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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
Sun Aug 24, 2014, 10:32 AM Aug 2014

Using Google Earth, I was able to determine how far away Kajieme was from PO [View all]

I used this video to determine the locations of the PO's and Kajieme Powell (TYT zoomed in, which was helpful to determine the locations of the police and Kajieme - WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO):



With that knowledge, I went to Google Earth, placed the parties in the locations shown in the video, and used the measurement tool:



It measured 16 feet. And, as is clearly shown in the video, Kajieme's arms were at his sides. Given the distance, and Kajieme's posture at the moment he was shot, it's my opinion that the police grossly overreacted.

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