[billy123]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

The moment the police officer took the decision to shoot, it was his intent to kill him. Personally, I think its murder and should be treated as such

Thats an overly simplistic view that ignores so many factors.
This shouldn't have happened of course and could and should have been avoided. Im not one to defend the police in a lot of these incidents but on the information given this guy was to a certain extent a victim of his country's "freedom" in a country where you can reasonably expect everybody to be carrying a gun what is a cop supposed to do if somebody is ignoring instruction and walking towards him?
Who the **** would want to be a cop in a country where everybody is allowed a gun they dont get paid a fortune and every person they pull up or stop in the street for whatever reason has a good chance of being armed.

You wont hear about the tens of thousands every single day they get it right but on the occasion they get it wrong you want to destroy theirs and their family's lives by having them jailed for murder.

Blame the idiotic gun laws not the cops that have to run the gauntlet of maybe not making it home to their families when they go to work every day.
Sometimes the cops deserve hauling over the coals for their actions but from what i can see this is more a tragedy caused by outdated laws.