said he'd just bought the car; then that he was in the process of buying the car.

Doesn't justify shooting, let alone murder, but certainly does justify being pulled over and then some suspician. And running away certainly does raise the suspician level.

LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TIMES EVERY DAY


NO, THE pulling him over was NOT justified unless you can show me the same cop pulls over white drivers with minor issues like that

Everyday cops make discretionary decisions about what is and isnt important, black guy with broken tail light in Mercedes?

wow, better get him

white guy same car?

never

Any and all other info about the car or driver only becomes known to the cop ONCE he decides that the broken light is so important he is gonna pull over the guy. THAT is when he runs the plate, gets the id, etc.

It is called profiling, and now the man is dead.

and ticketed despite the fact that I had a brand new light sitting in my passenger seat waiting to be installed.

this white female was also threatened with arrest for "leaving the scene of an accident" 10 years ago when I dinged the bed of a neighbor's truck which was illegally parked in a fire lane of our condo complex. Truck owner's brother was there, told me his brother would be back in half an hour and I told him I just needed to go to the drug store to pick up cold medicine before they closed and would be right back. never mind that I was back within minutes of the brother and well before the cops arrived. although why they felt the need to call the cops when I'd known them since they were 7 and 8 years old and it was a freaking parking lot ding is beyond me. (not to mention that some years earlier I had physically put myself between the truck owner and his father who was chasing him with a baseball bat.)

I didn't get arrested either time, but I had all my papers in order and didn't make a run for it.

I have been pulled over too, I am white.

Sure it happens, but a fraction of the time in comparison

Or climb over a fence. Shooting is much easier for these piece of shit cops.

It doesnt mean the officer had cause to shooting a fleeing suspect in the back though.

for his actual taillight being out. It was his rear window light. DWB without a doubt!

That is a brake light.

maybe the police will start pulling those folks over as well.

I can't come up with any words.

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How is that relevant to the actions of trained police officer, who is to serve the community, shooting an unarmed man in the back and then lying about what happened?

Normally I post it as a joke. However, this time I am serious.

Seeing all the police killings of minorities despite all the publicity and media focus, I seriously think that the election of President Obama has unleashed a fear of becoming powerless and irrelevant in the minds of a segment that has held unchallenged power for so long.

This fear has turned into a rage that is evident in everything from opposition to the Iran deal (we ain't gonna let no black man negotiate for us) to the various cop killings and everything in-between.

1. He's brutal when there's no need to be. 2. He plants evidence.

A lot of his arrests and confrontations will need to be re-examined. Any drugs or weapons he "found" could be something he planted, just like he planted the taser near the victim.