More Piss poor judgment?

[SU405]

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?se...cal&id=7433661

And yet another officer with his head up his you know what.

I thought you should never use deadly force unless your life or another life is in danger?

How the hell is a person with his back to you a threat?

[ronaldrwl]

If I was one of the good LEO's right now I would quit and deliver mail or something else.
We've reached a point were police can invade your home and shoot. If you twitch the wrong way, shoot, .... and on and on.

[Irving]

Man...I could see how it could have looked like the guy was resting his hand near where a gun could have been, except, that is a natural place to hold your hand. If you already have your gun drawn, you should easily be able to fire long before someone can draw AND turn to face you. If that officer is that afraid of people, then he shouldn't be a cop. That's why I shouldn't be a cop.

[BigBear]

Bad, bad, bad.... so many different ways copper should've handled that....


I guess next time I'm riding a bike and get stopped I'll need to throw my hands way high above my head.

[Anton]

Unarmed men get shot and pedophiles get six months in jail. Interesting times.

[BigBear]

... pedophiles get six months in jail....

So many wrong jokes can be told on that... hahaha... Behave Bear.

[275RLTW]

In the officer's defense we don't know all of the information here. He might have been responding to an assault involving 2 guys on bikes and had resaon to believe they were involved, who knows....? There are a million different things that both the officer and Mr. McClosky could have done there, agreed. I can't pass judgement until I know more....

[ThunderSquirrel]

The article with that video is all sorts of full of information...
No Speakers on the PC at work so I couldn't catch all the specifics...
Was this just a routine traffic stop?

The Article vaguely says something about 'McCloskey takes off at a high rate of speed'

Either way... the guy was no threat, but there could be alot more to the situation then they published

[Mtn.man]

In the officer's defense we don't know all of the information here. He might have been responding to an assault involving 2 guys on bikes and had resaon to believe they were involved, who knows....? There are a million different things that both the officer and Mr. McClosky could have done there, agreed. I can't pass judgement until I know more....

I could see No threat so there was no reason for the cops action.

[SU405]

All the reporter mentions is that the officer had been following them. They took off from the stop at a high rate of speed. the officer then hit his lights/sirens. The other guy hits a curb loses control and McCloskey stops his bike and gets shot in the back.

The officer tells him "put your hands up" after shooting him in the back.

Genius