[Eva_blue]

I'm pretty sure that guy was still able to hear the cop tell him to put his hands up in the ear even though he had his earphones. Maybe if he would have listened to the cops orders he would still be alive, but the cop was so stupid to hand cuff the guy when he shot him, he let him face down with a gun wound to his chest, that position must have lead that poor guy to choke on his own blood. What a stupid ignorant fucken cop, idiot.

[Charles1989]

The problem is, wearing headphones can be a bluff to give the police the impression they are going to remove them so they have enough time to get out a gun and shoot. He was facing the officer for 4 seconds before the shot was fired (0:33 to 0:37).

Even so, it would have been best that the officer shot the leg of the suspect, as that would have disabled him so if he did have a gun he'd have a hard time shooting back, and if he was innocent there was a (much) greater chance he would survive.

[TheUrinator]

The "official " conclusion of this shooting said the officer was justified in his actions. I have a big fucking problem with not only the action but the terminology used to describe it. "Justified" infers the was justice in the act. Justified is a word to use when the person shot was threatening the officer or another human being. An "accidental" shooting would be someone did not intend to shoot the victim as in cleaning a gun and it unexpectedly fired. This cop clearly intended to shoot the victim. Although the victim was thought to have been an unknown armed man in the area, the actual identity had NOT been established. This is all to set up the idea that this poor guy was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and made a "threatening" movement while cops had their guns on him. Now, I must ask is simple movement is a capital offense worthy of death sentence? Are the expectations of actually seeing a damn weapon before opening fire reasonable? Don't get me wrong, police have a right to defend themselves, but restraint is what they should be fucking trained in. This was not an active bank robbery where suspects were already identified. The police were not responding to a call where any imminent threat was confirmed or even implied. At this point they should be only assessing the scene and situation. Why were they advancing on a "suspect" they believed to be armed? We have all seen felony traffic stops where police take defensive positions and use loud speakers to clearly issue commands. The same tactic should be used here just the same. The police should not have been advancing on this suspect. THAT is the critical action that lead to this shooting and that was a wrongful act. This is a wrongful shooting, not a justified shooting. And these words and distinctions matter. The fact that these officers advanced into a potentially dangerous situation without performing the correct protocols is not being addressed. This shooting was preventable. It was avoidable. We as citizens who are licensed to carry firearms would not be allowed to pull our weapons and fire on another human being for making a suspicious or even threatening movement. We would be arrested and put in jail if we did that. What makes this cops life any more valuable than anyone else's life? This cop is wrong for the job, and should not be allowed to carry a gun. Yes he fucked up. And there should be consequences the same as any other person who did what he did.

[Vanessa12106]

I almost got hit by an ambulance crossing the street with my headphones on! I could totally see this happening to me!

[flyflicker123]

The moral of the story is....Dont Wear Baggy Pants...

[Konamama]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles ↗

Thanks to Darkest Angel, for this story.

By Matt Agorist

June 3, 2015

Salt Lake City, Utah — On August 11, 2014, Dillon Taylor was gunned down in broad daylight by Officer Bron Cruz.

The confrontation happened because Cruz confused Taylor with a possible criminal in the area.

Taylor, his brother, and his cousin were exiting a 7-Eleven in an area where police were searching for a suspect who had allegedly been waving a gun around. These uninvolved young men allegedly matched the description.

When the three men exited the convenience store, they were surrounded by officers and ordered to show their hands. Two of the men stopped and complied, Dillon Taylor, listening to music, kept walking.

Barely 40 seconds go by from the time Dillon is approached until he is shot by Cruz.

The body cam footage was released in September of last year, however, it stopped just after the shots were fired.

Apparently, the department did not want you to see what happened after as the full video was not released until this week. It shows the disturbing moments before and after this innocent man was gunned down by police.

“He couldn’t hear them, so he just kept walking. Then … they had guns pointed at his face. That’s when he turned off the music,” Taylor’s brother Jerrail Taylor told the SLC Tribune. “I saw them point guns at my brother’s face, and I knew what was going to happen.”

One officer told Taylor to get on the ground, while another told him to put his hands on his head.

“He got confused, he went to pull up his pants to get on the ground, and they shot him,” Jerrail Taylor said.

A report by the Daily Kos provides a detailed breakdown of the 7 minute video:

Now that the full video has been released, it’s disturbingly clear that nothing about this police shooting was justified. Nothing at all.

At 0:17, Officer Bron Cruz gets out of his vehicle. You will notice people confused by his presence.

At 0:22, Officer Cruz walks past two men who were friends with Dillon Taylor.

At 0:24, Officer Cruz walks behind Taylor, who has on a white T-shirt and is listening to music.

At 0:33, we see the officer has his gun drawn and is yelling at Taylor, who’s holding his sagging pants up and does not appear to hear Cruz.

At 0:36, the officer shoots Taylor. It would be fatal.

Starting at 0:41, you will notice the headphone cord coming out of Taylor’s pocket.

At 0:48, you will see that the headphones were clearly going up to Taylor’s ears.

At 0:52, the officer asks Dillon to “give me your hands,” but Taylor is already near death. His friends begin screaming and crying in the background.

At 1:03, the officer handcuffs Taylor.

At 1:48, the officer turns Taylor over, the headphones are visible, and the officer states, “it’s clear”—meaning that Taylor was actually unarmed.

At 2:54, the officer turns Taylor completely over, keeping him handcuffed, and begins talking to him and trying to get him to talk. Taylor appears nearly dead and is completely covered in blood.

At 4:56, the officer is rummaging through Taylor’s pockets instead of providing any first aid.

It seems that after the officer discovered Taylor was unarmed, he pretended to care and provided a nice show for his body cam. However, he never once attempted to simply apply pressure to the gaping hole in Taylor’s chest.

Great show, my ass! Fucking 2 x 2" square piece of gauze for a bullet hole!


Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/gra...1PXUCujXLHh.99

I know. Isn't it pathetic that the cop spends more time looking for the non-existent weapon than he does trying to keep the boy alive??? Are you seriously so terrified that you have to handcuff a boy whose heart you've already obliterated????? Cops are paid to die. That is the risk they take for the power they are given. Young innocent boys are not paid to fucking die. How terrible are we that cops in the Mormon god-fearing capital of the world are terrified of a boy with an ipod??

[Eldiablo72]

I worked in LE for over ten years. There's a little thing called escalation of force, this fuckin guy went straight from an asp or even pepper spray to lethal force.
In addition we were taught to never fire until you actually seen a weapon and the weapon was in the process of being lifted in your direction or the direction of bystanders. Our instructor, an FBI agent came right out and said "any unjustified use of force and I will have you put in jail". This is outright murder in my opinion and that bastard deserves no better than he gave.

[trean362]

after finding no weapon, why didn't the cop take the handcuffs off and apply pressure to the wound?

[><0300><]

He had his hands in his pockets, was ordered to take his hands out, what did he say, ' nah fool' and pulls his hand out and goes to his waistband?

Sorry, he brought this on himself

[staticfl]

Nope, fuck your bias post. Cops are tired of taking people's shit. Furtive movements is grounds for lethal force.