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DaddyTorgo · 08-13-2014, 06:49 PM

Absent any sort of weapon, and given that he, according to witnesses, had his hands in the air and was not at that time engaged in a physical altercation with the officer when he was shot multiple times, I have a hard time finding any way that an 18 year old kid posed a "lethal threat" to an adult male who was armed.

There's some serious mental gymnastics going on to get to "blame the victim" at this point.

THAT BEING SAID - more information may come out in the future and the story may change, but at this point...yeah no.

08-13-2014, 06:49 PM	#138
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Absent any sort of weapon, and given that he, according to witnesses, had his hands in the air and was not at that time engaged in a physical altercation with the officer when he was shot multiple times, I have a hard time finding any way that an 18 year old kid posed a "lethal threat" to an adult male who was armed. There's some serious mental gymnastics going on to get to "blame the victim" at this point. THAT BEING SAID - more information may come out in the future and the story may change, but at this point...yeah no. Last edited by DaddyTorgo : 08-13-2014 at 06:50 PM.