re: #239 lawhawk

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It’s not worse. The Garner case was caught on video. There wasn’t conflicting evidence. We saw the choke hold. We saw what happened. We saw Garner’s last moments alive as a direct result of the policeman’s actions.

There isn’t anything worse than seeing that evidence and knowing that the grand jury refused to indict. Not even reckless endangerment. No charges.

And yet, the Tamir Rice may ultimately be more horrifying given Rice’s age - he was 12 when cops gave him mere seconds to comply before they shot him dead. That too was caught on video - and the video directly contradicts practically everything that the Cleveland Police and the officer claimed to have happened.

That kids are regularly the victims of excessive force by police is horrifying. When it’s caught on video is worse.

That we as a society do nothing to fix the problem with the justice system and the perpetual injustice caused when cops go free for killing people who did nothing wrong, or where the killings were excessive force. That’s horrifying.

He didn’t even have seconds to comply.

He had no time at all. From the time the car enters the picture to the time he is bleeding out in the snow is two seconds. He was shot before the car even came to a complete halt.

He never had a chance. Not only could the officers NOT have made three demands to him, it is humanly imossible to process and comply with barked and unexpected orders in fractional second amounts of time.