tessa ward

"Former Milwaukee police officer charged in fatal shooting": 

summary: 

Officer Dominique Brown from Milwaukee shot Sylville Smith fatally with two shots. Witnesses state that Smith was armed with a gun of his own, which was charged with 24 rounds. Smith had ran from a traffic stop when police, including ex-cop Dominique Brown, pursued him. Complaints came back as Smith was running towards a fence with his loaded gun in his hand. It was when Smith raised his arm containing the loaded gun that Brown shot him once in the upper arm. Brown shot him a second time in the chest when Smith threw his gun over the fence into an adjacent yard. The officer was charged with homicide and from years earlier, sexual assault and was fired. 

analysis:

I don't know what to think about this. Smith didn't do anything wrong to deserve being killed. I understand that the police would take caution when he raised his gun, looking as if he were to shoot back, but shooting him a second time (fatally) is wrong considering Smith hurled his gun away from him. News reporters say that Brown faces a maximum of 60 years for killing someone and sexual assault, which i think is completely unfair. I think he deserves life in prison because once he gets out of jail with his current sentence, there is a chance that he go back to his old ways that got him imprisoned in the first place. 

source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/15/us/milwaukee-shooting-officer-charged/index.html