It’s clear in the video that this man was putting up a hell of a fight and the cops are struggling here but does that justify a fatal shooting? El Paso Police Department cited a list of reasons backing this incident. Which side of this situation do you fall on? Tell us in the comments below.
“Earlier this year a grand jury declined to charge an El Paso police officer in the shooting death of a prisoner. A video of the incidenct was published on Monday, after the Texas Attorney General instructed the city to fulfill a request processed by the El Paso Times. The events of the video are deeply unsettling, showing a police officer essentially executing a handcuffed man.
On March 8, 2013, Officer Jose Flores shot and killed Daniel Rodrigo Saenz, who was in police custody after erratic behavior at a supermarket led him to be taken to a nearby medical center, where he is alleged to have assaulted an off-duty police officer and the facility’s staff. Upon being arrested, Saenz continued to lash out physically against officers, and, according to reports, struck his own head against a door with the apparent intent to injure himself.”*
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Gina Grad (http://www.twitter.com/ginagrad. Pretty Good Podcast) discuss.
*Read more here from http://www.mediaite.com/tv/video-surfaces-of-texas-police-executing-handcuffed-prisoner/