article_snippet.sent: I understand why people are skeptical of self-defense claims -- especially from law enforcement.
article_snippet.sent: If not for the video taken by a bystander, I can't help but think that this story would be shuttered behind the wall of an active investigation.
article_snippet.sent: As a defense attorney, I am more sensitive than anyone to the assumption of innocence for those accused of a crime, but this single piece of evidence -- a video of a man shot in the back while in full retreat -- defies any reasonable explanation.
article_snippet.sent: Thank God there was a camera.
article_snippet.sent: Had someone known there would be video of someone every move, would someone have drawn someone weapon on a fleeing man?  
article_snippet.sent: Would someone have fired?  
article_snippet.sent: Would someone have misrepresented the encounter on someone police report?
article_snippet.sent: All across the country, we see it happening, and with the proliferation of video, we're seeing it happen with alarming frequency.