18 and Dead.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Zeke

the officer was in fear for his life by -- at the very least -- a 300 lbs thug going for him in his car. That's a very solid justification for the professional use of deadly force.

And it doesn't jive with eyewitness accounts.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/15/us/mis...ing/index.html

Tiffany Mitchell, who saw what happened, told CNN that "it looked as if Michael was pushing off and the cop was trying to pull him in." Instead, a shot went off, the teen broke free, and the officer got out of the vehicle and ran about 20 feet in pursuit, she and co-worker Piaget Crenshaw said.