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In reply to the discussion: Bodycam footage of Atlanta shooting of Rayshard Brooks [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)56. So it would be OK for the cop to chase him then
right? And now the cop has to fight him while he has a taser.
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Yes. Death is the biggest issue...but it was the end of a long line of significant mistakes.
Evergreen Emerald
Jun 2020
#4
This point, I have not read a single post stating an officer gets to execute somebody who is not an
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#13
He shot a taser at the cop. If he incapacitates the cop then he grabs his gun and shoots
maximusveritas
Jun 2020
#5
Brooks fell after running a bit after, but the video does not clearly show when the cop fired.
maximusveritas
Jun 2020
#18
He was shot in the back. Seemingly after the taser cartridge was disharged.
SlogginThroughIt
Jun 2020
#105
I think the melanin orientation of the "authorities" has something to do with
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#120
Most tasers can still be used as a stun gun once the cartridge/prongs are fired
madville
Jun 2020
#124
I have a real problem with police discharging their weapons in pursuit
SlogginThroughIt
Jun 2020
#102
At the exact time of the shooting the policemen were NOT "protecting themselves."
Goodheart
Jun 2020
#21
People going through this much trouble trying to justify the police shooting of an unarmed black man
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#110
I posted the first OP to DU about this, trust me, I'm pissed off as can be.
Alex4Martinez
Jun 2020
#95
Given your utter lack of empathy or interest in even understanding what it's like to be a black man
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#130
If you think it's not normal for a frightened person to fight back, you aren't very good at judging
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#135
The cops knew who Brooks was and could have just let him run ... Brooks posed
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#101
+1, the cop wanted to get him on something. It's like they get paid by the arrest, they could've let
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#136