Biff_Poindexter
Diamond Member
"Two former Oklahoma police officers have been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man in December while responding to a 911 call of an alleged protective order violation. District Attorney Kyle Cabelka on Friday charged ex-Lawton Officers Robert Hinkle, 30, and Nathan Ronan, 29, in the death of Quadry Sanders, 29, The Oklahoman reported. Body camera footage shows Sanders appeared from around a refrigerator, his hands were visible and he appeared to be holding a ball cap, which he moved from his right hand to his left. Sanders then moved partially behind the refrigerator. Sanders wasn’t armed, Cabelka said. Hinkle shot four times at Sanders, who appeared to have his right hand raised above his head before falling to the ground. Sanders sat up with his hands above his head. Hinkle then fired seven more times. Ronan also fired four times at Sanders, according to Cabelka, bringing the total number of shots fired at Sanders to 15. Cabelka said no weapon was found on Sanders nor in the area where he was shot."
Why were police called to the house?? Because Sanders allegedly was the subject of a restraining order in which he was in violation of. Sanders was at the home of the person he was ordered to stay away from and refused to let that person leave....Ultimately, she was allowed to exit the home...Sanders attempted to leave the home from the backdoor....which is the point where you see the footage start recording from... he was ordered to show his hands, which he did....etc, etc, etc.....Now, this Sanders guy may very well be a bad guy....an abuser, everything under the sun.....but I don't see how this shooting can be considered justified....and to add injury to insult, you shoot the guy 4 or 5 more times after you have already shot him..and you shoot him because he had the audacity to raise his hands? Like yall have been asking him to do the whole time??
On the bright side, the cop who fired the majority of the fatal shots is a black guy -- so maybe, just maybe -- the "the police are always justified" folks will be willing to call this for what it is...an un-justifiable murder at the hands of trigger happy cops...trigger happy cops who do a disservice to not only their own community, but the community of police officers around the country who go to work and do the right thing day in and day out.......but if there is a justification for this; I am interested to see what that justification is.....because just being a bad guy is not a justification in my mind.....