It's true, he should have had both hands out immediately. I just don't understand how a lot of these cops don't know how to de-escalate. They're just amping themselves up and amping the perp up too as a result. I mean they both have their guns out and pointed, they're in a pretty advantageous position as is.

Well clearly he didn't have a weapon, so it could've been for any stupid reason.

Why not just ask him to leave his other hand in his pocket then? Or ask him to slowly remove it in a more calm manner so that you aren't getting the guy nervous and coercing him into removing his hand too quickly.

Trayvon, played by Jaden Smith, is shown at school, raising his hand in lit class. The wise Hispanic teacher, played by Antonio Banderas, calls on him. Trayvon stand up and recites lines of Shakespeare in a hip, cool, but moving rap. As he sits down Banderas smiles and nods at him with a wise, knowing approval.

Trayvon is seen hanging out after school on the lush greens of the front school yard with his friends, featuring the girl who played Precious, plus a mix of races: a white blonde girl, a Hispanic kid, an Urkel-looking black nerd, a white kid with his hat on backwards. A veritable Burger King Kids Club.

Cut to a dark apartment, where Zimmerman, played by Luis Guzman, is doing pull-ups, with the words FEAR and HATE inked on his knuckles. He then practices shooting his empty gun at himself in a mirror. "You talking to me?" Guzman says. "You in MY neighborhood?" He then sits down to watch Birth of a Nation.

Cut to Trayvon at home, at the dinner table with his parents, played by Jamie Foxx and Maya Angelou. They discuss Tray's future plans of being an airline pilot. "It's a mighty big responsibility," Jamie Foxx says. "Having all those souls onboard." "I know," Jaden/Tray says. "I want to be like Sully some day though."

After dinner his little brother asks him if he can go get some candy and tea. Even though it's raining out, Tray agrees. In slow-mo he zips up his hoody, pulled from the dryer.

Cut to Zimmerman patrolling the streets as rain pours on his uncovered head. He does tuck-and-rolls across neighbors' lawns, pulling out his gun and pointing it at dark shadows. A cat crosses his path and he fires at it. He chuckles mercilessly.

"Keep the change," Tray says with a smile to the woman working at the convenience store. With the snacks for his brother he walks out of the store, not before passing by a magazine with Sully on the cover. Tray smiles.


Cut to Trayvon skipping down the sidewalk. A group of multicultural young maled is there smoking pot. "You wanna get high?" one asks. "No," Trayvon answers, "then I'll never be able to be a pilot." He continues to skip down the path and eventually enters the condo complex.

As Trayvon turns a corner, a sweaty and enraged Zimmerman emerges from the shadows. "Where do you think you're going, ******?"

Trayvon stumbles on his words and tries to answer but is silenced when Zim cold cocks himself with the gun and starts beating himself on the back of his own head. "Help! Help! Somebody help me!" Zimmerman screams.

"Please sir, I just want to return home to my brother and finish my homework," Trayvon pleads.

"That's too bad," Zimmerman says. He then empties his entire gun cartridge into the baby-faced teen. "It looks like your dog ate it."

that cop is gonna get fired. As fast as that guy could of pulled his hand out of his pocket and shot the cops, still doesnt justify the use of deadly force.

did this guy forfeit his ri ght to be treated well by breaking into homes, yes

i side with police, but they clearly ****ed up here

i completely understand being concerned about getting shot

however, the fact remains that they are giving conflicting commands and information

maybe they should use more time training to avoid this


if they are going to be screaming "SHOW YOUR HANDS SHOW YOUR HANDS" then shoot the guy when he goes to raise his second hand, someone done goofed no matter how you look at it

maybe they should be screaming "FREEZE DONT MOVE" if thats what they want

not too hard when theyre pulling in 100k+ a year to do this


while i realize policing is dangerous, and it only takes an instant for bad/suicidal guy to pull a gun and start firing - it is their job and their specialty. they shouldnt treat other people as sub-human and write off unnecessary deaths as part of self defense. the last number i heard was that 15 people die every day on the job in america. police work is dangerous, sure, but so is a lot of other work.

I went on a binge of bodycam videos the other day. Most of these guys straight up want to die. As in intentional suicide by cop.

Lmao your an idiot..

