So, let's make this so painfully clear, even the good socialist professor would have a hard time mutating it. From what we know from the video, and the present facts that have been made public:
- NOTHING JUSTIFIED THE SHOOTING OF MR SCOTT
- OFFICER SLAGER DEMONSTRATED EXTREMELY POOR & RECKLESS JUDGEMENT, IF NOT CRIMINAL.
- Based on the video, and the current facts we've been privy to, he should be brought up on charges.
- But I also support a full investigation to deal with what happened that led to the incident
Now,
- Mr Scott would still be alive HAD HE NOT RAN. That doesn't mean he "deserved to be shot". It's just a fact
- Mr Scott had no legal right to run, after being stopped by a Police officer, and being legally detained. You don't have to be arrested. You have to remain where you are, until the officer has completed whatever it is, he stopped you for, and any subsequent investigation that comes from the initial stop
- We can only speculate why he ran, but it wasn't to keep from getting shot, as that wasn't what the officer was attempting to do, prior to his initial running from the car. It's safe to assume that the warrants he had, played a part in Mr Scott's bad decision, to try and run. And no, that doesn't mean he deserved to be shot, at that point either.
- It would appear that Officer Slager caught up to Mr Scott, and despite a struggle, and being shot with a taser, Mr Scott managed to pull away from officer Slager, and begin running again, which is where the video picks up his being shot in the back. And no, that doesn't mean he deserved to be shot, at that point either. AT NO TIME DID HE DESERVE TO BE SHOT. Just in case the good professor missed that the 1st.....2 dozens times its been said
Now, let's see if the professor can twist that into the template he so wished I had adopted that started the thread