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682 views 4 replies 4 participants last post by  Greybeard 
#1 ·
......straight from the officer's mouth.

See my post below, #68 of initial thread (I'm simply stunned), last sentence.

What you have stated is true. But then again, there are things in life that occur that are so obvious and blatant, that you don't need a whole lot of time to sit back, reflect, and think about it.

When you've spent 30 yrs. of your life serving and protecting others, you get a pretty good feel for what is right and what is wrong. Policing is all about making the most out of what you have been dealt. Rarely, do you get the whole picture from the start. You deal with what you have and go from there.


From what I saw on the video, the officer reacted in such a way, that it shook me to my very core. That doesn't happen very often to me. In the back of my mind, there's a corner, and in that corner is some plausible explanation as to why the officer acted as he did. Whether or not, that will ever be known is anyone's guess.

I'm sticking to an adrenaline rush that the officer couldn't deal with. Or, put another way, he got caught up in the moment.


North Charleston officer chuckled about adrenaline rush after shooting Walter Scott
 
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#3 ·
You want reasons for actions, Just a whole lot of stupid. It is natural to want to explain why people do the things they do, but that is the rational mind working afterwards. Sometimes there will be no rational reasons they quit thinking and start reacting without rational thought and you get bad outcomes from just plain old fashion being stupid.
 
#5 ·
I think that after watching the videos, we have all tried to put ourselves in the same situation with someone running away from us and we pull our piece and shoot them in the back several times. I know that I have and I can't see myself doing this for any reason other than deliberately wanting to do harm and not out of fear for my life. But, I'm sitting in my lounge chair typing on a laptop.
 
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