Bystander’s video shows cops shooting, killing fleeing man **WARNING**

[jayfish]

Source: Ars Technica

Washington state police are investigating a video uploaded to YouTube that captures the death of a man shot repeatedly by police.

The video, taken by a bystander, surfaced Wednesday, a day after the Tuesday shooting death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, 35.

Pasco Police Department officers were called about 5pm to respond to a report that a man was throwing rocks at a crowded intersection in the town of Pasco, according to the Department Chief Bob Metzger. Two officers were hit by rocks. A Taser did not subdue the man, who had a prior police assault conviction and served six months' jail time for it.

The video, which sparked protests, shows police firing at the man then chasing him across a busy intersection and shooting him multiple more times. About a dozen shots were fired, according to the video.

Read more: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/bystanders-video-shows-cops-shooting-killing-fleeing-man/

[Roland99]

1. They couldn't have split up and surrounded/cornered him?

No...they had to shoot him down like a rabid dog.

[Xipe Totec]

13. Precisely when he appeared to give up running and turned around to surrender. nt

[TeamPooka]

37. They shot him because he turned around. He stopped and turned and that will be the testimoney about

why they ALL suddenly feared for their lives.
That's their out.
"He turned around and I thought he was about to attack"
Grand jury says "Not Guilty"
It's a rigged system.

[Hulk]

2. Now I feel safer.

I think some thugs need to go behind bars for this blatant murder. I don't care what he called them, or what he maybe even did to them; he was ZERO threat when they gunned him down like a dog.

[shaayecanaan]

3. Holy Jesus

they really went to town on that poor bastard. Hopefully this will lead to more than just the usual "thorough investigation" and no laying of charges.

[Vattel]

4. I don't see any signs of an imminent threat to the police officers.

Looks like another unjustified homicide that will probably go unprosecuted.

[yuiyoshida]

5. That was pretty brutal

He no weapons right? He had just thrown stones..but the Cops just took his life.. I can't believe the taser didn't work, you hear about people all the time being tasered multiple times even to the point of killing the individual.. and yet three cops couldn't use three tasers. Sure seems like there are no fair trials, or judges involved any more and its all executing the "bad guy" by cops.

Our society is becoming "Judge Dredd" .. where in the comic or the movie, cops are judge, jury and executioner.

[ManiacJoe]

7. It is not that hard to cause a taser malfunction.

Most cops don't have them anyway. Of the ones that do have them, often they are the supervisors.

[alcina]

8. Judge Dredd

That's an excellent analogy. How very sad.

[yuiyoshida]

10. "I AM THE LAW!!!!!!!"

[Frank Cannon]

16. Actually, Judge Dredd respected and upheld the law.

He followed the legal process of Megacity One to the letter. They just happen to have a different system than we have.

These murderers, on the other hand, have no respect for the law--or anyone, for that matter. They are actually much worse than Judge Dredd.

[ManiacJoe]

6. That video does not support the story being told by the cops.

[Chakab]

18. Cops lying to cover their asses?

[prayin4rain]

9. What in the world? ?! ? That is horrifying. I bet

the officers never see the inside of a jail cell. I have no faith in our justice system to deal with killer cops after Kelly Thomas' murderers went free.

[7962]

11. I can already tell you what the cops will say

"suspect turned and pointed his arms toward the officers. They reacted not knowing if he was armed"
Or something like that.

[JEB]

12. Cold blooded murder.

[Calista241]

14. Normally i give cops the benefit of the doubt.

But that is straight up, cold-blooded murder.

[Capt13]

29. Normally, I don't.

[fbc]

15. That was murder

[Beaverhausen]

17. What the bloody hell?

My god that is insane.

No wonder he is running away. I would too.

[thecrow]

19. OMG!

OMG! OMG! OMG!

[Judi Lynn]

20. Unbelievably stupid and vicious. They must feel sure the system will protect them now. n/t

[Unknown Beatle]

21. From the link:

"Metzger said it would take months before the investigation, conducted by another department, would conclude."

Why? The video proves that it was outright murder. If the video was of regular folks shooting an unarmed person, they wouldn't be free waiting for an investigation, they'd be sitting in jail waiting for the book to be thrown at them.

Another quote from article: "Police told the paper they had to fire because they were threatened."

Yeah right! They were so threatened that they shoot and followed him across the street and then shoot to kill. They were so threatened that they shoot him almost point blank. The video clearly shows that they were anything but threatened.

Fucking psychopathic pigs!

[joshcryer]

25. Police unions.

[Ramses]

22. I dont know how that be seen as anything but murder

These pigs deserve life in prison in general population

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. Police training is fundamentally broken

The notion that every problem must be responded to with a gun is not only stupid beyond comprehension, but it is verging on a radical evil.

EVIL.

This is gun nut shitheadery run amok, and it is a profound social evil.

[Lodestar]

26. Which is probably why the guy ran away....

There is no expectation of justice or fairness. These guys are trained killers as though they were going to war
rather than peace officers.

[joshcryer]

24. Cold blooded murder.

If this goes in front of a jury those cops are toast.

[blkmusclmachine]

27. Cold blooded murder, because there are no consequences.

[blkmusclmachine]

28. POLICE STATE

[Jefferson23]

30. K&R

[albino65]

32. This was the fourth fatal police shooting in Pasco

in the past six months. The police in the other cases were exonerated. The city has a population of around 68,000. Pattern here? Justice Department inquiry? I think so.

[gopiscrap]

33. My wife was born and lived in Richland for 9 years

and then lived in Kennewick (for 11 years) (part of the Pasco, Richland, Kennewick Tri-Cities) and she said that it has always been racist. In fact Kennewick used that a sign at it's city limits that informed people of color that they were not allowed in town after sunset and this was during her lifetime!

[wildbilln864]

34. I cant watch these things anymore. I hope they procecute the bastard that shot him tho. n/t

[Taitertots]

35. Summary execution for petty crimes.

Supported by the police unions, police administration, and the judicial system.

[Judi Lynn]

36. Police urge calm after police shooting in Washington state

Police urge calm after police shooting in Washington state

| February 13, 2015 | Updated: February 13, 2015 7:33pm

PASCO, Wash. (AP) — Officers involved in the investigation of a deadly police shooting in southeastern Washington pleaded with the public on Friday to not make a tense situation any worse.

"It's a stressful time for anybody who wears a badge," said Sgt. Ken Lattin of Kennewick Police, spokesman for a group of outside police agencies investigating the shooting Tuesday in nearby Pasco of a man accused of hurling rocks at officers.

At a news conference on Friday afternoon, Lattin said members of the public have a right to express their opinions on social media and to march peacefully in the town of Pasco, an agricultural city of 68,000 people about 215 miles southeast of Seattle.

Lattin stressed repeatedly that people need to be respectful of other points of view and to each other. He also cautioned against making a decision about the death based purely on a video seen on the Internet.

More:
http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Criticism-increases-in-Washington-state-police-6079192.php

[ileus]

38. another dumbass that doesn't know how to hold a phone to record video/take pictures.

[PersonNumber503602]

39. Idiots. Glad it was caught on camera.

Based on the guy's actions before and during this, he doesn't sound like someone who was mentally sound. Don't they train police how do deal with these situations without resorting to shooting? The guy wasn't armed armed, no civilians were close enough to be at risk, WTF?