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In my opinion, I'm glad Body Cameras are being implemented. It can show a lot that a dash cam of a cruiser simply cannot. 

 

In this instance, while the Cruiser Cam would've captured the initial pat-down, it did not cover the shooting at 1:50 in the video.

 

What I think is more important, is the the Officer's Breakdown and Realization moment at 7:10, a very powerful moment which also wouldn't have been A/V captured using a dash cam. It's a side of a shooting you don't see, the emotional aspect of having to take another person's life.  

 

Also, I just wanted to point out how great the Pastor was, who saw the whole event and informed the police right away of what he witnessed. 

"Let me check on him" guy made that a lot more difficult than it needed to be. 

"Let me check on him" guy made that a lot more difficult than it needed to be. 

 

Yeah he really should've kept his distance, but other than that he did his job. Reported crime, and helped to back up the officer's actions. Two things many people have stopped doing today. 

"Let me check on him" guy made that a lot more difficult than it needed to be. 

 

That guy could have inadvertently made things much worse than they could have been.  He distracted the officer while the perp's condition was unknown; there was the possibility for the perp to turn and begin firing. 

 

With that said, I appreciate that he supported the officer's version of events.

Edited January 24, 201511 yr by FCV96

Yeah, I agree on how the officer felt when he shot the subject. Must have been his first time fatally shooting another. I give him respect.

Yeah, I agree on how the officer felt when he shot the subject. Must have been his first time fatally shooting another. I give him respect.

 

In my opinion, every man should feel that way when shooting someone. No one should be used to it to the point they don't care anymore and act casually about it.

 

On topic, I'll never understand people trying to flee, I mean, it always makes things worse, so why trying anyway.

100% justified. No pulling the race card this time.

Yeah, I agree on how the officer felt when he shot the subject. Must have been his first time fatally shooting another. I give him respect.

 

Funny you should say that, I read in an article that he had shot somebody earlier in the year, when a man ran at him with a knife raised. He apparently did not kill the man though, and the department praised him for using non-lethal force (Although not specified exactly what happened) in that encounter. 

 

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/watch-body-camera-captures-oklahoma-cop-fatally-shooting-man-outside-church-wedding/

 

Ah, I found it. Easily could've killed the man, but whether by fate or by training he was able to subdue the man after a fight. 

 

http://www.fox23.com/news/news/local/muskogee-police-officer-cleared-shooting/ngmHY/

 

Seems like a very good officer to me, sad he had to shoot that man. He said later in the video that I initially posted "why'd he have to run" or something like that, there's definitely some true remorse there.