There are systemic issues with the police force in America involving racism, the drug war, militarization, lack of training, and a million other things. Its pretty messed up a 73 year old insurance executive is a (volunteer?) deputy with a taser and gun going on sting operations with cops.



That said, the poor guy who was killed was trying to sell meth and a gun to undercover cops and ran when they busted him. No, he should not have been killed. There are probably lots of issues with running these type of entrapment sting operations and this one was probably a stupid idea. A few articles have said none of the cops realized the guy was shot, and I can believe that in the heat of the moment one older guy yelling I shot him can get drowned out.



Still, you have a lot less sympathy from me if bad things happen when you are doing bad things. No, this isn't an excuse at all for the police and its pretty disgusting that up until this news story went viral the cops were basically covering it up, and yes I am 100% sure this kind of situation happens all the time and goes unreported/discovered. Not giving anyone a pass or victim blaming, but this isn't just some random guy who got killed while being black like a few of the more recent executions have been.



It is strange to contrast that with the recent death in Arizona, where a family of 10 brawled with 4 cops and one of the 10 got killed. They were white. There is definitely a double standard in white criminals getting more "well, they will behave" treatment vs people of color being treated like comic book villains requiring vast armies to capture them. Maybe someone who works in a police department can explain why. Or maybe its a East Coast vs West Coast thing or small town vs big city, I dunno.