LAPD Officers Shoot Unarmed Man Who Flagged Them Down For Help (Video)

On Friday, two officers with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) were flagged down by a motorist. When the officers responded to the man, they say they saw he had a towel wrapped around his arm. Had he been injured? Did he need medical assistance? They never found out.

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Instead, they shot him dead. That’s right: As video shows, the officers, rather than asking how they could help the man, began to issue this order:

“Drop the gun!”

The man didn’t drop the gun, because he didn’t have one, so the cops shot him. Not once, mind you, but three times, including once in the head! Then they rolled him over and placed handcuffs on him. I think we all know how important it is to restrain a corpse so it cannot hurt you.

Did the officers then call for an ambulance? Nope. The video shows them chatting with one another as if they don’t have a care in the world while a man lies on the ground bleeding. And yes, the shot to the head did indeed kill the man who had requested assistance.

Can someone please tell me what we are coming to in this country in regard to the police and their continual overreaction to situations which do not call for deadly force? I keep thinking we have reached a tipping point and that the pendulum will swing back the other way as we register our outrage over these incidents, yet they continue to happen day after day.

I’m not sure what the solution to this problem is, but I’m thankful for cell phones and those who aren’t afraid to use them. In the times we are living in, it is incumbent upon us all to constantly police those who police us.

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