By Matt Agorist Salt Spring Island, CA — Aside from “reaching for his waistband” or “the suspect went for my gun,” one of the most commonly used reasons for justifying police killings is “he or she used their vehicle as weapon.”
This tactic of American police to claim their lives were endangered because someone attempted to drive off, has become quite familiar. It’s also considerably successful at exonerating killer cops.
Just in the last few weeks, we’ve seen multiple unarmed individuals killed in their vehicles by trigger happy cops. One of the most widely covered stories is that of Samuel Dubose being killed by officer …read more