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| Topic | Protesting in Pittsburgh over Black Teen shot by Cop |
| Forceful_Dragon 06/24/18 7:48:20 PM #40: | Corrik posted... He was fleeing a felony stop in which a person was gunned down from that car. I don't think that is too huge of a leap to think the person is armed while running from the police. imo. This is where im not sure. Im having trouble finding key information, such as how far along into the traffic stop they were at the time. They say the driver was being cuffed at the time, does this mean as soon as the car stopped the passengers ran? Or the cop came up to the car like a normal traffic stop and informed them they were being arrested? What phase of the proceedings exactly were they in? It would be great if they had the body cams for this. But depending on the answers to those questions it could have either (a) been very clear the subject was unnamed or (b) been very ambiguous if the suspect was armed or not. But even if (b) and the suspect still had a gun on his person it is not guaranteed that he was a clear and present threat at the moment. And so lethal force is not necessity justified. . . pyresword posted... My understanding is that a confirmed drive-by murder was reported, and that the stopped car was confirmed to be the same car--presumably by color/model and also by the presence of bullet holes in the car. Drive by shooting, not murder. It is my understanding that the person they shot at survived the shooting. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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