FBI probing possible civil right violations in California videotaped beating

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Regarding such situations, you mean the criminal, right?

That's not the officer.

I mean the cop, if shooting a man in the back is not a criminal act I don't know what is.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by merrylander

I mean the cop, if shooting a man in the back is not a criminal act I don't know what is.

Depends upon the man being shot and why.

There are LOADS of not only justifiable but demanded reasons to do so from an officer's perspective.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Depends upon the man being shot and why.

There are LOADS of not only justifiable but demanded reasons to do so from an officer's perspective.

Right. Name just one that actually applies in this actual case.

[Zeke]

Potential danger to the officer and society at large.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Potential danger to the officer and society at large.

If you actually believed that applied in this case, you'd believe a cop can kill anyone he wants at any time.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Potential danger to the officer and society at large.

You're in the lunatic fringe minority on this incident Zeke. His chief says he did not follow protocol.

One thing we know for sure is that if Feidin Santana had not been there with his smartphone, the North Charleston, SC PD would have determined this to be a good shoot, and Slager's chief would now be in the same pickle as Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

If you actually believed that applied in this case, you'd believe a cop can kill anyone he wants at any time.

If they're a potential danger to the officer or society at large?

That's the job.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

You're in the lunatic fringe minority on this incident Zeke. His chief says he did not follow protocol.

What he didn't say is that the offender wasn't a potential danger to the officer or society at large.

There is no protocol when an offender drags you into the rabbit hole, beyond survival.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Zeke

If they're a potential danger to the officer or society at large?

That's the job.

And who isn't a 'potential danger?' Like I said, that soft a standard can 'justify' a cop killing anyone, at will.

Argue seriously.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

And who isn't a 'potential danger?' Like I said, that soft a standard can 'justify' a cop killing anyone, at will.

Argue seriously.

1. You're trained.
2. You make a situational call.

This isn't complex.