Quote:None of the videos I've seen show him subdued completely. They were wrestling with him, and in the best angle I've seen, his right arm was anything but subdued.


The non-violent offender you're referring to was a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The police were responding to a call indicating someone matching the description of Sterling was brandishing that weapon, threatening someone in the parking lot outside of the store. When they arrived and approached him, he resisted them, including fighting through being tasered. When they wrestled him to the ground, he did attempt to do something with his right arm that appeared to be at a minimum, reaching for that pocket.



The number of shots fired is irrelevant. You don't know how many shots it would take to diminish the threat, and if you're the one pulling the trigger, your thought after every pull isn't "was that the one that ended this?" When a law enforcement officer draws and fires a weapon, they're not shooting to injure.


Had Sterling complied from the start, he'd still more than likely still be alive today, albeit in a cell.

Not at all trying to paint the guy as a saint. There's is also nothing to suggest the cops were aware of his criminal history, so it's not like we can say that factored into their actions. So that is irrelevant. There's also something Anchorman mentioned earlier about all homicides by Baton Rouge cops have been black people. The number of shots is relevant, unless you're somehow alluding if the cop emptied his clip that would be okay too. Let's not pretend all sense and training goes out the window when a cop pulls the trigger. You want Robinson drug tested on suspicion but your attitude toward this shooting is however many shots the cop felt he needed. I'm certainly not trying to convince you otherwise, that's a fool's errand. I was simply explaining the reaction from TJ. Not complying should not mean death sentence, or we need to change the laws to reflect it.

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