I heard there was ten minutes, from the store strong arm robbery, to his death.
His death followed involvement with a police officer, who allegedly advised the deceased to get out of the middle of the street.
How about the deceased was on a "I'm going to do what I want to do, not what some cop tells me to do" stint, first stealing, then defying authority.
Could his toxicology tests reveal mind-altering substances in his system?
He apparently had an attitude problem at the time of the incident. Defy authority.
It will be awhile until we learn the FULL extent of the cop's story.
After being told to get out of the middle of the street, did the deceased walk over to the officer in his car?
Did the deceased then reach in through the window, and assault the officer? Did the officer then defend himself against assault?
Was the deceased ever inside the vehicle? Was the deceased ever under control by the officer? Under arrest?
Was the officer trying to put the deceased into the vehicle? The deceased resisted, broke free? Shot(s) fired when?
Ghetto dwellers often start with very anti-authoritarian attitudes and behaviors. Fuel that with mind-altering substances, a hot day, and you get an idea about what an urban cop is up against every day.
Complying with an officer's instruction to "get out of the street" would equal being too white.
The entire outcome will hinge on what took place between the officer's verbal instruction (request, order?) to get out of the street, and perhaps less than 60 seconds later, the fatal shot being fired.
What transpired between? Almost everything now is conjecture. Much of the conjecture is based on false information (cop is black). Deceased is a cherub (not).
