Metro Atlanta police officer shoots, kills naked, unarmed man

[KamaAina]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/10/us/georgia-officer-fatal-shooting/index.html

An officer, responding to reports of a suspicious person, shot and killed an unarmed man who was running around in a metro Atlanta apartment complex naked.

The officer fired two shots when the man charged at him, said Cedric Alexander, the public safety director of DeKalb County.

But given that the man was not carrying a weapon, the police department immediately turned over the case to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations for an independent probe....

The officer was white; the deceased man was African-American, Alexander said.

No. Really?!

[SoCalMusicLover]

1. No Indictment

Paid Leave W/Donuts for that cop. He was obviously afraid the man would attack him with his penis, so he had no other choice.

[KamaAina]

2. Well, the guy's penis must have been pretty long

[aikoaiko]

3. Sounds like a proper time to use a taser.

[uppityperson]

4. so the old "reached for his waistband" defense didn't work so let's go with "charged him"?

[hifiguy]

5. The kkkop will walk.

There has to be some phony justification they can come up with. There always is.

[uppityperson]

6. Article says cop had pepper spray, a taser and a gun.

So let's start with the gun?

[KamaAina]

7. Article also says naked guy was black.

So yeah, I guess.

[uppityperson]

10. The only positive I can see is at least these are getting more attention rather

than ho hum, same old, same old.

I considered law enforcement as a career way back but realized I would quickly burn out because of all the bullshit.

[CincyDem]

8. So what to you think they'll claim he was reaching for now ?

And is public indecency not punishable by death. Oh yeah - right - african american...forgot about that.

[Rex]

9. The man charged him, officer will be back at work in 2 weeks.

There is this rule, a cop can murder you and get away with it 99% of the time. So charging a cop, means the naked man was using his body as a deadly weapon. Sad that I can already see how the cop is going to get away with it, but that is the 'law'.

Charge a cop. die.