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The link I provided is clear ... if on an interstate highway he'd had to have been going 35 mph over the speed limit for charges to be applied. He was going 30 mph over so he should have been issued a $500 ticket and a court date (as further fines could be assessed by a judge).
The cop murdered him with exactly zero cause. A classic #ACAB.
If 85mph counts as a super speeder, how do you think they view going 100mph? Also your link does say:
It's not like not doing more than 34mph over exempts you from reckless driving when doing 100mph. No where does it say you have to be doing 35mph over for that.
Yes it does ... here.
Quote the part that says that for me. I'm not finding it.
That does not say you can't be charged with reckless driving if going only 30mph over.
He literally had his hands around the police officers neck.
After the cop escalated shit way beyond what it needed to be.
The fuck a traffic stop for a speeding ticket should become a cop murdering yet another Black man.
Maybe black guys shouldn't be out there acting like violent thwacked out psychopaths?
He also fled and resisted arrest. Both arrestable offenses. If he would have promptly pulled over, it would almost certainly have been a citation at worst. He fled at 100 MPH for over a minute before finally pulling over. Also, how is an officer being choked out on the side of the highway defending himself with a taser, then a baton (while actively being strangled and bent nearly backwards), and only THEN a gun, "zero cause"?
A whole minute?? Wow! That like OJ's high speed chase.
/s
Any fleeing is still fleeing. I don't understand why you think this was an unjustified shooting. He was putting every other driver at risk, refused lawful orders, and threatened the officer's life while saying "Yeah bitch, yeah bitch." Not exactly a paragon of humanity here.
No one in their right mind believes that anyone who is being pulled over for speeding deserves to die because the cop is a murdering sob.
If you believe that, fine. We're done here.
Give the full video a watch. It may change your mind.
https://youtu.be/tGNIAozOIok?si=957m9XDvuYryhM5D
But you didn't establish that he's a murdering son of a bitch. Did you actually watch the video you posted? All of it? Cure wasn't "pulled over for speeding", that's insanely reductive to the facts. He was going over 100 and refused to pull over for over a minute for no clear reason. In addition, when he refused to obey lawful orders and allow himself to be placed under arrest, he further escalated the situation. When he attempted to inflict severe bodily harm on the officer while taunting him, I'd say the shooting is extremely justified, especially when you consider the fact that the officer only fired after deploying two separate non-lethal methods to subdue Cure. He didn't deserve to die for speeding. I'd say he somewhat deserved it when he attempted severe bodily harm on the officer, though.
A Black man is dead because he was speeding.
A cop murdered him.
A black man is dead because he was speeding, evaded the police, resisted arrest, and assaulted the officer.
A cop defended himself.
There you go, I fixed it for you.