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    Default Cop shoots biker in the back during a traffic stop

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    TOLEDO, OH (WTVG) -- A never-before-seen police dash cam video was shown in court today in the trial of an Ottawa Hills police officer accused of shooting and paralyzing a man during a traffic stop.

    The video shows Officer Thomas White following Michael McCloskey and his friends on their Harleys. At one point, McCloskey takes off at a high rate of speed. Officer White hits his siren and McCloskey stops his bike.

    Officer White ends up shooting McCloskey. Attorneys for White say he believed McCloskey had a gun. However, McCloskey was unarmed and appears docile in the video.

    The jury will have to determine if the shooting was justified. White is charged with felonious assault and faces up to 11 years in prison.
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    Damn that sucks

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    Should be attempted murder.

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    if the view was from the cops perspective it probably did look like he could have been reaching for a weapon.. i dont know if thats enough to shoot him though
    i dont like small cars or real big women but somehow i always find myself in em

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadrage View Post
    Should be attempted murder.
    How do you figure that? Please explain...
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    From what I see in that video, he was shot in the back for simply looking back
    He knew they were caught, with a police car in front of them and stopped.
    I wouldnt call that a justified shooting

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    Quote Originally Posted by t-typex1 View Post
    From what I see in that video, he was shot in the back for simply looking back
    He knew they were caught, with a police car in front of them and stopped.
    I wouldnt call that a justified shooting
    Watch the kids right hand the whole time...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ReiKo View Post
    Watch the kids right hand the whole time...
    You mean the one resting on the top of his leg? Yea I saw it, and I still call it unjustified

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    Quote Originally Posted by t-typex1 View Post
    You mean the one resting on the top of his leg? Yea I saw it, and I still call it unjustified
    The officer kept yelling to raise his hands... The kid didn't... He put his hand on his leg/hip... He then withdrew his hand backwards... Instead of putting them straight up or foward up...

    This is going to be a very close judgement either way... The cop didn't know the kid wasn't armed... The kid made movements that are very commen for reaching for a weapon...

    It can go both ways... But I think the officer is justified...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ReiKo View Post
    The officer kept yelling to raise his hands... The kid didn't... He put his hand on his leg/hip... He then withdrew his hand backwards... Instead of putting them straight up or foward up...

    This is going to be a very close judgement either way... The cop didn't know the kid wasn't armed... The kid made movements that are very commen for reaching for a weapon...

    It can go both ways... But I think the officer is justified...
    The guy isnt small, and is clearly not turning all the way around. The officer is on the left side of him yelling. So, with that, even IF he had a gun, I couldnt see where the officer would justify shooting him in the back without visual contact of the weapon or the man turning his body around far enough to justify threat in this specific situation. To shoot the officer on the left side of him with his right hand, he'd have to turn almost all the way around. I dont see it

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