I'm gonna get negged, but fukk it. These young dudes need to start shaping up. All these police shootings have been preventable. Why are you walking around at night with a knife, with PCP in your system, breaking into trucks and stealing radios? A cop is naturally going to view you as a threat. Stop giving them reasons to kill you.
Myself personally, I don't disagree with you and don't think your post deserves a neg. What you posted is common sense, and the same reasoning can be said about some of the other situations that have been in the news within the past year or two. Have to admit too, considering how many of us who haven't been involved in reckless or criminal behavior and still had a bad experience with police, seeing these imperfect victims (make no mistake they're still victims) makes me feel a little hollow. I've never used PCP, or wielded a knife in the presence of a police officer, yet I've still been hemmed up, pulled over, profiled, asked ridiculous questions, etc.. So the protesting does ring slightly hollow to me with cases like this because the actions of the victims set them in a direct collision course with the police that could have ultimately been avoided. To admit as much doesn't make one a c00n, or a New Black, or whatever pejorative is out there for anyone expressing their thoughts after examining the entire situation before speaking.
Regardless of all that and to be more specific, regardless of the actions of the deceased, it still doesn't negate the unprofessional and inhumane actions of the police. That kid was walking away, and that cop pulled up and unloaded as if he was also on PCP himself. I personally believe most cops are just normal nine to fivers trying to get through a day. However, too many of them lack the mental constitution to be out on the streets. That's not even taking into consideration the disgruntled and criminal cops that have no business being out there.