My daughter is in a dither. She showed me the videos. We reached different conclusions.

The deceased was from Nigeria and had poor English skills. Non-compliant after potential stolen car stop (plates did not match vehicle.)

Deceased started running. Big dude with a body like a seal (not SEAL) wearing a sloppy, knit sweater. Cop could not get a grip on him. Pulled TASER to use on deceased but lost control of it when deceased wrestled it from his hands (almost like he had been TASERED before). After shouting to soon-to-be-deceased several times "Let go of the TASER" the cop pulled his firearm and shot the deceased rather than get TASERED, become incapacitated and potentially lose his gun.

Deceased non-complaint. Event exacerbated by size disparity and the dead dude being "slippery". He would be alive if he had not wrestled the TASER away from the cop.


I am a conservative with a lowercase "c".