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I agree that it shouldn't have to happen this way. One thing I'd like to see come from the Ferguson shooting...all officers should have cameras on them.These cameras might defuse some of these incidents. From the Cleveland incident...this kid was let down by his parents...shit parenting is the underlying factor of a large percent of America's problems.I have no idea how you solve this problem in a country that worships the dollar bill and mocks religion or any absolute right and wrong. Before all of you "fairy dust" folks start your spiel...you might as well hold your breath...I'm old enough to have witnessed the decline of religion parallel the increase of the lack of morality/civility in American culture. Until I see your line of thought work to solve the problem,at just appears to be a contributing factor to the problem.

Fucking people still haven't learned... Don't feed the troll. That asshole hasn't said one intelligent thing ever and you guys still try to argue with him and convince him you're right.

I agree with Bubba.. They shouldn't have drove right up on him... Justifiable shooting based solely on what I can see in video, but horrible police work that escalated it. Officer driving the car should not be employed any more.

Price too low to show on some no-name communicators? What kind of bullshit is that?

So I'm gonna pose this question. How would you like the Police to react when they get calls of a person waving a gun at people in a park? Police now have to be trained for active shooter situations. When they receive the call of a person with a gun, they roll in hot. Expecting there to be an active shooter. When they roll up on that person with the gun, toy or not (because the caller didn't specify) they identify the threat. Then stop that threat when that person reaches for his weapon. That is what they have been trained to do. Stop the threat with the information they have been given. Now lets change the parmeters a bit. Cops get the call of a gunman in the park. They roll up, shout at the person to place there hands in the air. The officers don't react when a gun is pulled from the waistband (toy or not). That person then proceeds to fire off a few rounds before being stopped by the police. One of those rounds finds it's way to a baby carriage, and kills an infant. So my question stands. How exactly would you like the police to react in these situations, given the information that is provided? You can't expect common people who wear a badge to know every detail of every situation that they drive into. You are expecting these people to make life or death decisions in an instant. Then crucifying them if they do something that you are opposed to. You cannot have it both ways! Shoot to stop the threat, they are murderers! Wait 2 seconds and that gunman gets off a shot, and shoots an innocent, they are inept at their jobs, and should be burned at the stake.