Shooting

Recently there was a shooting in which a white officer shot and killed an unarmed black man. This traffic event happened April 8th and it started when the black man was pulled over for a traffic violation. The video shows the two talked but what is being said cannot be heard. Something causes the black man,  Walter Scott, to run and the officer, Michael Slanger, to pull his weapon and shoot and kill Scott. Officer Slanger claimed that he had his taser pointed at him and Scott wrestled him for the weapon and Officer Slanger reached for his pistol and shot him. In reality Scott ran from Officer Slanger and was shot. This was captured on video and Officer Slanger is shown dropping something near the body some think it is the taser to set the scene. This is a terrible event and it gives police officers a bad name that they are racists and kill blacks. I know many police officers and my dad is a retired sergeant and most of them are great people, who truly have the safety of the public in mind but there are a very small percentage of officers who do terrible things like this. The public response harkened back to Ferguson and opened almost healed wounds. I don't think this is similar to Ferguson this man was running from the cop and in Ferguson the man was charging the cop and bashed him in the face. Scott was also fifty years old and Michael Brown was in his twenties and had previously robbed a store and had been involved in gang activities. Overall I think these events do not do any good in society giving officers a bad name and making the African American population feel more persecuted and scared of someone who is supposed to protect them.