Lets not neglect or deny 3 MEN AND A BOAT the right to their own opinion. Fact is, they have every right to defend the actions of the officer if they decide to do so. I suppose someone has to have a different perspective on the video and finding ways to come to the add of the officer is nothing new. Someone's going to do it. Especially on this board.
That said, lets also not overlook that some people (no matter the situation) are not morally connected to facts or principles. Some people can't help but to use events like this to showcase their TRUE characteristics and come to the defense of an inhumane act. Understand... some people enjoy this. For some, this is reassurance that the "law" is still protecting who it should protect. For some, this eases their paranoia about the state of the country. I'm not saying that one would wish for death. But, as long as traffic stops continue to happen this way, some people will always side against what's morally correct, in favor for whats orderly correct.
Do we need to publicly execute the office? No. But we all should be able to agree that there is something wrong here. And we all should be able to agree that African Americans appear to always end up on the unfortunate side during encounters with the police. Note...not all African Americans disobey the police. In this situation, fear overruled judgement. GOOD officers are trained appropriately and are well equip to handle this type of situation. Good cops are not giving enough credit. If you see nothing wrong with how the officer handled himself in this video, you don't know what good police work is. Are there some situations were deadly force is warranted...yup. This doesn't appear to be one, IMO.
3 MEN AND A BOAT could be an ex-cop, have police in his or her...or simply be a flat out racist. I could care less. As long as we can agree that there is something wrong with the outcome of this situation, we're moving in the right direction.