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In reply to the discussion: Bodycam footage of Atlanta shooting of Rayshard Brooks [View all]SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)I summed it up with the word vengeance but regardless of what happened up until that point is completely meaningless (and still didnt require murder). He had no weapon that was a mortal threat. So if you think that it is excusable that they murdered him then why? Because if shit that went down before the bullets hit him? That is revenge. And whether or not it was split second or not it says to me that these cops do not need to be armed if they cannot be trained to not shoot into the night at a person that is running away from them.
He wasnt a threat to them.
The cop chose to open fire even though there were other people there abd again He was no longer a threat.
If you are going to excuse cops of murder because of split second non-life threatening situations. NOTHING will ever get any better because they will ALWAYS have that excuse. Always.
The problems are their culture, their training, and quite possibly their own mental makeup.
Stop excusing murder.