There are some situations that I admit that leave me at a loss for words. One of these is the death of a naked man in Georgia. The officer responded to calls about his behavior while naked outside. Short cell phone video's on news feeds were not the actions of what is considered normal behavior. Mainly because he was naked. This naked man lunged at the policeman after being told to back up. He was shot twice.
At this point, I do not understand why he was shot. The cell phone video's show that he was completely naked with nothing in his hands. Pictures of the officer show that he is not a small in statue or muscles. This officer was taser trained and he had it on him. My question is why was the gun used instead?
I read the material in the following links before blogging.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31821405
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/dekalb-officer-involved-shooting/nkRY6/
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/dekalb-protest-planned-against-police-shootings/nkStP/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/10/police-shooting-unarmed-naked-man/24689183/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ga-fatally-shoots-naked-unarmed-black-man-police-article-1.2144048
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