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Trying to flee is famously not a justification for murder, if anything it's the opposite. You're literally kicking someone while they're down. Or, uh, shooting them. Obviously a fleeing person is not a threat to your life, which is the ONLY justification for a shooting.

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Why would you flee from law enforcement, or why would you try to run them over?

It's not relevant because neither are justications for a shooting.

Why did George Floyd counterfeit a 20 or whatever? I don't know, but I do know he deserved due process, not a public execution. Regardless of your political affiliation.

Also, nobody tried to run anyone over. That's just straight up not true and I won't humor it, so don't bother.

There is a video of the woman either doing a getaway or a runover. I don't quite get why would you do that while you are being stopped by law enforcement. And it's also apparently dangerous.

You're missing the point. None of this matters. You're purposefully not addressing the underlying problem - extrajudicial executions - because the conclusion must make you uncomfortable.

Today, the punishment for fleeing is not execution. The conversation ends there. Everything else is just noise, and you know that, so stop.

This video very well sums up my opinion and relates it to law https://youtu.be/QePoawDA_48?si=0mr-lMR_lIRoBDA_

I think you and I both don't know much about the law, but my opinion apparently represents it closer.

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