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California Cop Who Shot 18-Year-Old Had His Bodycam Off, But Surveillance Footage Captured Him Shooting Suspect in the Back as He Fled

wiredposts.com California Cop Who Shot 18-Year-Old Had His Bodycam Off, But Surveillance Footage Captured Him Shooting Suspect in the Back as He Fled

On Wednesday, March 13, the Napa County District Attorney's Office released surveillance footage of a shooting by an American Canyon police officer in Vallejo

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this is just murder
- Should add conspiracy and interfering with an investigation to the murder charges
- attempted
  
  alleged
- You didn’t watch the video then?
  
  The video of someone being shot in the back?
  
  The cop literally said “drop the gun, drop the gun, drop the gun or I’ll shoot you.”
  It’s sad how people like you think people should be allowed to behave like this without getting shot.
  
  What do you think would happen to a civilian in a Stand Your Ground state did this ?
  If someone with a gun broke into their home, and the home owner chased them out of the house, pursued them, and then shot them in the back without an immediate threat to their life, they would most certainly be charged with murder.
  It's sad how people like you think people "behaving like this" deserve to die.
  
  It's sad how you think anybody who even appears to pose a threat to a police officer is forfeiting their life by not immediately dropping flat on the ground with their hands above their heads.
  The kid dropped his gun, you can see and hear it, it landed in the driveway on the lower left of the screen.
  The officer had NO REASON to fire at that point, when the kid had his back turned and was clearly just trying to make it out of there alive. Fight or flight response meant he definitely wasn't thinking clearly but he was also in no way a threat to anybody.
- What are you talking about?
  He was running away with a gun. The cop literally said "drop the gun, drop the gun, drop the gun or I'll shoot you."
  It's sad how people like you think people should be allowed to behave like this without getting shot.
  That cop did his duty and I support him wholeheartedly. Most of the people on these forums need a reality check, because whatever is upvoted is not always correct.
  
  He did drop his gun. You can see it in the video, he yeeted that fuckin thing. There is NO REASON to shoot someone in the back, because if their back is towards you, they are not a threat to you. The only people who shoot other people in the back are fucking cowards, you fucking coward.
  
  Such naive views.
  
  Yeah, the only thing people like you understand are ad hominem attacks because you can't form a coherent thought, let alone a coherent argument. Thankfully your influence will not outlive you.
  
  Such gusto and pride!
  Perhaps one day, you will realise in life that some people don't care enough to argue or debate with you. Your feverish comments remind me of a crazed man screaming and foaming at the mouth thinking he's making an excellent point.
  
  Lol, you responded to him first, my dude. If anyone should learn the lesson of when not to argue with someone, it's you.
  
  Looooool, good point my dude
  
  Cops aren't allowed to perform summary executions. It doesn't matter what the cop demanded he do. He's not allowed to execute people for disobedience.
  
  That wasn't a summary execution, though.
  Stop replacing reality with your fantasies if you want to be taken seriously by rational people.
  
  He shot him in the back. He may not have executed him successfully, but he certainly tried.
  
  Just keep living in your fantasy world.
  
  I guess not.
  
  Could you explain how this is fantasy?
  
  It's sad how people like you think people should be allowed to behave like this without getting shot.
  Jesus fucking Christ. You do not belong in society.
  
  What, you don't like living under fear of death when we have a judicial system? That whole innocent until proven thing?
  People like him and the cop here put bloodshed over rule of law, and as unfortunate as it is our current society does give them a place.
  
  Fucking disgusting, justifying execution because "cops"
  
  Haha. There you go arguing with yourself again.

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