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 Originally Posted by spoonitnow
It's frequently going to take more than six shots to subdue someone Michael Brown's size who is trying to kill you. The officer wasn't shooting him to kill him, he was shooting him to stop the threat to his own life. If Brown had stopped after he was first shot instead of charging the officer, then he would still be alive.
I don't believe that last sentence for a second. We've seen videos on top of videos where police respond to any threat whatsoever by firing a barrage of shots. They NEVER NEVER NEVER shoot once. They unload. Never a warning shot. Never a shoulder shot. And I don't even think they say freeze anymore to be honest. A taser should always be sufficient for the situation of a man rushing you who is unarmed, and if it isn't, we need to invest in the taser technology that does, it shouldn't be that far around the corner.
George Zimmerman shot as a last resort to protect himself while some idiot was on top of him trying to kill him. If Trayvon Martin had went home instead of doubling back to attack Zimmerman (note: going home was closer), then he would still be alive.
This is only if you believe the Zimmerman narrative. It could just as easily have gone down that Martin felt his life was endangered from some overzealous community watch psychopath, and fought him because he felt it was his greatest chance of not dying. And judging from the character evidence about Zimmerman that has been mounting in the wake of his acquittal, I'd guess it even more easily could have gone that way.
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