(08-25-2020, 04:17 PM)p_rushing Wrote:

(08-25-2020, 04:10 PM)mikesez Wrote: That's not what he said.  He wants you to have empathy with the victim and his family.  But if you pre-judge each of these new situations as (1) "I'm too good and smart to ever be in that situation" and (2) "He had it coming, that thug moron", it's hard for you to have empathy.  If you don't see any potential for you to end up like the victim, then you won't care.  If you do, you will care.  Now, maybe (1) and (2) are true in this particular case.  But everyone commenting on this thread so far with these sentiments is doing so without proof.  It's based on their assumptions.  And where do such assumptions and prejudices come from?

What assumptions are being made. There is a video of the full attempted arrest. The facts also show he had an active arrest warrant for sexual abuse, domestic violence, and whatever else. If that isn't a criminal, I don't know what is. Empathy would be justified if he complied with the instructions and the cops shot him while he was laying on the ground handcuffed. There should be no empathy is you fight the cops, ignore them, and reach for a potential weapon. If you, I, etc do that we are getting shot.