Quote:He was a rather large man.

 

After refusing to follow simple instructions from a law enforcement officer, he was hit with a stun gun.  After that had no effect, the officers involved tackled and tried to restrain him.  Is it possible that they couldn't hold his hand from going for his weapon?

 

Hypothetical, but what would have happened had he been able to reach into his pocket, draw the gun and fire it?  What if the bullet hits an innocent bystander?  Would that innocent bystander being injured or killed be justified?

He was pinned to the ground while being shot at point-blank range. Sorry, but you'll never convince me that there weren't alternatives available. He was murdered in cold blood. Those cops are guilty of second-degree murder and deserve no less than life imprisonment. I know it's sometimes tough for you to see through your faded blue glasses, but there are instances where the police are clearly in the wrong. So far, so clearly in the wrong that it boggles my mind that people even try to justify their actions. Shooting a man who's pinned to the ground and not brandishing a weapon, and firing on him FIVE TIMES from inches away? There's an incredibly broad line between any kind of responsible police tactics and cold-blooded murder, and this jumps so far across it that it's almost reaching up the tailpipe of doing things the right way.

 

If Sterling had fired a gun and hit a bystander, then he'd be guilty of something between attempted murder and second-degree murder, but it wouldn't matter because the cops would have very justifiably blown him into tiny pieces.

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