Archived Sheriff caught on body camera during chase saying "take him out" (cbsnews.com)
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Archived Sheriff caught on body camera during chase saying "take him out" (cbsnews.com)
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[–] 11872992? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
We're only seeing about a minute of video out of a 50 mile chase. From what I saw, the perp was risking the lives of anybody in his path... because of an expired license?! What normal person acts that way? Also, I went back and watched the video and we can't see what perp was doing because the body cam only shows the cop's arms as he's shooting. Did he have his arms out like he had a weapon? No idea.
I'm not for shooting innocent people. Nobody is. But innocent people don't do what he did and we don't have the full picture based on this video alone.
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[–] 11873704? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
This is a case of a white dindu. Had they not shot him and he continued to run and ran somebody over, everybody would be asking why the cops didn't do more to stop him. In the heat of the moment, nobody has the luxury of hindsight and they had every right in the world to use lethal force, despite the sheriff sounding like an idiot when it was all over.