I had a friend in the Navy who was shot by the cops here in San Diego.

He was drunk and wandering around an intersection. He "charged at a cop" and was shot 4 times center mass. He was a large black dude, much like mike brown.

I think, that in times of stress, cops react. The stress is elevated when it's a large black man that you know can kick your arse.

The cop that shot my friend could have tased him, instead he killed him. He was a good kid, just drunk and stupid.

I think it's the extreme use of force by police that I don't agree with here. That being said, I completely understand why things like this happen.

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Posted by StrawsDrawnAtRandom

Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 8/21/14 at 9:17 pm to Remote Controlled

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The cop that shot my friend could have tased him, instead he killed him. He was a good kid, just drunk and stupid.

It's not the cop's fault he was drunk and stupid -- and it's not his responsibility to put his life at risk because of it.

If someone is physically larger than me and I have a firearm, I'm not going to give them the chance to take it and use it against me.

Anyone can get a lucky punch, and before you know it you're paralyzed or take brain damage because a "good kid" stomped on you while you were unconscious.

frick taking chances as a police officer, and I've seen way too many tasers not function to trust them to take someone down and not piss them off.

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