If I was a victim.....
By Everyone Who Actually Was(Fill In The Blanks):

Bring back COPS to prime time television. I remember every episode they had someone running however it never ended in death. Not everyone complied with the officer commands. I love hearing them.say..."he's gonna run.." then the camera man is running to catch up with keys dangling and.out of breath. At least people lived.

@EddyFree Don't roll a blunt in the car!!

This thread has gotten past the point of common sense! Bottom line: if the cop believes he has a gun, asked him repeatedly to put it down, and you refuse, why should the cop take that chance to not go home to see his family on that particular night? Split second decisions have to be made, the officer in that video didn't have the luxury of a video to look at! Even if the man does have a brain injury, should the cop let him shoot first?

@757beach :COPS is on. Saturday nights on Spike. And they aren't going to show death. Although, there have been some deaths while filming the show. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.What people don't realize is that you cannot lump every cop, in every district, every state, every city and every county together.Some departments have different policies. Not every thing is, ahem, black and white. What one cop in Houston might do, one in New York won't. Maybe the cop is having a bad day, and it's affecting his judgement. I know, I know..maybe he shouldn't be working. I agree, but most of people shot by cops could have avoided it, period.People say not to judge a race based on a few bad apples, but those same people happily lump all cops together.

@EddyFree :99.9% of them would say, I wish I would have complied and not reached for my weapon and/or been argumentative and/or fled the scene, just because I have an entitlement attitude.

No one.is lumping all cops in. Some people don't think any police officer can be bad. Again, I support the blue. I just think training is needed for some

@757beach :Some also don't realize that by calling out the bad ones, it strengthens the entire group...I know most strong union workers don't tolerate weak links among them, I'd assume the Police Union would be the same(not sure though)...