Because, if you do, you deserve to die! It's like East Germany.

BeeRent, you're an idiot. So you think running from the cops is a capital offense with justice to be meted out on the spot?

"To protect and serve"

Was the shooting protection or service?

Don't break the law so you feel the need to run.

Ahhhh, let the Kangaroo Court of Public Opinion commence.

Here comes the comments on the "case" which would be almost similiar to the comments of the TreyVon Martin Case even BEFORE the trial commenced.

when Peter Parker didn't stop someone who was running, Uncle Ben got killed.

When did I say it was a capital offense? I simply said don't run from the cops. Are you suggesting it's ok to run from the cops? Idiot.

BeeRent: Here we go again with names. Do you folks think that makes you sound more intelligent or just more belligerent?

bushisanidiot-980652: Acting suspiciously is not breaking the law. Acting suspiciously is found only in the observer (brings George Zimmerman to mind). No one knows yet what went down, such as in what manner the police were acting toward the three being questioned. Oh, pardon me, everyone knows that all officers are gentlemen and always demonstrate respect.

That's the mentality of High School graduates and that's all is required to be a cop. Running should not equal death!

Darrel B.

BeeRent, you're an idiot. So you think running from the cops is a capital offense with justice to be meted out on the spot?

Well, that depends. There's only three reasons to run from the cops 1) Conducting criminal activites 2) Have a warrant for your arrest 3) Mentally ill. If it's 3 then the cops are at fault, if its the other two. Well, tough luck if you get shot.

when will murderes be treated like murderers bees an idiot thinks they are judge jury and executioners a mochary to the justice system and bush so break the law desrve to be shot in the back what a moron

I'm not condoning what the Police officers did but they are and where doing their jobs of protecting and serve. With out them there would be total chaos and you know it. Just because one or two go berserk you don't need to disrespect them all. I doubt you even live in California or even know what these dirt-bag gang members are capable of. These gang members aren't unknown and I doubt this was this idiot first or even second run in with the law. If he had been running because he had just killed a child you wouldn't be judging the police for what they did. He must have had done something that he wasn't going to jail for or why else would he have run? It would be nice if children would stay in school and learn how to act when confronted by the law. There are too many young people that think they are faster and smarter than an adult with a gun.

They go to the pistol range once a month..in real life they don't have the chance to shoot most times ( traffic violations is what they see)...so when a real live situation comes up..they lose control and are trigger happy..guy last month pointed a Subway sandwich in foil at them and was shot dead ( eye exam every week for police officers)!

well mayb...just mayb I will run from the cops because growing up I would see them beat people who didn't do anything and not get in trouble for it...mayb because growing up cops would stop me and belittle me for fun...mayb I will run because I saw the cops shoot my friend who they "mistakenly" thought was someone else and my friend's family never got justice because "cops make mistakes." So actually yes I will run because I cherish my safety....

Until you have been racially profiled and seen the people you love racially profiled, the people you love always seen as "suspicious" even though they are the most straight edge people you know, the people you love assumed to be illegal, belittled by police for fun, stopped EVERY time you go to the corner store for a "frisk" then you will only assume running away from the police is because we are criminal...

Basically we cant win for losing.....

Meh... another "Darwin by cop" incident.

I've had the cops called on me once... for playing Basketball past 9PM... by my own mother no less. They spent an hour standing over me, barking at me, trying to tell me how rough their job was, and insulting me. It was 2 of them, and all they did the entire time was try to start a fight with me. For those wondering, I was past 18 at the time, and while they barked at me, I stood there staring ahead not looking at them at all. I was not going to make eye contact, or make any movements they could try and charge me for assault for, even though one of them kept acting like he was going to hit me, and was overly aggressive.

A lot of the cops are on pretty massive power trips. There are some good ones, but several are in it for the power, and will not respond to an actual emergency until the emergency is passed. Also, please note that I'm white. It's not just the other races getting rear ended by the police constantly, it's all of us. We're ALL victims. The problem is, Cops can shoot you and shrug their shoulders. No biggy. You shoot anyone, and you're up shart creek without a paddle, even in times you're defending your own home. It's a twisted system...

