'Please don't kill me': Cop cleared of murder after shooting dead a sobbing father

Shape Shifter said:
I cannot for the life of me see how this cop was cleared of murder??


  • WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC CONTENT
  • Ex-Mesa cop Philip Brailsford, 27, was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the January 2016 shooting death of Daniel Shaver
  • Shaver was staying at a La Quinta hotel in Mesa for work when police responded to a call that someone was pointing a gun out the window
  • After the verdict was announced officials released a video of the encounter
  • In it Shaver, who was unarmed, can be heard sobbing and begging Brailsford 'please don't shoot me'
  • Brailsford opened fire after Shaver reached toward the waistband of his shorts to pull them up, saying he thought the victim was reaching for a gun

A former Arizona police officer was found not guilty of murder Thursday of in the 2016 fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside his hotel room, as video of the shocking moment is finally released by officials. Philip Mitchell Brailsford, 27, was found not guilty in the 2016 death of 26-year-old father-of-two Daniel Shaver, from Granbury, Texas. The shooting, which Shaver's family has referred to as an 'execution,' occurred in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa when officers were responding to a call that someone was pointing a gun out a window at the La Quinta Hotel. Police told Shaver to exit his hotel room, lay face-down in a hallway and refrain from making sudden movements - or he risked being shot. New disturbing footage of the encounter shows the moment Shaver, sobbing and crawling towards the officer, audibly begs 'please don't kill me,' before Brailsford opens fire and shoots him dead.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-officer-acquitted-fatal-hotel-shooting.html
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Fucking asshole was power tripping, and scared. Had no business ever being a cop.

You've got multiple officers on scene, with one training a rifle on a suspect, lying face down with his hands on head, fingers interlaced. Once the woman was secured, one of the other officers could've approached the suspect, and cuffed him. Easy peezy. That was murder, period, end of story.
 
countryboy said:
Fucking asshole was power tripping, and scared. Had no business ever being a cop.

You've got multiple officers on scene, with one training a rifle on a suspect, lying face down with his hands on head, fingers interlaced. Once the woman was secured, one of the other officers could've approached the suspect, and cuffed him. Easy peezy. That was murder, period, end of story.
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Yes of course, that cop was a fool.

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countryboy said:
Fucking asshole was power tripping, and scared. Had no business ever being a cop. You've got multiple officers on scene, with one training a rifle on a suspect, lying face down with his hands on head, fingers interlaced. Once the woman was secured, one of the other officers could've approached the suspect, and cuffed him. Easy peezy. That was murder, period, end of story.
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How many felony arrests have you made, Officer?

BTW, the jury disagreed.
 
countryboy said:
Juries are not infallible. Remember the one that recently acquitted the illegal alien who murdered Kate Steinle? Or did you agree with that decision too?
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I saw the bodycam footage, just like the jury in this case did. I'd have shot the suspect the first time he made a move if I'd been the officer on point.
 
countryboy said:
Fucking asshole was power tripping, and scared. Had no business ever being a cop.

You've got multiple officers on scene, with one training a rifle on a suspect, lying face down with his hands on head, fingers interlaced. Once the woman was secured, one of the other officers could've approached the suspect, and cuffed him. Easy peezy. That was murder, period, end of story.
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It's interesting, so many things get broken politically between left and right but not all of life is like that. I don't think being a conservative means cops can do no wrong. Like any large group there will always be some who shouldn't be there/aren't good at their job etc. This is one of those cases.
 
cawacko said:
It's interesting, so many things get broken politically between left and right but not all of life is like that. I don't think being a conservative means cops can do no wrong. Like any large group there will always be some who shouldn't be there/aren't good at their job etc. This is one of those cases.
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Yep, I'm a huge supporter of the police.

I have friends who are cops, and retired cops, and I'm pretty sure they would agree that this was a bad shoot.
 
tinfoil said:
Funny that: Murders live while their victims die. Whodathunk? You are truly a lame troll. Not even close to funny or clever. Just a simpleton
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Are you feeling better now? Get it all out. It's OK to cry.

It was the "sobbing" thing that engaged your ardent sympathy for the decedent, wasn't it?
 
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