Tulsa and Charlotte. Two African American men murdered by police. Tulsa seems clear - the man had his arms raised and there is video. But the police say that he was reaching for a gun - through a closed car window. This man was not erratic. The helicopter cops called him "a bad dude". now the cops say he looked like he was on pcp? That is total BS. In Charlotte, police are saying the man had a gun, his family says he had a book. We know that cops carry a spare to plant.
All the aside, the Linden NJ cops were able to disable an armed man suspected of being a bomber. The Linden cops did not kill him. They disabled him.
Give all these questionable shooting the greatest possible benefit of the doubt - which is entirely too generous and not deserved. Nevertheless.
Why do these cops shoot to kill?
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