Quote:Slow motion video proves both hands were up: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standof...s_und.html

 

They were firing at the vehicle before he exited, which is exactly WHY he exited (to keep fire away from other passengers) and he was targeted while his hands were up (see slow motion vid).  

 

Initially everybody was lead to believe he was "going for a gun" when he was shot, when in reality (as this video proves) he was being shot at already and hit by a bullet, then he reaches down probably because he was shot.  Not because he was reaching for a weapon.  The autopsy shows the spot where he was shot, and GO FIGURE that's where he reaches in the video during the infamous "he's going for a gun" incident.

 

It didn't happen in slow-motion, did it? He got out and straightened his arms while, admittedly, raising them to the air. You can't take only that fact and assume he's innocent. Before exiting the vehicle, he's yelling to get shot, and that's consistent with people that intentionally do things that will get them shot. He's shot at an then, upon seeing that his hands are up, the officers stop shooting until he puts his hands inside his jacket. The whole time he's wanting to get shot, and I know this because he's telling us.

 

As for shooting at the vehicle before they got out, he's driving thousands of pounds of steel directly toward the barricade. It wasn't until AFTER getting shot at did he turn toward the side of the road. Even then, it appeared as though he wanted to wait until the last moment. He didn't slow down and turn. He wanted to hit that while going fast. Still not in slow-motion.

 

Quote:It's clear you don't understand that the guy didn't deserve getting killed.


Breaking the law does not warrant execution. This is America.

 

That's such a stupid thing to say. He wasn't executed from simply committing a crime. He was killed because he did things that would lead any one to believe he was going to hurt them.

 

Quote:Hmm, i think you're confusing me with somebody else.  I remember specifically feeling sick about the big guy who got strangled to death by a cop in NY. That video was pretty terrifying and a great example of police brutality.

 

Eric Garner died because of obesity, heart disease, and asthma. None of which would have happened had he not resisted arrest. That's a different argument, however.

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