Unreal

I saw the clip of the bizarre shooting aftermath in Minnesota where the girlfriend of a man decided going on Facebook Live was the best course of action after an officer just shot her boyfriend four times.  The way she interacted with the officer and communicated during the broadcast seemed more like she was a news commentator as opposed to a loved one. It was really strange.  I did not watch the entire clip but it appeared to me the driver, her boyfriend, dies in the seat while she is broadcasting on social media.

The description I have heard of the events leading up to the shooting seemingly places all the blame on the officer.  Supposedly the driver of the vehicle declared he was a licensed gun owner and that he had a weapon in the vehicle.  He then declared to the officer he was reaching for his license in his back pocket which was when he was shot, 4 times.

Evidently the officer had no body cam on him to provide further information about the incident although I would assume he did have a dash cam which is pretty much standard equipment nowadays.   If things went down as the woman described it is impossible to understand why the officer would have fired.  It will be interesting to see how it unravels in the next few days.

This is yet another chapter in the long book of controversial police shootings that seem to be heavily weighted by the color of the victim’s skin.  The reaction of the woman to “help” the situation by broadcasting on her smart phone as a reflex reaction is a testament to the twisted mentality in modern society.  It seems today the reflex reaction of most people when they see a situation is to race to get out their smartphone to record it instead of trying to help.  It’s a f’d up world.