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Originally posted by Ben Mitchell
Once again, if I have a choice of going to jail for killing someone, or dying, leaving my wife and children behind, I will chose the former. You can just mess around in a deadly situation, and you don't pull out a black wallet from a coat pocket when the police tell you to put your hands up: if you don't speak the language, just don't move. Obviously, if my hands are going into my coat, the officers would'nt know i was going for a wallet: for all they knew, he could be going for a hand grenade or a gun. I think they made the right decision. It was traget, yes, but not a hate crime. The officers will live with remorse the rest of their lives: their careers are ruined. They've been through enough. I think we all need to back off this one, before it becomes WW3 on this board.
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I can totally understand defending yourself, but 41 shots? That's more than a bit excessive. Especially once you see the guy isn't shooting back. Also I did not say the officers commited a hate crime. I said I thought it was out of fear. Fear because of what? Negative stereotypes.
Hopeless cause though because people seem to want to take my comments as slander when I'm not even saying anything bad about anyone.