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(Reuters) - Police in Washington state shot a man to death who threw rocks at them, officials said on Wednesday, as a video published online appearing to show the incident drew criticism of the officers' actions.

The police shooting in Pasco, Washington comes amid heightened tension across the country in the wake of high-profile police killings of unarmed minorities, particularly in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City.

Officers Ryan Flanagan, Adam Wright, and Adrian Alaniz arrived at the parking lot of a Fiesta Foods grocery store around 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday, where suspect Antonio Zambrano-Montes threw rocks at them, Pasco Police Chief Bob Metzger said in a statement.

The officers attempted to use a stun gun to incapacitate Zambrano-Montes after he would not obey commands to surrender, before they opened fire and killed him, the statement said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/us-usa-washington-murder-idUSKBN0LG0GJ20150212

According to eyewitnesses the one attempt to taze Antonio was unsuccessful because only one lead managed to hit him, after that fail all officers had their pistols drawn. Witnesses also say that the police statements of multiple rocks hitting officers is wrong and only one rock was thrown. We can see from the video that Antonio is clearly running away when the cops begin shooting him they shoot him first in the middle of a busy intersection. When he doesn't fall dead due to poor marksmanship not to lack of shots fired, he runs along the side of a bakery and when he does finally stop as per their command they do then manage to mortally wound him with multiple shots to the chest.

This man threw a rock at cops and now he's dead. Our country is being handled by fascists who uphold their law by breaking our laws, and we allow it in the name of safety?
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So, they shot a fleeing unarmed man. I'm sure they feared for their LIVES and therefore his murder is JUSTIFIED. No charges please, coworker DA.
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Feb 18 2015 08:16am
...moral of the story - don't assault cops with deadly weapons and expect to live .
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Feb 18 2015 08:16am
Are cops in the US just too fat to do a physical takedown these days?

Seriously, how in the ruddy hell are people supposed to respect cops when nonlethal force is answered with lethal force.

If this man was unarmed the cops should rot in jail.

Abuse of power should be answered severely, and since cops have high responsibilities misuse of their arms should be punished more severely than the public would be.
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Feb 18 2015 08:16am
Intelligent, well educated people throw rocks at assault police all the time.
This guy paid the ultimate price for our freedoms.
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Feb 18 2015 08:17am
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Are cops in the US just too fat to do a physical takedown these days?

Seriously, how in the ruddy hell are people supposed to respect cops when nonlethal force is answered with lethal force.

If this man was unarmed the cops should rot in jail.

Abuse of power should be answered severely, and since cops have high responsibilities misuse of their arms should be punished more severely than the public would be.


...in an assault a rock is classified as a deadly weapon .
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Feb 18 2015 08:19am
Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Feb 18 2015 02:17pm)
...in an assault a rock is classified as a deadly weapon .


TIL. And you guys call us Europeans pussies? I think the US cops should pay a visit to Western Europe to see how it's done.
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Feb 18 2015 08:21am
Quote (balrog66 @ Feb 18 2015 09:19am)
TIL. And you guys call us Europeans pussies? I think the US cops should pay a visit to Western Europe to see how it's done.


...a thrown rock can kill and it certainly can maim ...cops are not expected or required to sustain injuries during the performance of the job .
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Feb 18 2015 08:24am
Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Feb 18 2015 02:21pm)
...a thrown rock can kill and it certainly can maim ...cops are not expected or required to sustain injuries during the performance of the job .


I didn't know the US emasculated their cops after graduation.
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