Police don’t feel like cuffing unarmed man, shoot him dead instead

[FreakinDJ]

Questions are swirling after video surfaced of state troopers killing an unarmed hitchhiker 20 miles outside of Las Vegas, Nevada.

D’Andre Berghardt had been walking down the highway trying to hitch a ride when police approached him. His behavior was erratic, and eventually he tried to climb inside a police vehicle — at which point he was shot dead.

There was an assault rifle inside the vehicle, and police couldn’t take the chance that he would reach for it, The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

What is baffling to people who watched the video, however, is the fact that the cops didn’t restrain Berghardt when they had the chance.






Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/02/19/police-dont-feel-like-cuffing-unarmed-man-shoot-him-dead-instead/#ixzz2z5IjlvVi

[oneofthe99]

1. As long as they went home safe

[Ed Suspicious]

2. That's just it. Nobody's life is more valuable than a cop's

to a cop.

[TeeYiYi]

7. Whew,...

...that was a close one!

TYY

[snappyturtle]

3. It seems like everyday we have another story of police shooting & killing

someone who could have been restrained in much better ways. Sad.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

4. I am NOT defending the cops here...

But this is from The Daily Caller. Take it with a grain of salt.

[Bandit]

5. I guess they don't carry tasers any longer???

[Wellstone ruled]

6. This guy was shot by a BLM officer.

Just another dark skinned male shot by some over zealous badge carrier. This story died within a couple days. Nothing here just go shopping.

[sdfernando]

8. Aren't rifles in Police cars locked and secured in place?

"There was an assault rifle inside the vehicle, and police couldn’t take the chance that he would reach for it, The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports."

Aren't rifles in Police cars locked and secured in place? ...and as pointed out in other posts, why didn't they restrain him earlier?

[ManiacJoe]

9. Link to the original thread back in February:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024518179