Fuck the Militarization of America's Police Forces!

I hate to say it, but *snuff
I just watched a murder here...I totally expected him to live, but he didn't. Shooting someone in the back 8-10 times while they are trying to comply with your orders is murder.
When confronted by armed thugs (like these cops), it seems apparent the only safe option is to shoot/kill them before they murder you...that's the lesson I learned from this video (and others). I hope these cops are publicly lynched on video that's forcefully shown to their family and co-workers, then just maybe others will think twice before blatantly murdering known mentally ill citizens who are complying with directions.
Murderers deserve to be murdered IMO, those charged with protecting citizens (and paid well to do so, and given special rights and authority to do so) who then become the murderers deserve the worst we can imagine for them, not a pass. Those that protect them deserve the same.
So incredibly shameful....now I'm all pissed off over here!

@dag and @lucky760 what say you as to snuff. I personally feel that polices "justifiable" killing/murder of someone under these circumstances is newsworthy.

I would vote for this as snuff because it's a short death clip that does not seem an exception per the posting guidelines:

The presence of human fatality is acceptable and not considered "snuff" if presented as a limited, incidental portion of a lengthy educational, informative news report or documentary that encompasses a much broader narrative. Our definition of "snuff" does include but is not exclusive to any short clip in which a human fatality occurs whether or not any victims are actually visible on camera.

*discuss

This video is being sent to Sift Talk for discussion - discuss requested by lucky760.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

I would agree that this is snuff but definitely has some value from a human rights perspective. What we do sometimes with these kinds of videos is leave them in Sift Talk but keep them out of the general collection.

Word has come down from on high. Unless someone else feels the need to discard this ill leave it in sift talk for a few days before removing it.

ARIZONA COCKSUCKERS!

*discard

Discarding this post - discard requested by original submitter eric3579.

"When asked if the shooting was justified, Police Chief Gordon Eden said, “Do I believe it was justified shooting? Yes, if you follow case law, ‘Garner versus Tennessee’, there was directed threat to an officer.” Eden’s reference was an attempt to justify the shooting of Mr. Boyd as he walked away. In Tennessee v. Garner, police shot a fleeing 15-year-old in the back of the head as he tried to climb a fence. The Supreme Court ruled that it was reasonable to kill suspects as they try to escape, even if unarmed, if the officers have a probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.

Whether that case law is relevant to the killing of James Boyd remains to be seen. But the department stands by the homicide. Chief Eden also pointed out that “less than lethal devices” had been used, as if to justify the use of deadly force."