North Dakota police officers cleared in fatal traffic stop shooting of 17-year-old Nicholas Bruington last year
North Dakota police officers cleared in fatal traffic stop shooting of 17-year-old Nicholas Bruington last year
A North Dakota prosecutor has declined charges against three Bismarck police officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of a teenager last fall during a traffic stop
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Bruington, a passenger in the vehicle with his mother and brother, “did not immediately comply” with officers' commands to show his hands, but he did eventually put up his hands and get out of the vehicle, Lawyer said. But he “bent back into the vehicle and emerged with a firearm in his right hand,” she said. He began to run, at first toward the officer who was making the commands, she said.
Going to go ahead and say this was justified.
Edit: The video shows him pulling out what police say was a gun. The gun in question was also hit with one of the shots from the officer and broke the gun. All of that seems like it would be pretty verifiable and difficult to fudge.
As much disgust as I have for cops failing to deescalate or just shooting first and fuck you for asking questions, there are occasions where it’s justified.
Dude wanted to be shot. Don’t know if deescalation would have been on the table.
Yeah if it's true that the guy got a gun and went at a cop then this isn't your usual case of unwarranted police brutality.
