There should really never be an excuse for a cop shooting anybody who is unarmed. Period. Tazer maybe but never shots. I think the cop should be fired and/or charged. Let the court sort it out. But riots are more fun.
Like all these incidents-there is quite a different story told by both sides.This "unarmed "teenager apparently was the approximate size and demeanor of the Hulk according to the officer involved.
He robbed a story just before and the video shows him bullying the store worker.
Then you hear that the cop did not know that.Your life can turn on a fleeting dime especially if they have ingested certain drugs. .The cop was sitting in the car so maybe didn't have time for a taser.
You can't force blacks and other minorities to become cops but maybe more easily obtained education and training would change the balance.
Until people believe in their own hearts that we are all equal-it will be a problem.I have seen people in these forums insult others over their jobs and lack of wealth.
To many it is even more telling than skin color and a rich guy is mostly given the nod.
Maybe technology will save us from ourselves as police body cameras become more prevalent.
George Orwell could not have anticipated that as Big Brother is watching us -we have begun looking right back at them.
Dystopian future though,cameras,microphones and deadly flying drones 24/7 enforcing an uneasy peace and a twisted authoritarian state.
Until leaders can convince us they are not hypocrites -society will suffer.