He's dead because he was a dumb#$^% who should have been home minding his own business instead of sitting in someone else's driveway, with the engine running, smoking his ditchweed, and when questioned, chose to jump into the shallow end of the gene pull by pulling a gun and firing FIRST at the LEO(s)....or maybe your brain can't put those pieces together.
Well then! So you have no idea WTF you're talking about here then do ya?
Did you miss the part about him pulling a gun on the officers? Or does that not fit your narrative? I'm going to gently suggest that you ask yourself "Which is more life - threatening to a cop: smoking pot or pulling a gun?". I'm pretty sure I know how most people will answer that question. I'm also pretty sure you're going to try to find your way back to it being the pot. It wasn't. They got a call, checked it out, got a gun pulled on them and handled it. You could watch the video if you wanted to - it's all over the web - but you apparently don't.
Yeah but you could also make the argument that many things that are illegal are stupid. There are more people sitting in jail right now for weed possession than actual violent criminals.
Agreed, but this tread is not about the legalization of pot. It's about why police are always on guard. It's because you never know when somebody is going to try to harm you. Stoner in the wrong driveway? Nope, psycho with a gun. Surprise!
Right but if you take the thing that they're killing you for and make it worth nothing. It's not really worth killing someone over for anymore. we should have learned from alcohol prohibition.
You should try and stop putting words in people's mouths no one said that the cops should be killed because they're enforcing terrible laws. The overwhelming fact is if it wasn't for the drug war most of our violent crime would be non-existent. That also includes crimes against cops. Blows my mind that a lot of people on right do not understand an argument for the drug war is an argument against your 2nd Amendment rights.
Im not disagreeing with the reason to legalize marijuana, but thats not what this thread is about and not the reason the suspect in the video was killed. My impression is some comments here seem to support that he was killed over his marijuana use... as if the cops would have never been there if it was legal, if I'm wrong I apologize for any assumptions but after watching the video the cops were very professional and the gunfight over a misdemeanor charge was the suspects own undoing.