If anything, they've bred a culture where people always have to have cameras on them. It's exposed a lot of police brutality and questionable motives. Why? Because they won't release their dash cam video, and they never get held accountable for what they do. It's hard to not fear the police rather than respect them, though I will agree their presence IS needed for order. The criminals just seem to fear them a lot less than the general populace...

Only a guilty thug would run from law enforcement

A lot of the cops are on pretty massive power trips

I had a cop stalking me for a while it was very scary and I did not know what to do about it. He broke into my house once he would get behind me and follow me when I was driving by myself. Eventually he got caught stalking someone's daughter who had money and clout and he got fired. I bet he is still doing stuff like that.

Sorry, but running from the cops is not an offense deserving of being shot in the back and then when you fall to the ground being shot again in the head. They ran because they know cops will lie and frame them for doing nothing at all. Police have been given Carte Blanche to kill civilians and not face criminal prosecution.

Look at the cop in the photo. Notice anything about him. If you look at his right hand it is on his gun. Little kids right in front of him and his hand is ready for a quick draw.

Several weeks ago a Northern California cops young child got a hold of his loaded and chambered service weapon and shot their sibling to death. No charges were filed and none are expected. If it was a regular citizen, their ass would be immediately locked up and facing charges for not properly locking up and securing their firearm so no one could fire it. California law is stiff one this one, but not if you are a cop.

Just recently the wife of the police chief of Oceanside (Brenda Sue McCoy) grab her husbands gun and shot at responding officers. If it was you or I, we would of been shot dead by a swat officer but they decided to use a beanbag round on her. His gun wasn't secured so why isn't he facing charges? Oh yeah, because he is a cop. That's why.

Several years ago a cop at home heard someone trying to break in to his house. He saw the perp trying to pry open a bedroom window, took aim and shot dead the perp. The perp never gained entrance into the house. If it was a private citizen who did this they would face murder charges as the perp was not in the house at the time and did not pose a physical threat to anyone in the house. Lose of property is not a viable reason for a citizen to use deadly force in this state. Yep, you guessed it, another California law.

One of the main problems is the California peace officers bill of rights. It puts them above the law and civilian life is not worth as much as their nor are their rights. Think I am full of it? Take a look for yourself. Very interesting what privilidges they are afforded that the average Joe isn't. You or a loved one could be next.

http://www.slopoa.com/pdfiles/Police%20Officers%20Bill%20of%20Rights.pdf

Just around the corner from Anaheim is Fullerton whose three policemen beat to death a mentally retarded youngman, Kelly Thomas, who could not comprehend or comply with police commands. Despite coming from a well-to-do middle class family, Thomas' mental condition dictated he live on the streets. His appearance is that of a hobo. With total disregard to human life, the three Fullerton policemen kicked Kelly's head; used a flashlight to crack his skull; and punched his face repeatedly until his face is beyond recognition. Receiving the full fist and fury of the three cops, Kelly's last words were cries, Dad! Dad! Dad! Kelly never had a chance. He died in ER.

Unaware of the numerous cameras mounted at adjacent buildings and traffic poles, the three Fullerton policemen fabricated a bogus story of Kelly being combative and resisting arrest. They later recanted their story and issued another version as to what killed Kelly Thomas on that evening.

This incident of an Anaheim police killing an unarmed man after a pursuit raises as much question about the brutality of policemen as in the Fullerton case. One witness claimed the victim was knelling on the ground, wounded in the buttock and subsequently, the policeman moved in for a close head shot, a la execution style. As there is no weapon recovered at the homicide scene or from the victim, the policeman would be hard pressed to prove the victim threaten his life and limb.

The brotherhood of policemen is notorious for keeping secret the wrong-doing of fellow officers. Twelve policemen watch three of their colleage beat the daylight out of Rodney King. In the Oakland police shooting of an innocent black teenager at a BART station, fellow policeman supported the assailant, his fellow cop despite several video contradicting his testimony. In the infamous Oakland Rider Case, cops either killed or arrested innocent people and planted narcotics or a gun to conceal their crimes. In Los Angeles, the LAPD Rampart Scandal exposed a gang of cops shooting, extorting, battering, and threatening Mexicans, many illegal immigrants, over narcotic deals gone bad.

