Quote:Welp. It now looks like the caring, recent graduate, future college bound young man was caught on tape performing a strong armed robbery just before being shot.

Yeah yeah yeah... He didn't deserve to be shot. But if he did go for the cops gun, then BLAM!

This poor misunderstood young man, seen walking out of a store with some unpaid for cigars ( allegedly) then when owner tries to stop him, gets jacked up.

Yes Paul Harvey....there's always the " rest of the story".

 

I've thought from the beginning that there must be more to the story.  Something just doesn't add up.

 

The FACTS as we know them are that a police officer shot and killed an unarmed 6'4 292 pound "child".

 

I have yet to see a police report that details the events that led up to the shooting.  Supposedly there is a "witness" that says that the "child" had his hands up when the officer shot him.  I wonder if this "witness", being the model citizen that he is actually came forward and gave his sworn testimony to officers investigating the incident.

 

Other evidence seems to indicate that this "child" committed a strong armed robbery prior to the altercation with police.  Surely this "child" wasn't robbing a local business of cigars for himself.

 

Reports indicate that initial contact with police were the result of this "child" and his companion walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic.  Hmm... a recent graduate that is college bound would certainly know that it is not right to walk down the middle of a street blocking traffic.  Surely he knew that the proper place to walk is on the side of the street/sidewalk.

 

Finally, from my first hand experience with law enforcement, in most cases an officer won't draw his weapon let alone discharge it without very good reason.  Factors involved to simply draw the weapon would be physical size/appearance of a subject, the subject's demeanor and/or whether or not the subject is being cooperative.  An officer will never draw his weapon and fire for no good reason.

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