Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Act Erratically and the Police Will Shoot You

SWEET! THAT'S WHAT THEY DO!
(Image: <a http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?page_number=1&position=0&safesearch=1&search_language=en&search_source=pic_recommended&search_type=keyword_search&searchterm=police%20shooting&sort_method=popular&sort_version=4_0&source=search&timestamp=1379424826&tracking_id=6da6HZN0aO0PbC-HHu6oqg&version=llv1&page=1#id=120803200&src=6da6HZN0aO0PbC-HHu6oqg-1-0"> via Shutterstock </a>)(Image: via Shutterstock.)Display unusual behavior and, although unarmed, you could be shot by a police officer.

That is precisely what happened to two men, in two different states, over the past weekend.

Officer Shoots Unarmed Man Fatally in North Carolina

Early on Saturday morning, 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell, a former Florida A & M football player, was shot and killed by Officer Randall Kerrick of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in North Carolina, says the Charlotte Observer. After being a car crash severe enough that he apparently had to crawl out the back window, Ferrell walked about a half-mile to the nearest residence. ...

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