In the LAPD Hollywood Scandal, cops staged fake night-time burglary calls of video stores, and then conveniently robbed the stores under the pretense of crime investigation. Every year, dozens of crimes committed by cops are swept under the rug by the Internal Investigation Division within their police department. Very few are punished or reprimanded; turning a blind-eye has been the traditional response in the interest of justice to crime committed by police.

Southern California is infested with crooked and corrupt cops. Unlike the Mexican local cops and Federales who commits crime in the open, the American cops are better organized and secretive. Even if faux pas leaks out, the cops powerful labor union always come to the rescue, spinning the facts, and wall-paper over the damages. It is not surprising that so many innocent people have died under mysterious circumstances at the hands of the police of Southern California.

Wallstfatcat,

Well said.

One doesn't have to look any further than the local police dept. to find organized crime.

Who did the name calling first piglizard? I'm willing to have a discussion, but others don't seem to be able to that without throwing in insults. I just threw that in for DarrelB so he could understand part of what I was saying, and how does a single sentence of "Idiot" sound belligerent? I don't know where you live, but that's quite tame in today's world.

Running from the cops = death. He must have wanted to be shot dead or he wouldn't have run.

Running from the cops = death

Until you consider how many who didn't run have been shot or beaten to death. If the simple act of running constitutes reason enough to be killed, then I guess those people paying to watch cinematic violence at the theater should have gotten a taste of the real thing from James Eagan Holmes.

“The standard for the use of deadly force against fleeing suspects was articulated by the Supreme Court in Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985). While noting that ‘the use of deadly force to prevent the escape of all felony suspects, whatever the circumstances, is constitutionally unreasonable,’ the Court held that ‘where the officer has probable cause to believe the suspect poses a threat of serious physical harm, either to the officer or to others, it is not constitutionally unreasonable to prevent escape by using deadly force.’

Wonder what threat of serious physical harm this unarmed dude presented.

Remember, the officers on scene could not have known that he was unarmed. If they had assumed that he was unarmed, and he had ran and shot a civilian, the police would have been criticized for allowing him to get away. The only person who has told the media that he was shot in the back then the head was the mother. It also seems unlikely that the officers would have shot him in the head. Police are trained to shoot in the center of mass (chest area) because it is much easier to hit, versus the head which is rather small.

What I have seen says he was shot in the back first and when he went down was shot the second time in the head which if you think about it is where center of mass would be if you fell to your knees.

Remember, the officers on scene could not have known that he was unarmed.

Doesn't matter the court has held that ‘the use of deadly force to prevent the escape of all felony suspects, whatever the circumstances, is constitutionally unreasonable,’

"then I guess those people paying to watch cinematic violence at the theater should have gotten a taste of the real thing from James Eagan Holmes."

How pathetic can you be to even say such an asinine thing? Who knows why the kid ran from the cops, but to even compare the Colorado tragedy is pathetic.

sick sick sick what has happened to peoples brains anyone who could justify this should hope it never happens to their children

Kragg, you didn't read the entire thing that you posted. The court in fact did say that it was constitutionally reasonable to use deadly force on a fleeing felony suspect if there was belief that the suspect could cause serious physical harm to the officers or others. Since belief is pretty subjective it's likely the officers won't be charged.

I personally don't like that our officers can just gun down citizens and if the facts prove this shooting to be unjustified, I hope the officers involved will be charged.

makes me wonder

sick sick sick what has happened to peoples brains anyone who could justify this should hope it never happens to their children

Ah yes, the good old "What if it were your child?" argument. While I would never try to justify the shooting (that's a job for the legal system), I can practically guarantee that none of my children will be shot while fleeing the police.

Don't run from the it's police not cops, and then when they talk to you show them some RESPECT, Like sir or officer. They might like that. No I'm not and law enforcement officer. I did grow up around the police in Chicago in a tavern I learned something from them about being picked up. You might not get off but it will go easier on you this way because as they told me we will win we have guns, radios, and friends.

the article states that there have been protests for almost two years over things like this...so either this town has a LOT of bad guys or the cops need to be investigated.

