(September 26, 2016 at 12:34 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(September 26, 2016 at 12:30 pm)RobertE Wrote: I am not so sure CL. If you think about the man that got shot and had his hands by his side. I have watched the video and I have perfect 20/20 vision, yet not even I can make out if he had a gun in his hand or not. We can only take the policemans word that he had a gun (I mean for what other reason would he shoot, since the force has to be justified and if the guy is just mouthing off, then that doesn't justify the shooting) and we can only take the word of eyewitnesses that he didn't have a gun. The proof from both chest cam and dashcam are not conclusive to state one or the other. Either way, there is a strong possibility that by default, the policeman will get off.
I wasn't referring to any particular scenario. I don't know enough about what happened to make a judgement call on whether it actually was self defense or not. But if it was, I do believe that it is justified.
I hear what you are saying, but it is a bit like a fight outside of a nightclub or anywhere for that matter. It is a question of who started it first and what weapon they used i.e. knife, pint glass etc. Only video evidence can show this, but with the quality of bodycams or dashcams from a long distance (I mean, take a look at the dash cams in the Russian youtube videos and they are high quality) being terrible, it is very hard to judge who is at fault. Only sound and good picture can settle any particular situation.
