jelun wrote:
Another out of control cop and the system that covers up the killing?
It seems odd that a LEO is in fear for his life, but one again, he shoots a person in the back.
How threatening is someone while sitting with their back to you?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/zachary-hammond-police-killing_55c0e240e4b0c9fdc75dfda3
Police say a uniformed officer, on hand to support the undercover cop, was approaching Hammond's vehicle. There's disagreement about what happened next. Seneca Police Chief John Covington says Hammond drove the car at the officer, who, fearing for his life, fired twice into the vehicle, shooting a fatal round into Hammond's upper torso. Eric Bland, a lawyer for Hammond's family, says that the officer shot Hammond twice from behind and that an autopsy supports this claim. More than a week after the shooting, Oconee County coroner Karl Addis -- one of the few people who should know for sure -- has still not said publicly which direction the bullets came from.
Wherever the bullets struck Hammond, police say they were fired from near point-blank range through the open driver's side window. This detail has raised particular concern amid a string of police killings in which the official law enforcement narrative has not always held up.
As in those previous incidents, Hammond's family is left with painful questions: Was the car headed directly at the officer, or, as Hammond's father has suggested, did the officer shoot because his son was beginning to flee? Was the officer truly in danger? Or does the fact that he was so close to the vehicle when he fired indicate otherwise? Will the dashcam video, reportedly turned over to state investigators and requested by local news outlets, offer any answers?
I am thinking that being with a young lady who had ten grams of pot should not require a death penalty.
Don't police need to take time to engage their brains before acting?
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I will agree that 50$ worth of weed is no reason for anyone to lose their life, no amount of weed should be cause for that. I would also believe that the police have a thousand possible scenarios running through their heads during this fast and ever evolving situation untill it's completion, i would speculate that shooting a young man for a petty amount of weed was not the intent here. I do however see a common thread in most, if not all these shootings by a police officer...failure to comply with a lawful order from a police officer, this is once again a waste of a young life that could have been prevented by simply giving up when caught, and if i read this article correctly ( correct me if i am wrong ) he was not the one even selling the weed, and was not guilty of anything but freaking out and hitting the gas pedal to either flee, or at the officer, which at this point is still not determined, either way if he would have just followed orders we would not be having this shot by cop conversation