Phil71 wrote:In a country where the police are infamous for randomly shooting people, I really don't understand why anyone, black or white, would whilst encountering police officers behave in a way that might dramatically increase their chances of being shot.
It's an incredibly stupid thing to do.
If I lived over there I'd be telling my sons to comply, comply, comply, and deal with the situation later in the right way.
That's my issue.
These things often fall apart when they go to court because the "vicitm" is always doing something the defence can tear into "The deceased jumped back into the car, fought with the officers and tried to use the vehicle as a deadly weapon, the officer had to protect herself and the public, if the deceased had complied, this would of been avoided, are we now expecting our officers to let criminals flee and run people over?".
That's how easy it is for an attorney to spin it.
Because the old adage is for a Jury is "if you have nothing to hide, why try and run?"
Its hard to preach innocent when doing things like that on video.