The Pros And Cons Of Police Killings

Thousands of americans every year are brutally beaten, tazed, and in some cases even shot for little or no reason at all other than the cop is trying to prove something. It's saddening when the “honest cops” who are supposed to be protecting us decide that they have something to prove and they need to harm others in order to get the respect they want. Now days if a man has a hostage with a knife the only way to get the hostage back is to pump the man full of bullets. In this video the police from the U.K are able to subdue a mentally damaged man wielding a machete without firing a single shot. It's amazing right? That it's possible for a police unit whose lives are being threatened are able to stop a man with a weapon without using lethal force. …show more content…
On February 25, Gregory Gunn, a 58-year old grocer, was walking home when the 23-year-old white officer shot him several times and killing him. After the shooting, the Police Chief Ernest Finley told the local newspapers that Gregory Gunn had been holding some sort of a weapon. It was later identified as a retractable paint stick. After the shooting there was days of protests and accusations of racial profiling. Officer Aaron Smith was arrested and charged with the murder of 58-year old Gregory Gunn. So yet again, this is another case of a cop needing to prove something. He didn’t feel threatened he just thought it would make him look better, and it