Manhunt for ex-LA cop suspected of shooting 3 cops and killing 2 others

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Well to be honest the video is not very clear and that's why its debated on what happened. My view of the video as police runs to the person he is starting to sit up some so who knows. It was reviewed by several agencies outside of where the event happend and they cleared the cop. You also have the fact that the kid took of running so he triggered the entire event and cost him his life.

Again, running from the police is not authorization to use deadly force. Not in any state in the US.

As for him being cleared, that's the point of contention that started this discussion. You can't use "the panel cleared him" as the defense against "the panel and review process of police shootings is flawed".

And I still say what is clear in the video is:

• that the officer shot a fleeing suspect in the back
• that while moving toward the suspect who was on the ground, the officer fired at least two more times while the suspect was down and not in a position to shoot the police officer
• Once the police officer is close to the suspect he fires one more bullet at near point blank range