@thepunisher

maybe you should learn to read, and some comprehension skills are in order too. I didn't compare the shootings. I carried over the logic used in the post in which the only observed action by police was a suspect fleeing when confronted for questioning. The point being that one is just as unjustified as the other!

This should be the new norm with all the trash taking over our cities..!

@mothra16 -- the only problem is the wrong "trash" keeps getting executed. The real "trash" will fight back.

Mr. Thanatos: Your thirst for violent response to what seems to be any slight is deserving of the same. Perhaps, notwithstanding that the dead man might have, in fact, been a criminal (we don't know) an overblown fear of the police caused by 1) bad police and 2) violent rhetoric like yours may have persuaded the victim of the shooting to have attempted to flee.

the real trash pulled the trigger

Piglizard - google "sarcasm" and you might understand my comment better. Afterward, google "how do I improve my reading comprehension" to avoid future confusion.

There were never any such rules, and you're just making stuff up to make your stupid point. I grew up in the 50's and 60's, and guys I knew ran away from cops. Or drove away from cops. Or hid from cops. All successfully, I might add. So don't hand us the crap you just did from your overactive imagination. Your macho posing is utterly comical, and your attempt at defending them in this case is Epic Fail. I don't have a problem with cops, except in cases like this. You think they should be able to do just about anything they want without consequence. It doesn't work that way in the real world. Get over it. Get over yourself.

but you'll cry when your kid dies from an overdose...

Maybe so but it's very very very unlikely that anyone other than your kid would be responsible for overdosing off of the drugs he purchased. No one else would likely have had a hand in their decision to ingest them. I'm sure you're one of those right-wingers who 24 hrs earlier was arguing with someone over taking personal responsibility.

BrainCandy...nice you found room to fit in a political attack, but wouldn't you think the person who sold the drugs would be just a little responsible?

"I grew up in the 50's and 60's, and guys I knew ran away from cops. Or drove away from cops. Or hid from cops. All successfully,"

Hmmmm, I would question whom you choose as friends if they had to run from the cops.

Hmmmm, I would question whom you choose as friends if they had to run from the cops.

Probably kids drinking underage or drag racing out on old Yale Rd.

You know, serious criminals that deserve to be shot in the back if they run.

Oh yes there are rules, Rules of Engagement. The gangs don't have rules. They drive by and shoot, maybe at a person, maybe at a house, maybe at someone they know, maybe at someone they don't know. They steal stuff that isn't theirs. The rules they have is the right way to wear their ball caps on backwards. In the meantime, it's shoot your friend, shoot your friend's sister, or wait around until your friends sister shoots you. A meaningful way to live.

So who is doing the killing? It's mostly gangs shooting gang members, and often times in their own gang. Why don't they want cops to shoot someone? So they don't have to go out of their own neighborhood to shoot someone themselves? What's sad is the news covers the weekend incident in Colorado where 12 people lost their lives at a Batman movie, and 12 people getting killed in Chicago violence isn't newspaper news hardly.

So what is the purpose of petitioning the police. Go to the statehouse and visit with your legislature and see if you can get a law passed that gang members can shoot other gang members but the police can't? Will that solve the problem? How about " ducking and running training " instead of just " running training "? Maybe the police could go to bolt action rifles and shoot the suspects with one shot out there about two or three hundred yards, and just drive up slow, so the chasing around is substantially reduced. Kind of like hunting dangerous game like Cape Buffalo.

This whole gang shooting/police shooting stuff doesn't appear to be going anywhere. Year after year, same old crap.

I would think that they're responsible for the crime of selling illegal drugs. I don't think they're responsible for the people who choose to purchase and use them. Just like the cashier at your local liquor store isn't responsible if after you make your purchase you get completely hammered and drive your car through someones livingroom.

EXACTLY

Then why don't you go give them some?

If you run they shoot you down if you don't they beat you to death remember Ramos.

Right wing in Orange County CALIFORNIA?

Nice try....next you'll be accusing Pelosi of supporting Romney.

