Neither. He killed officers in the name of a cause. No matter how prominent he was or wasn't in the leadership of that cause it puts the police on edge. I wouldn't be surprised if the police don't develop faster trigger fingers. Those who support police will say they are justified because of this. Those opposed will claim it has just brought to public light what everyone has known.
You get a lot more press and national attention if something happens in New York than just about anywhere else in the world.
Let's also keep in mind that drug dogs can also "give" false positives if the officer that has the dog trained him to give it on command. A drug dog in New Mexico called "Leo" has given a New Mexico town at least two lawsuits from illegal searches based on evidence provided from that dog. [I can also recall a third search conducted in a similar manner to the other two]. All charges that resulted from the searches were ultimately thrown out.
According to what I read, the autopsy is consistent with what the officers involved said happened. That Ford tried to grab the officer's weapon in a struggle, was on top of the officer and gaining control of his primary weapon, the officer withdrew his backup pistol and shot him in the back at point blank range.
You're going to condemn thousands of police officers for the actions of a few that you read about on the internet?
You have admit, they have a bit of a PR issue. They have paid out millions to victims of their actions this year.
Ahh, so you saw a "documentary" and so it's ok to condemn thousands of police officers because of the actions of a few. Of course because it's a "documentary" it couldn't possibly be biased or have a hidden agenda, I'm sure it was put together purely for empirical research on the LAPD and not to capitalize on whatever was the hot topic of the day.
While, rationally speaking, this is a victory for society (let's face it, this guy was unstable as hell), the dumb and irrational crowd will yet again find a way to claim this to be the cops' fault, only further escalating the problem.
Because of past "mistakes" (the quotation marks are my way of saying I am trying to NOT take a side), people feel as if the police won't protect them. I sort of liken the police force to bees. They won't sting you if you do not anger them (follow the law).While, rationally speaking, this is a victory for society (let's face it, this guy was unstable as hell), the dumb and irrational crowd will yet again find a way to claim this to be the cops' fault, only further escalating the problem.
