Arlington, Texas, police chief fires officer who fatally shot unarmed college football player Chris

[dixiegrrrrl]

Arlington, Texas, police chief says officer Brad Miller used poor judgment and 'cascading consequences' led to fatal shooting of Christian Taylor

as seen in Breaking News feed.

[NutmegYankee]

1. CNN link

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/11/us/texas-dealership-shooting/index.html

[Egnever]

2. Good

I don't know if this shooting can be "justified" or not but it is long past time to send a message that shooting people should not be the default solution every time a cop feels threatened.

[Logical]

3. Cops have great salary, benefits and pensions. But want NO RISK so shoot first and hope.....

The "union" protects them.

Police should only use their guns if their life is in immediate danger. And the BS excuse of "reached in their waistband" does not cover it.

[Egnever]

5. Well I don't know if I can agree they have great Salary

the rest of it I agree with wholeheartedly

[Logical]

8. Look at NYPD salary and benefits, vacation and pension. nt

[lpbk2713]

4. Fired?

He took a life and that's all he gets?

[BarbaRosa]

6. And where is he a cop now?

[tammywammy]

9. It'll go to the Tarrant County grand jury. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Grand jury looking into it.

Might be an indictment in his future.

[Lee-Lee]

7. Interesting

Rookie officer not done with his FTO period rushes in like a hothead and gets in over his head.

It could still be a justified use of force depending on what went on inside (Nobody, not even an officer, loses their right to self defense even of they break a policy), but it could be a justified use of force that could/should have been avoided had he not rushed in and put himself in that position alone.

I am willing to be his FTO didn't have very favorable reports on him prior to that point.

For those not familiar, the FTO is a Field Training Officer. New rookie cops straight from the academy/school are not just turned loose on the street. For the first 3-5 months on the job they will be assigned a senior officer certified and trained as an FTO who will be teaching them, showing them the ropes and at the same time evaluating them as they work together.

FTO is the last hurdle to pass before becoming a fully certified officer. Its not unheard of for an officer to be let go at that point because the FTO won't sign off on them being ready to go out on their own.

[moondust]

11. Did the cop shoot to kill?

Or was he aiming to wound an arm or leg but the target moved at the last second? Handguns can be somewhat less than perfectly accurate. I assume from the security camera clips that Christian Taylor was out of his mind on drugs.