The police job is to protect and serve.
They are also supposed to de-escalate situations not escalate them. When you get a call that someone is pointing a gun at someone that is a serious issue, but they are supposed to be trained to handle those issues.
Alton Sterling was selling CDs outside of a store. When cops approached he didn’t pull out a gun on them, just wanted to know why he was being harassed.
There was no need to tackle him in the first place, but when they did tackle him, when you have two grown men pinning another man down there should be no reason to fire your weapon, he was of no threat to you.
The shop owner had no problem with him selling the CDs, the shop owner also states that Sterling never even reached for his gun before he was murdered by the cops who are now on vacation.
Sadly, we know how this ends with the cops saying they feared for their life and no convictions.
But, we allegedly live in a post racial society.
If you want to see the cops murdering someone just for being black flip the page, but I warn you it is a graphic execution of a man who was already restrained.