Clearly there is quite a gap between the police account of this shooting and what is shown in this video they did not know existed. The official account said the victim charged at them with a knife. He is indeed holding something in his hand but charging? Some report that the knife, which is obviously rather small, was some novelty store item. Others say it was a steak knife.
Is a butter knife a lethal weapon? The excuse that the officer feared for his safety is either far too broad or police officers are far too cowardly these days. Do police enjoy rights beyond those they serve? Would a private citizen be exonerated in this instance? In the Michael Brown shooting much is made about the size of Brown as compared to Officer Wilson. Will society gladly pardon every petite female shooter who chooses to marry a 6 foot 4 inch, 298 pound bruiser?
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How long till the Hannitys fill up a TV studio to justify this homicide?
I think the word is chauvinism and people like Hannity make it all possible. Almost every police abuse I've written about is perpetrated against a mental defective or a petty criminal and cops know they can get away with it.
There are exceptions. One man is running for state rep. in Utah after cops handcuffed him over an unpaid traffic ticket and damaged his spinal cord stimulator resulting in permanent back pain.
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