Comments by "Crazy Eyes" (@CrizzyEyes) on "San Antonio officer fired over shooting unarmed teen" video.

@primate4 I'm sure you know exactly how you'll react when some guy with a gun throws open your car door in the middle of the night while you're in a very vulnerable state, eating McDonald's while sitting down. He could have simply talked to him, but no, let's escalate to a "fight or flight" call immediately, literally controlled by the most primal part of your brain. The cop approached that situation in a way where only a combat-hardened veteran could make a logical decision. It is not exactly surprising that the kid panicked.
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@facetiouslyinsolent8313 "Innocent" people are not guilty until proven as such in a court of law. The kid could have done anything from possessing weed to chopping up little kids and stuffing them in his basement; the cop had no way to know that death by a one-man firing squad was the proper sentence.
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@AngelloDelNorte The cop was following up because this car (or, a car that looked like this one) evaded a stop from him the day prior. The video I watched didn't specify what the stop was for, but regardless, he had no way of knowing that it was actually the same car instead of a similar make and color. All cops incur risk when they walk up to a vehicle like that, true, but this cop escalated immediately. He could have knocked on the window, said "I'm Officer so-and-so, can I ask you a couple of questions," sussed out his reaction and determined where to go from there. When you go through a normal traffic stop, the cop doesn't ask you to step out immediately unless you were already evading as he stopped you. The guy had a lap and hands filled with fast food, it's safe to say the cop would have had time to react if the guy wanted to get violent. Instead he threw open the door and barked "Step out of the vehicle" which immediately puts them both on edge. Even more insanely he shot the guy for trying to drive away instead of issuing a warrant for his arrest, calling backup, or doing anything else despite the fact that the guy never threatened him. This reflects a problem a lot of moron cops seem to have. They reach a foregone conclusion before they even talk to a civilian and are as stubborn as a jackass about it, even in the face of mounting evidence. Another bodycam video I saw involved 2 cops responding to a report of shoplifting in a store. They walk around the store, see some random black guy who didn't match the description, and one of the cops decides it's him even as dispatch tells them the description again. The partner didn't correct him either. To this rookie, the guy driving the car is the same car he saw yesterday, AND he evaded the stop because he is clearly a violent criminal, he decided all of this with no evidence which led to his irrational course of action.
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@jasonjames4254 I'd imagine a pretty successful one would, considering you just admitted you'd hand your car over to him with that comment.
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@tpndgo2061 People idling in their car is not unusual at all. I am a pedestrian, I walk through many parking lots while trying to go places. In almost every one, even residential areas, there is some guy idling in his car in the parking lot doing God only knows what. I have no idea why they do it, but it is apparently normal behavior. I imagine for the ones not in the residential areas, they are ducking out of work.
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@jasonjames4254 Well good job buddy, guess you're going to federal prison for assault with a deadly weapon against a totally innocent police officer. I guess you're not an upstanding citizen after all. How could you have made such an obvious error in judgment?!? /sarcasm Also, I hope you carry your firearm on your person at all times, because if the "cop" gets into your car after asking you to step out and it has your gun in the center console, you won't be doing much shooting.
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