Not all areas of Orange County are conservative rich WHITE areas, there are pockets like Anaheim (not to be confused with Anaheim Hills) that are anything but what you perceive them to be. That is to say, they are gang filled ghetto dwelling welfare scum made up of illegals from the south. And none of them are what you perceive them to be, if you're only familiar with watching them on TV...

There are a lot of area's in L.A. or O.C. that if you walk ONE BLOCK in the wrong direction, your in another world.

meh - perhaps obeying the law and getting an education and working for a living is just not important (or was to 'stomper')

William,

I work in Anahiem...how do you know that they are racist?? Is on their uniform? Or perhaps painted on their car? Do you know the kind of people cops have to put up with? I'm not defending them, and I'm sure an independent investigation will ultimately determine what happened and if they acted not in accordance with their policies they will be held accountable. But to just sit there and be an armchair quarterback and assume to know what the truth is from reading a small article, just shows how small minded you are in judging people.

"Run and your dead, don't talk back and say yes sir, no sir or your dead."

Well, isn't that just common sense? or would you rather have anarchy? Don't complain when some young punk disrespects you.

or would you rather have anarchy?

I'd rather have anarchy than fascist control. What do think the American Revolution was about? What is it about conservatives that makes you such control freaks?

Angela LD

Not all areas of Orange County are conservative rich WHITE areas, there are pockets like Anaheim (not to be confused with Anaheim Hills) that are anything but what you perceive them to be. That is to say, they are gang filled ghetto dwelling welfare scum made up of illegals from the south. And none of them are what you perceive them to be, if you're only familiar with watching them on TV...

There are a lot of area's in L.A. or O.C. that if you walk ONE BLOCK in the wrong direction, your in another world.

Theres more ghetto nasty white people in Anaheim than there is Mexicans or brown people. And i bet there's more white people on welfare than Mexicans. You say illegal? how in the he!! are they getting welfare then? You work at social services offices? Show me some links of illegals you know that are getting welfare. That is one of the biggest lie of people like you. I personally like the one where you guys claim illegals collect SS and medicare. jajajaja yeah right show us some proof. Illegals don't even qualify for foodstamps. Section 8? yeah that will be the day. Even local hospitals will only treat them for life threatening emergencies. Everything else from toothache to heart transplant needs to be paid in cash. There are a few programs like ursa that will cover them and that's if you wait months to be called other than that CASH... I DARE YOU TO SHOW ME SOME PROOF FOR ALL THESE CLAIMS ABOUT WELFARE.

I was in Anaheim like 2 hours ago.. I see more Asians than Mexicans... Nothing against Asians, i actually went over there to buy some computer parts from an Asian guy i got trough Craigslist.

Why would you even say that as it has no bearing on the story at all?

Cause he's a racist.

Wow Kragg...legal status = racists?

Get a life!

..and illiterate too.

Latino community + questions about legal status = racist.

they need the guns to arm themselves against the populace who think that they need to own guns to feel like men

i just wathced a seperate video of "stomper" - too funny!!!!

Well, when there is a "near-riot" as the media described it, blocking the street and setting fire to dumpsters, the police are not going to be friendly and ask you to "please move along". They are going to take the action necessary to open the street and keep order. And all of the methods they used are non-lethal.

And all of the methods they used are non-lethal.

Except the shooting the back and then the head part.

Remember, when hanging out in those back alley ways, don't run...

Post more stupid @!$%#, you're funny.

um, dave...she's right.

A lot of parents won't listen when they are told their kids did this or that...I have a good friend who was a teacher..she had a girl AND her mother both in her face while trying to get through to them both that the girl was not doing well, and that she had an attitude problem.

If you disrespect the law, don't be surprised if they get pissy about it.

I'm always cooperative...I realize when I get pulled over for speeding, I am adult enough to admit it. A bit pissed at first, but still...

I also know some cops...they put their lives on the line, and have saved mine from time to time.

Besides, I really haven't done anything much BUT speed, so I really don't worry about pissing any cops off.

We might as well since everyone is going to be forced to have insurance to cover the wounded.

Steve, DUH. The protesters were throwing bottles at the cops. Reading is fundamental.