Once again proves that far too many American cops are undertrained, guntoting idiots.

Lmfao theres a chopper and sirens everywhere, im sure they had loudspeakers before sweeping

It factors into his own decision-making, whether the officers are aware of it or not. It helps explain why he ran from police.
As to whether the cops knew, we can only guess, but like toner pointed out, they sent a helicopter with night vision, that's three stars wanted level

Solid reference

Police budgets get slashed constantly since obama so you know its srs business when they send a chopper

I'm going to find a reason to post this every cop shooting thread aren't I?

Well yeah, his decision making but that also doesn't justify the shooting either, especially when he was in fact unarmed.

Trying to passively blame the victim more and more will unfortunately derive the creation of more fender's, and a like. These officers need to be held accountable.

This post was edited by JohnMiller92 on Mar 23 2018 01:01am

It does justify the shooting when his decision to flee from the police puts them into a situation where they can quite reasonably believe they're about to get shot by him, and shoot him first
And he doesn't become a victim in that scenario just because he was unarmed. He was the one committing multiple crimes and leading police on a chase in the dark

The cops didn't wake up that morning and say to themselves, hey, lets lynch some niggers. He woke up and decided it would be a ripe day to smash in some windows.
Creating the circumstances that lead to peoples deaths, even if its the cops that justifiably pulled the trigger, makes you responsible. Its how someone can be charged with vehicular homicide during a police chase if one cop hit another.

He took a strategic position around a corner and advanced on the cops with both hands on his iphone held out. he was a good boy, he was on his way to his grandma he dindu nuffin