Quote:I don't think I will lose much sleep tonight knowing that I feel very little empathy for criminals who attack law enforcement officers while in performance of their duty.


Stating the cop would have gotten away with it without video is conjecture at its finest. If there was no evidence, sure he would have (as would anyone else), but thats why they have investigations. If the investigation irrefutably showed that the victim was shot in the back from 30 yards then he would have been charged like any normal citizen.


Police are afforded the benefit of the doubt because of the split second decisions that have to be made which sometimes involve deadly force. They never have to be right in hindsight, only proven that they did what any other reasonable police officer may have done in the same situation.

In one breathe you say it's conjecture and in other they get the benefit of the doubt. This is the problem people have.

 

The cop shot the guy in the head. Said he was being drug by the car which was a total lie. Now I ask you, since you give the benefit of the doubt to the cop, if there was no video evidence because of the body camera what would have happened? 

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