I never watch News [or TV anymore] for EXACTLY this reason. Had this NOT been video taped, it would not be a nation wide problem for everyone to throw their two cents of judgement in. It would have been just another incident that we NEVER knew about, the cop would be reprimended, the victim would be fixed up in teh hospital and life would go on. But no. Thanks once again to our wonderful technology, everyone's issues and problems can become everyone ELSE's issues and problems.
Yes, the cop made a mistake. Last I checked, police still used human beings, and human beings make mistakes... and that is okay. It's when we STOP allowing human's to make mistakes, that NONE OF US will be human any longer. I'm not gonna defend anyone on either side of the gun. Maybe the police man was insane. Maybe the victim started to pull a gun. Maybe he reached for the cop while getting up. Let he without mistakes cast the first stone. I dropped my rock and walked