Originally posted by likeabullafter he shot the guy you can see his own reaction of putting his gun back in his holster faster than Wyatt Herp. This demonstrated to me that he knew what he did was wrong and that there was no threat , just a fear based adrenaline induced execution. Why else would he holster his weapon that fast? Then putting both hands to his head; as if to say "what the hell did i just do"...

The real trigger? Psychological. Sometimes anglo saxon police officers in major cities; when dealing with minorities. just snap for some reason. It's unfortunate, but it's a fact. I relate it to the Michael Moore syndrome as documented in his movie Bowling for Columbine "A Brief History of U.S.A" cartoon. I suggest everyone watch. I personally call it the fear factor.

I can't see him holstering his gun. The vid is jumping at that point. I see him putting his hand to his head briefly. Maybe he's faking it; hard to tell. But this guy might not be simply an evil monster. Maybe just some lizard part of his brain kicked and he didn't know what he was doing. His actions are truly bizarre. Weird and tragic.

I didn't watch the video, and i know this wasn't stated in the headline but I'm going to assume that he was black.....
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A bit of a flimsy excuse but I can see how the officer could have thought he was pulling his taser instead of his sidearm IF...his taser was in the exact same spot as his sidearm. The cops here in my town carry their tasers on the hip opposite of the gun hip. So there would be no confusion such as this. Not that it matters the cops here have gotten away with so many things it's sickening. From statutory rape, domestic violence,vehicular homicide while driving drunk drug possession,distribution, and use(12 felony counts to be exact) and even murder. All things they have gotten away with.

I agree with some that if nothing is done to this officer we could see another situation like the Rodney King riots. If he gets out of this with that flimsy excuse of mixing his gun up with his taser I think people will be mad as hell.

My first reaction to the video was that he mistakenly drew his gun when he was meaning to draw his taser. His stance is pretty standard for someone preparing to tase an uncooperative individual. You can even see him put his hands to his head, like “man I just drew the wrong weapon”, right after it happens. I am not agreeing with what happened in any way, but in the heat of the moment I can see where it would be easy to grab the wrong pistol shaped item off your belt and let fly before you realize what you did.

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Okay, now before folks get all bent outta shape or pretend to(you know who you are) don't expect severe punishment for the officer. Don't blame the judge for this if it happens, it won't be his/her fault. If he is seen as chattel then there's not much the judge can do now is there?
Now lemme guess, the officer was not black? lol
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BTW why is this in "alternative" news, this is a pretty normal occurrence.

I don't know if you guys have noticed this, but in the video a guy walks up to the cops with a weapon, looks like a gun. He approaches the cops like a gangster, holding what looks like a weapon in his hand. That is grounds for being shot instantly.

Not sure if it is the same guy that got shot though..




I would have hated to be a cop in that situation, it reminds me of a high school fight, where all the spectators jump to conclusions like some people on this thread, yelling stupid things like "get his badge number" lol.

Somebody teach these punk kids and wanna be gangsters that cops have "the right to use deadly force". It's called a license to kill. And when you threaten a cops life, they are allowed to kill you.

[edit on 5-1-2009 by ALLis0NE]

Originally posted by djvexd
Well that is another story...that was Not in the original rawstory videos. As I have said before this officer needs to be punished. But the links provided showed no evidence of the youtube vid. This is truly heinous(sp?). I still stand behind my earlier posts about LE but this needs to be dealt with. I am man enough to admit when I am wrong....I AM. Also I still did not see it in the original posts but I do apologize to those that did ...I watched it again and STILL can't see it from the original rawstory posts. This douche needs to be dealt with.

[edit on 5-1-2009 by djvexd]

[edit on 5-1-2009 by djvexd]

No offence mate but you obviously did not read the article properly. Both video's are linked in the article.

The first video (down the bottom) shows the incident but pans away before the shot is heard to be fired.

The second video (as linked in the article where it says "San Francisco's KTVU aired a second video clip from an anonymous witness. In it, Grant is clearly pinned by two officers and completely immobile. Then, without provocation, the officer at Grant's waist draws his weapon and fires." - wherein the "a second video clip" is the actual link.) show the policeman firing his weapon into an already restrained and defenseless man.

This is clearly an execution performed by the police officer. Anybody who says otherwise is either completely blind or harbours another agenda.

Originally posted by ALLis0NE
I don't know if you guys have noticed this, but in the video a guy walks up to the cops with a weapon, looks like a gun. He approaches the cops like a gangster, holding what looks like a weapon in his hand. That is grounds for being shot instantly.

Not sure if it is the same guy that got shot though..

I would have hated to be a cop in that situation, it reminds me of a high school fight, where all the spectators jump to conclusions like some people on this thread, yelling stupid things like "get his badge number" lol.

Somebody teach these punk kids and wanna be gangsters that cops have "the right to use deadly force". It's called a license to kill. And when you threaten a cops life, they are allowed to kill you.

[edit on 5-1-2009 by ALLis0NE]

Quite apart from the fact that this is not the man that the police shot, you are barking up the wrong tree here. The man who was shot by the police was RESTRAINED FACE DOWN by 3 officers. How on God's Earth could he have presented a threat to the officers?

Go back the the cave from whence thee came please.

[edit on 6/1/2009 by Kryties]