I want to know what the community thinks of this particular scenario that occurred in the US in Tulsa. There's a video, there's an article, and I've summarized the facts.
The facts:
- Man is standing in middle of the road, car parked in the middle of the road, acting strangely
- Police officer engages Man, asking him questions to figure out what's going on
- Man's responses are confused, he's not responding to police officer's commands
- Police officer believes man is on drugs, PCP, "acting zombie like", and asks Man to stop and get on ground
- Man doesn't respond to Police Officer's commands, has hands up and walks slowly to driver side door of car
- Back up arrives for the Police Officer
- Man reaches driver-side door, window is open, he looks back at Police Officer
- Police Offers sees Man reach into window of car, believes Man is reaching for a weapon, command's Man to "Stop!" a few more times
- Man doesn't respond
- Police Officer shoots man
- Man dies in the road
Helicopter video of the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5adHJhGC5k
Police Car dash-cam video of the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLxq1acs5xc
Article from non-biased source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/tulsa-police-release-graphic-footage-of-fatal-shooting-of-terence-crutcher/
Consider the facts, think about the scenario, and make your vote. There's clearly no wrong answer here...and the Police Officer's trial is about to start so the discussion is timely.