You’re just driving along doing nothing wrong and minding your own business. Oh and you’re a sullen teenager.
Next thing you know you’re being pulled over by cops with guns pointed at you yelling at you. You’re rightly freaking out right now and certainly not in your right mind. Stop! Get on the ground! Don’t move! Show me your hands! Drop it! Don’t move! You’re being yelled contradicting orders while guns are drawn on you. I can see many people having a mental BSOD at this point.
I’ve seen the video and the police started out as the aggressors and only further escalated the situation. The driver of the police car had his gun out while he was driving for fuck sake. Yes, what the kid was doing could be considered shady but I never saw an immediate threat - certainly nothing justifying shooting him multiple times. He certainly wasn’t the aggressor here.
And now you’re on the ground, in shock and pain, bleeding while continuing to be yelled at. You may not even hear what is being yelled at you at this point. You may not even realize your reaching for your shirt hem or pocket as you’re shot once again.
Looking at the video evidence I’m not seeing any time the police had an immediate threat to their lives nor did I see any reason to pull the guy over to begin with. I certainly didn’t see any point where deadly force was necessary.
