basically this was a mistake of overzealous cops who were on high edge due to the bombings. They mistook this person for a terrorist (and I havent' seen any proof that he even resembled a terrorist at all ) and instantly killed him because they didn't want him to blow up anything.
Being scared of terrorists doesn't give you, especially the police, to gun down anyone they "Think" is a terrorist. There is a little thing called proof, or circumstance that make you think they are.
From what we have heard in the news and what is said to be on the video tape, NOTHING the police said after the incident was even close to the truth, which means they messed up, they knew they messed up, and had PR people on it trying to spin it to a story that wouldn't make them look like scared shoot-first-ask questions later cops.
But the truth is out. The man didn't do what they said he did, he wasn't wearing what they said he was wearing, and he didn't act like they said he acted. He didn't vault any turnstyles, he wasn't wearing a big baggy jacket that might have exposives under it, and he didn't run from police in anyway. It was just a overzealous cop who blew his brains out for what ever passed for coherent thought in the cops head.
The cop should be brought up on murder charges, the victims family paid off, and the matter pushed under the rug.
Here in america in maryland we had a cop that got into a fight at a gas station with another driver. The other driver got in his car and was driving away (no blows were exchanged, no damage done) yet the cop took out his gun and shot the guy dead. So, the cop was put on leave pending an investigation EVEN AFTER dozens of witness's said the cop had no reason to kill the man and that he did it in anger and not during an arrest. After a few weeks the public grew so outraged at the police handling the event they forced the police under pressure to charge the cop with murder. Took weeks of public pressure for the police to do their jobs and actually charge one of their own. Hey, blue sticks up for blue, even bad blue.
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