Utah Police Shooting With Video

[Clyde]

Guy walking while listening to music with his earbuds in. Officer gets out of his cruiser and starts following him telling to get his hands up. Guy continues to walk - maybe not hearing him(?).

 

Guy does finally turn. Not sure what he did with his hands at that point but the officer fires a shot and hits him in the chest. Victim was unarmed.

 

Thoughts?

 

Note: The guy whose blog this is from is obviously a bit partial.

 

 

Shocking new video shows unarmed Utah man was listening to headphones when killed by police

[plantmanky]

The guy had to have heard the officer, he turned around, and kept walking backwards before the shots were fired. Looks like there were 2 officers present, seems like a taser would have been effective.

[UKMustangFan]

The guy had to have heard the officer, he turned around, and kept walking backwards before the shots were fired. Looks like there were 2 officers present, seems like a taser would have been effective.

 

Agreed. Didn't appear lethal force was warranted.

[plantmanky]

Agreed. Didn't appear lethal force was warranted.

 

Dont get me wrong, the guy should have followed orders, he didnt, he kept walking away. The headphones are not an excuse either, they should not be so loud that you cant hear things around you.

[UKMustangFan]

Dont get me wrong, the guy should have followed orders, he didnt, he kept walking away. The headphones are not an excuse either, they should not be so loud that you cant hear things around you.

 

I agree. He should've followed orders, and the headphones are irrelevant IMO. Not following an order doesn't warrant death though.

[plantmanky]

I agree. He should've followed orders, and the headphones are irrelevant IMO. Not following an order doesn't warrant death though.

 

Got to think there is more to this that what we see in the video.

[ggclfan]

I usually give the cops the benefit of the doubt but this is brutal. First, why are they stopping him? What was he doing wrong? Second, he was posing no threat when the cop shot him. Third, the cop who shot him actually CUFFED him while he laid there bleeding to death. He let him lay face down to die in his own blood. The cop did not appear at all interested in helping this guy survive IMO. This is a case where people should be protesting...

[InItToWinIt]

I see absolutely no need for shots to be fired. The guy was peacefully walking away. I would have tackled him before using a taser.

 

Also, there must be more to this story because I cannot see what he was doing wrong.

[halfback20]

The police were responding to reports of a man matching his description brandishing a firearm.

 

The DA decided the shooting was justified because when he turned around he lifted his shirt causing the officer to perceive a threat.

 

 

“Officer Cruz’s belief that Dillon Taylor was armed with a gun and intended to use it against the officers was reinforced by Dillon’s actions and the acts of others,” Gill wrote. “By the time Dillon drew his hands from his waistband, Officer Cruz’s belief that Dillon was presenting a weapon… was reasonable.”

 

 

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2142842/dillon-taylor-police-shooting-video-headphones/#5XRVwdlhgAMFDzCd.99

[LOOGY]

Watched the video, the guy looked as if he was about to pull a gun out, not smart on his part at all. Dont think a taser would work from that far out. Plus if they thought he had a gun a taser would be useless if in fact he did.

[woodsrider]

I see absolutely no need for shots to be fired. The guy was peacefully walking away. I would have tackled him before using a taser.

 

Also, there must be more to this story because I cannot see what he was doing wrong.

You don't get the point of a taser then.

[thehotsnakes]

In America's almost over-armed society, couldn't it be reasonable to assume that almost everyone has a firearm?

[Jumper_Dad]

I see absolutely no need for shots to be fired. The guy was peacefully walking away. I would have tackled him before using a taser.

 

Also, there must be more to this story because I cannot see what he was doing wrong.

If you are responding to a call of a man with a gun you 1) don't tackle him and 2) don't pull out the TASER first.

[InItToWinIt]

You don't get the point of a taser then.

 

If you are responding to a call of a man with a gun you 1) don't tackle him and 2) don't pull out the TASER first.

 

I guess, but sooner or later a white police office is going to taser an unarmed black male and somebody will protest (not always unrightfully so).

[woodsrider]

I meant that tackling would have been the first option to take him down. I did not tackle then taser.

 

If you have a taser then tackling is not the first option. You have the taser so you don't have to tackle him. Obviously in this case, if you thought he was armed your gun is the only option. But in general if you are carrying a taser and the need arise non lethal force, physically taking someone down/pepper spray/fighting them, then you tase them. Tackling someone can result you getting hurt or the prep getting hurt or both. Taser's are non lethal and other then being painful when in use there are no injuries and your butt isn't getting sued.