Interesting Officer Shooting Case in SC

[Clyde]

An unarmed white teen was shot dead by police. His family asks: Where is the outrage? - The Washington Post

 

The narrative of the story is not interesting to me but I get it.

 

The most interesting aspect is the autopsy showing the victim was shot in the back while supposedly driving AT the officer. Sounds like it will be an interesting case.

[capt278]

We all know why there is no outrage.

 

It doesn't fit the narrative.

[Clyde]

We all know why there is no outrage.

 

It doesn't fit the narrative.

 

While true it's not the fascinating part of the case.

[4chs]

The use of excessive force by police seems to be a real problem in the U.S.

[Clyde]

The use of excessive force by police seems to be a real problem in the U.S.

 

We need to be careful in generalizing. My guess is it's no worse than it's been but, rather, we just see/hear it more now due to technology.

[Clyde]

Found this that says the shooting had to come from the side. Kid took off.

 

Sounds similar to DuBose incident.

 

Zachary Hammond autopsy challenges police account of fatal shooting | US news | The Guardian

[Clyde]

Let me pose this:

 

Car WAS coming at the officer but officer stepped out of the way and then fired from the side.

 

Anything wrong with that?

[Clyde]

Bland said the autopsy indicated that the first shot went into Hammond’s left rear shoulder, throwing him forward in the car, and the second one went at a downward angle into his side from the rear, through his heart and lungs and leaving out his lower right side.

The entry wounds were five inches apart, he said.

“The shots were so close in proximity to each other that it would be physically impossible unless the car was stopped and the officer came up very close to an open window,” Bland said.

 

Cop Fatally Shot Teen In Back, Not In Self-Defense, Family Says

[4chs]

We need to be careful in generalizing. My guess is it's no worse than it's been but, rather, we just see/hear it more now due to technology.

 

You may be right, but I saw some stats recently comparing the police shootings in the U.S. to other countries, and they were really alarming.

[bugatti]

Let me pose this:

 

Car WAS coming at the officer but officer stepped out of the way and then fired from the side.

 

Anything wrong with that?

I don't know. An officer is better suited to answer that. A vehicle can be a weapon.... but, I honestly do not know much about the case to say for certain if it could have been justified. Indeed interesting.

[Clyde]

You may be right, but I saw some stats recently comparing the police shootings in the U.S. to other countries, and they were really alarming.

 

But that's not new.

[halfback20]

 

You may be right, but I saw some stats recently comparing the police shootings in the U.S. to other countries, and they were really alarming.

 

More people, more guns, more violence.

 

I bet more police are attacked, injured and killed here too. But I bet whoever presented the police stats didn't provide those numbers.

[BigVMan23]

I guess maybe in this instance people will let the facts of the case come out before passing some sort of judgment...which is what should happen in EVERY case.

 

It is somewhat perplexing though that this is the first I have heard of this case, it was nowhere that I know of in the national news. Or, then again, maybe it's not perplexing...I don't know.

[woodsrider]

Let me pose this:

 

Car WAS coming at the officer but officer stepped out of the way and then fired from the side.

 

Anything wrong with that?

If the driver is trying to run over the cop then no. Whose to say the driver won't turn the car around and try again.

[capt278]

I guess maybe in this instance people will let the facts of the case come out before passing some sort of judgment...which is what should happen in EVERY case.

 

It is somewhat perplexing though that this is the first I have heard of this case, it was nowhere that I know of in the national news. Or, then again, maybe it's not perplexing...I don't know.

 

As I said earlier, it doesn't fit the narrative.