[TheBlackGMC]

Don’t run, and you’d still be alive

[DinoRex27]

Originally Posted by RogerSmithLikesDrugs ↗

Well if that guy was wanted, who gives a fuck, we all got lucky as a human race, he wasn't doing us any good. I call that a happy accident.

You can be wanted for millions of reasons. You’re innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. That’s main tenant for us Americans, good or bad. Cops don’t get to be the judge jury and executioner without consequences, though most seem to get away with it.

[Soldierforsatan]

not a big loss in my opinion...the blk guy, not the cop

[Kurlis]

I tend to give police officers the benefit of the doubt. I hold them to a lesser standard because we need police officers to enforce the law and protect the helpless and vulnerable. They're not perfect, obviously. But law enforcement is a very difficult job. It was clearly not the officer's intent to shoot and kill that man. But he certainly had to draw and aim. He accidentally pulled the trigger. It's a shame.

[dystopian]

Originally Posted by obliterate800 ↗

Cop was negligent. I hope the criminal’s family gets some compensation for that. That he was a criminal doesn’t justify him getting killed. At the same time, the criminal was negligent in the sense that he created the situation he was in. If you’re a criminal, chances are cops will be after you. And cops have guns, and guns can go off intentionally or accidentally. Couple that with the impulsivity and low IQ characteristic of many criminals, and possibly the bad character of some asshole cops, and this can be the result.

What was ‘negligent’ about it? He had to point the gun at the dude in a high pressure situation as a part of his job. He had to switch hands because it was necessary as part of his job. He had to do it quickly because he was in a quickly evolving dangerous situation that the POS criminal caused to exist. His thumb missed and went into the trigger guard by complete and total accident. There was nothing ‘negligent’ about it people can, in fact, get shot totally by accident, with no malicious or even legally culpable act, such that not even a manslaughter charge can be sustained, and that’s exactly what appears to have happened here. I mean it’s sucks but I’m not gonna feel bad about some criminal accidentally getting themselves killed while putting everyone there in danger, no matter their race.

[anitec19]

Lmao now he didn’t resist arrest!

[StephyJ83]

Originally Posted by dystopian ↗

What was ‘negligent’ about it? He had to point the gun at the dude in a high pressure situation as a part of his job. He had to switch hands because it was necessary as part of his job. He had to do it quickly because he was in a quickly evolving dangerous situation that the POS criminal caused to exist. His thumb missed and went into the trigger guard by complete and total accident. There was nothing ‘negligent’ about it people can, in fact, get shot totally by accident, with no malicious or even legally culpable act, such that not even a manslaughter charge can be sustained, and that’s exactly what appears to have happened here. I mean it’s sucks but I’m not gonna feel bad about some criminal accidentally getting themselves killed while putting everyone there in danger, no matter their race.

It is negligent because basic gun safety is that you don’t put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to shoot (trigger finger stays on the side of the barrel). That way, you don’t accidentally pull the trigger without meaning to. This cop should have known better. He could have accidentally hit an innocent bystander or one of his fellow cops.

[tankcommander007]

I find it hilarious that they always say white cop kills a 'black man'.....stfu already

[dystopian]

Originally Posted by StephyJ83 ↗

It is negligent because basic gun safety is that you don’t put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to shoot (trigger finger stays on the side of the barrel). That way, you don’t accidentally pull the trigger without meaning to. This cop should have known better. He could have accidentally hit an innocent bystander or one of his fellow cops.

Yeah and if he put his finger on the trigger on purpose that would indeed be negligent. The thumb going into the trigger guard *by accident* though isn’t negligence, it’s an accident.

[julleplayboy]

Cool hit.