[LilFro47]

Harris County Sheriff's Sgt. Garrett Hardin shot and killed Roderick Brooks, 47, at a gas station next to a Dollar General off FM 1960 in north Harris County, Texas, on July 8, 2022. Hardin had responded to a shoplifting-and-assault call and chased Brooks, who police said matched the description of the man involved.

Body-camera footage shows Hardin pursuing Brooks, deploying his Taser and taking him to the ground. During the struggle, Brooks held the Taser while Hardin warned him to put it down. Hardin fired one shot and then called for medical help. Accounts differ on the final moments: Hardin's side maintained that Brooks had the Taser, while later reporting described Brooks releasing it as Hardin drew his gun and said Brooks had not pointed it at him.

A grand jury indicted Hardin on a murder charge, and a jury found him not guilty in 2024. Brooks' family also filed a federal lawsuit against Hardin over the shooting.

[kellyhound]

some will never learn.

[csx8781]

That's gotta be the most quiet pistol ever

[Mr.NoCredit]

Originally Posted by csx8781 ↗

That's gotta be the most quiet pistol ever

I tried listening for the shot more than once and couldn’t make it out. “Sounds” like he put the gun against him and pulled the trigger… no room at all between the barrel of the gun and the guy.. he’s probably got powder burns from a contact gun wound..

[SamuraiDes]

that looks like murder, he wasnt resisting and he just shot him

[mothmon]

Originally Posted by SamuraiDes ↗

that looks like murder, he wasnt resisting and he just shot him

Did you miss the part where he's got the cop's tazer and received multiple warnings that if he didn't release it he'd be shot yet he continued to hold it?!

[1776]

One less useless drain on society.

[EYESwide85]

Originally Posted by SamuraiDes ↗

that looks like murder, he wasnt resisting and he just shot him

Anything that poses a potentially deadly threat to an officer or civilian can be dealt with using deadly force, even if its the officers own weapons a suspect gains control of.

Think about it: suspect turns and tasers the officer, officer becomes incapacitated, suspect takes possession of officers gun, suspect shoots and kills officer plus anyone else in the vicinity.

[habsphannn]

Originally Posted by SamuraiDes ↗

that looks like murder, he wasnt resisting and he just shot him

Now that you've posted this, go look up the definition of resisting.

[houseoftechno]

My momma never even had to warn me, "grab a cops weapon, feed the daisies." I just somehow already know that.