while they check the records.

[TheFarseer]

13. a big no no where im from

Getting out of the car will completely freak out a cop. Provided of course that you were pulled over by that cop. Actually it's pretty weird that he would harass someone who has parked in the first place!

[LiberalArkie]

14. The cops that I used to know liked to see a calm person, not angry, no weapon in hand from

a distance rather than walk up to the car not knowing if the person in the car had a gun pointed at them through the door.

They do not like the person stepping out in to the traffic and endangering everyone though. Put taking the time to pull over into a parking area or where there is plenty on room and no one is in danger of getting hit by traffic it is a different matter.

[hueymahl]

9. He got out of the car because he was at a gas station

You know, getting gas?

Not sure this video shows the context, but he did not get "pulled over" until he was already in the gas station - the "cop" happened to be there and allegedly turned on his lights because he saw the black man was not wearing a seatbelt.

But go ahead and take the side of the sociopath posing as a peace officer.

[arcane1]

10. HE was getting out of the car to do his own business n/t

[yallerdawg]

11. Do we live in a police state?

No question.