Bad Boys II

[Dill]

(06-15-2020, 03:35 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: The officer that fired had no way to know if the other cop had dodged the probes. It happened that fast. The suspect wasn't shot for a DUI or resisting arrest. He was shot for being a threat as he deployed a taser at a cop chasing him.

According to this phase by phase account, with video at every step, the officer with the taser is the one who shoots Brooks.  As he is running away. In the back. The officer draws the revolver BEFORE Brooks turns to shoot the taser, then shoots him AFTER he has fired, turned his back, and is running away.

Can we agree those are the facts?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/14/us/videos-rayshard-brooks-shooting-atlanta-police.html

If we can agree, then I am arguing that once Brooks' taser has been fired, he is no longer a direct threat and is running away. The officer should not be able to shoot the man AFTER he was no longer a direct threat, just because he might have been a threat earlier. The policeman was not defending himself at the point he fired; he was simply preventing an escape.

The question of how Brooks perceived the police may come up in coming weeks--how a black man perceived danger where and to a degree white people might not. Quite possible Brooks feared for his life when he saw a white officer chasing him with gun out.