“It was his dream to go up to that University of Utah,” she told the crowd. “And I was excited to guide him and be his mentor to follow his dreams. But that was cut short by [the] West Valley Police Department. They cut his dreams. I don’t get to see Elijah graduate from college. I don’t get to see Elijah create that family that he always wanted. … There was an innocent life taken.”


Those gathered in front of the city building on Saturday chanted, “Black Lives Matter,” and “No justice, no peace, no killer police,” as they held signs that read, “He was not a threat” and “Justice for Elijah.”


"I don't think that was right for that officer to do that, even though his hand was in the pocket they should have still Tased him and tackled him. I just think he was going to put the other hand up," she said.

I don't normally agree with these types of executions, but cops were right to take action on this one. Dude made a questionable move. I have a question for you misc brahs tho.

When there are 3+ cops surrounding a criminal why do they immediately go for fatal shots without even seeing a weapon? I understand officers need to protect themselves but there's 3 officers with guns already drawn. Can they not aim for shoulders/arms/legs or setup a taser shot? The cops already had their weapons drawn and the kid had nothing aimed at them from the video. It wasn't even clear if he was armed or not. From the articles I found, kid only had a screwdriver. Officers are supposed to be trained to handle situations like this instead of just fear for their lives and shoot to kill in every questionable situation. That's what a civilian would do.

Before the misc tears me a new one, I'm not saying the kid didn't **** up. Clearly he ****ed up by not following any instructions given to him. But you're telling me 3 of our trained officers of the law needed to be afraid of some 17 year old with no drawn firearm while they all had their guns pointed at him? From the video the cop on the right was plenty close to shoot his taser at the kid and be done with the whole situation.

A lot of you bruhs say you'd do the same thing and I understand that, you're civilians. I always thought cops are supposed to be better than that though and learn to de-escalate situations. Even if the criminal isn't compliant.

Would like serious replies please.

robbing a house shouldn't warrent getting killed. Plenty of white people dont get killed by cops

1/10.

But there might be some truth to your trolling. I know a white guy who broke into a house, and when the cops came they were all: "Oh sh*t, you're white? Our bad. Listen son just don't do this again, be on your way". They even gave him a ride back to his house, apologized if they startled him and gifted him 2 free movies tickets. The owners didn't press charges and in fact are offering to help him with any living expenses. They felt guilty that their nice home lured him in, such nice people.

Can they not aim for shoulders/arms/legs or setup a taser shot?

First off I’m just going to preface this by saying you’re an idiot for going with the whole “why not aim for the shoulder?” argument. Negged.


In the military we go by the deadly force triangle. In order to use deadly force the bad guy has to display capability, opportunity, and intent. Intent is usually the hardest to prove.

In this specific situation the bad guy’s proximity to the police (and, you know, having broken into someone’s home) satisfied the opportunity part. He didn’t show his second hand and by keeping it concealed in his pocket he satisfied capability. He should have shown that hand so police knew he wasn’t holding a weapon and therefore wasn’t capable of attacking with a weapon. He displayed intent when he quickly started reaching into his pocket in what looked exactly like a gun grabbing motion.

So he displayed opportunity, capability, and then once he displayed intent the police opened fire immediately.

For the record, Iamtrained for these situations and these cops did exactly what they were supposed to do. If you satisfy the deadly force triangle and make me fear for me life, then fuk you, i’m not taking any chances. These cops did not need to take the chance of not coming home to their familiesjust in casethis criminal ******* wasn’t going to try to kill them. If you make me think it’s me or you, then sorry not sorry brah, it’s gonna be you.



Play stupid games...

you keep nerfing cops pretty soon your glass house is going to get rocks tossed at it.

“It was his dream to go up to that University of Utah,” she told the crowd. “And I was excited to guide him and be his mentor to follow his dreams. But that was cut short by [the] West Valley Police Department. They cut his dreams. I don’t get to see Elijah graduate from college. I don’t get to see Elijah create that family that he always wanted. … There was an innocent life taken.”


Those gathered in front of the city building on Saturday chanted, “Black Lives Matter,” and “No justice, no peace, no killer police,” as they held signs that read, “He was not a threat” and “Justice for Elijah.”


"I don't think that was right for that officer to do that, even though his hand was in the pocket they should have still Tased him and tackled him. I just think he was going to put the other hand up," she said.

Simple solution. Don't break the law and if you do, do exactly as what the ****ing police officer says. It's not rocket science.

Why is this concept lost on so many?

” But that was cut short by [the] West Valley Police Department.”