[Bad_Ash]

As always when police shootings happen, a lot of people start to say the police are trigger happy, and cold blooded killers, without any evidence or facts. Here is yet another video that shows exactly what happened and it couldn't be any clearer. The kid got what he deserved in my opinion, all because he didn't want to go to jail. Enjoy

This comes from:

https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/0...-executed-man/

From the article by Tom Knighton:

These body and dash cams have exonerated*officers more than once. This is another perfect example of people trying to spread misinformation that makes officers, who were only trying to conduct a routine traffic stop, look bad.

Charles Smith was shot and killed by police on the morning of December 7, after he pulled a gun while being patted down. Friends and family members of Smith, who was also nicknamed “C.J.,” proclaimed that officers murdered him in cold blood.

“The police already tased C.J.*and had him on the ground and they didn’t even see the gun and had his head on the ground and C.J.*knew they were already going to kill him,” a friend of C.J.’s told*THV11.

Shortly after, the story that Smith was executed began to circulate from Smith’s friends and family.*“We’re not protected and we don’t know how we’re going to be protected. A traffic stop turns into an execution, it’s scary,” a family friend,*Devon Hatchett said.

Thankfully for the officers involved, they had tangible video evidence that showed exactly what happened that Sunday morning. After mounting pressure from those involved with the 17-year-old, the North Little Rock Police Department released the dash cam footage of what transpired that morning.

The video clearly shows that C.J. pulled a gun and tried to shoot police

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I shortened the video.
The altercation and shooting begins at the 1min47sec mark.

[Steve]

If you pull a gun on a cop you're going to get shot, it's not hard to fathom, his friends and family of course will say what a leading light in the community he was, that's natural, but he obviously wasn't too clever was he.

[horsecs]

The thug even had the advantage of surprise and still, he fucked it up. That gun made him real tough allright.

[Vedderman]

Body cams, when the coppers bother to turn them on, work to EVERYone's benefit. Especially the Truth's. Clearly evidenced here. This was a justified shooting. And likely necessary.

It's those cases where the camera mysteriously 'malfunctions' or magically 'wasn't turned on' and some guy winds up dead or some woman beaten half to death in a routine traffic stop that give me misgivings. And they DO happen. All too often.

[dreamsneverend]

Originally Posted by Vedderman ↗

Body cams, when the coppers bother to turn them on, work to EVERYone's benefit. Especially the Truth's. Clearly evidenced here. This was a justified shooting. And likely necessary.

It's those cases where the camera mysteriously 'malfunctions' or magically 'wasn't turned on' and some guy winds up dead or some woman beaten half to death in a routine traffic stop that give me misgivings. And they DO happen. All too often.

Actually, the benefits for either party has been anecdotal at best so far. Need more time.

[minka1]

Originally Posted by Vedderman ↗

Body cams, when the coppers bother to turn them on, work to EVERYone's benefit. Especially the Truth's. Clearly evidenced here. This was a justified shooting. And likely necessary.

It's those cases where the camera mysteriously 'malfunctions' or magically 'wasn't turned on' and some guy winds up dead or some woman beaten half to death in a routine traffic stop that give me misgivings. And they DO happen. All too often.

THIS.

[docfr8]

One less person to suck the states funds in the prison system

[Larry_Ice]

Wonder if ole boy actually managed to get away during that scuffle Then again, maybe he was just getting out of the way.

[abeck0486]

We made it Ma! WE iz on DR!

[Bletch]

Well, that was foolish. Those cops sounded very polite and professional.