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rocktivity

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5. If he was walking away from the police, he broke the law if he'd been ordered not to.

Reply to misanthrope (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 07:21 PM

Aug 2020

The police could justify preventing him from entering his car where he might have had a weapon or the intention to drive off -- the "officer in fear of his life" angle.

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Karen Attiah tweet about Jacob Blake shooting - good observation [View all] womanofthehills Aug 2020 OP

Hope Jacob Blake Lives & the PO is brought Cha Aug 2020 #1

Depends on what happened directly beforehand rocktivity Aug 2020 #2

Then the question becomes whether Blake's actions justified deadly force misanthrope Aug 2020 #3

If he was walking away from the police, he broke the law if he'd been ordered not to. rocktivity Aug 2020 #5

The fear for their life standard is why I don't think this shooting is justified JonLP24 Aug 2020 #7

Except BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #8

I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one Roland99 Aug 2020 #4

No matter. Defying an order when you have no weapon and present no danger doesn't justify murder SharonAnn Aug 2020 #6