Obviously cops do have a certain bias towards certain minorities as this happens all too often. For the cop to take such drastic measures over such a small incident is uncalled for. I am tired of cops abusing their authority and feeling as though they must enforce it on civilians. Especially when they are regular citizens and not hardened criminals. But since certain minorities live in areas where poverty/crime rates are high, that is already a mentality embedded in people's heads. How do you differentiate this mentality?? This is westchester, a quiet neighborhood, not the city! If the kid was in the car while parked in the fire lane, why did the cop have to talk to him?? Was he going to give him a ticket?? Was he going to run a breathalizer on him?? What was his reason??

Yes- LEt's see. . . I'm a cop in a small town called Mount Pleasant. . . I wake up one morning and feel that my life is too quiet; so I decide to bring a little excitement to me drab existance- and shoot a young kid to death because he's parked in the fire lane! (Hey why not?! I'll probably get a citation of merit and simply go on with the rest of my life with the money I'll get from the articles written about me in VANITY FAIR! Then of course- I'll sue everybody- from the kid's parents to the manufacturer of the car!! OH Yeah!

Tra-La- . . .and off I go!

(Sheesh! It's fun being a cop and being able to actually kill people! -- So what's for dinner tonight- and what's on TV!)

Agreed Katie! Well said.

" The police officer who apparently fired the fatal bullet was identified as Aaron Hess, 33, "a former New York City officer".

No way!!

Its obvious that the NYPD has declared war against all minorities whether their in college, church or reaching for their metro cards.

Look at some of the recent incidents.

"Emmanuel Paulino" (mentally disturbed Hispanic) was shot *12 times in the chest* for refusing to drop a knife..

"Johnny Shades" (white career criminal) was shot *once* *in the leg* after "robbing a bank" and refusing to drop his knife

I don't know. I'm just saying

Unfortunately, the fact of the matter is, cops (and everyone else for that matter) are more likely to have crimes perpetrated on them by minorities. Not because they are moinorities but sociologically that is what has happened. Stop complaining about the fact and instead try to change that situation, and also hold those responsible for their actions, instead of placing the blame somewhere else.

It seems to me that liberals don't think that these people EVER do anything wrong, and when they do, it's not their fault, its societies fault. I call BS. This country, and everyone in it, regardless of race, needs to take responsiblity for their stupid actions and their intended or unintended consequences. Billy Jack is right, you don't end up in that situation if you aren't breaking the law and if you aren't doing the wrong thing

Just sayin!

So what you're telling me that if you are parked in a fire lane, and a police officer knocks on your window and tells you to move....you do what this officer tells you to do.....yet, another police officer jumps in front of your vehicle, not giving you enough room to stop your vehicle before you unintentionally strike him, would you consider that doing the wrong thing and breaking the law....better yet.....you think it will be alright for you to get SHOT AND KILLED for it???

Well it sounds like you were there! I sincerely hope you let the prosecution know that so you can be testify as an eye-witness! Police officers don't like to shoot people contrary to popular belief. In fact, because of idiots like you, more often then not it causes more of a hassle for them then anything. Their gun is taken and they are immediately placed on desk duty. That's not even addressing the fact that they don't enjoy killing people. Maybe you should get your "facts" straight "b4" (seriously, is that efore part of before just too taxing on your limited mental capacities?)

Funny. Reading your comments I thought you had some sort of mental capabilities as well but that thought went out the window when you blamed it on 'liberals'. Idiot.

It's not about being liberal, nor is it about being biased. The fact of the matter is, he was a good kid that was waiting for his friends to come out of that place, was told to move out of the fire lane, moved, another police officer jumped out in front of him, he hit him unintentionally, and another officer opened fire and killed this young man. These aren't my crazy speculations or allegations. These are the words of eye witnesses. People that were at the scene that night and that attended his vigil a day or two later. These are the things that news crews and the media don't release on TV. All of you weren't next to these witnesses while they cried their eyes out.....begging the lord for them to forget these thoughts so they can sleep at night. Get your facts straight b4 you begin to judge. It will all come out soon enough. These witnesses are stepping up to the plate. Not because they're liberals. Not because he was African American. Not because they are biased. The truth is the TRUTH. Doesn't matter what color you are. If it was another person with the same values, same morals, same mentallity as the DJ who people truly knew, it wouldn't be a different outcome. If someone is wrong, THEY ARE WRONG. Police are at this end of the stick this time. Time to step up to the plate and let the truth be known. LIVE ON DJ. WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON YOU, AS YOU NEVER GAVE UP ON ANYBODY THAT YOU INFLUINCED. RIP!!!

Thank you. Well said. As a minority living in a certain neighborhood I may or may not carry a weapon..my safety..I aint a savage... If I ever get stopped and searched and arrested for it shit..I know what I did and I know the consequences. It sucks but it is what it is and that's that if that was the truth.. No bs white lies..no liberal bullshit..no im hispanic so I got searched illegally etc. All that liberal bullshit about how minorities this blah blah blah actually lowers the standard in "the hood" Aint nobody doing us a favor deballing cops. Sad to say its mostly outside people commenting on how cops are racist. For the record fuck you guys.

Yeah...you know, the last time I was driving with a cop on the hood of my car, I just stopped short, he rolled off, and afterward he apologized for the scratches on my hood. You people crack me up. If I'm a cop, and somebody is using their car to end my life, guess what? YOU ARE GOING TO GET FU**ING SHOT. TWICE, if at all possible. I'm going home alive, and you are not. Tip to college students: don't do incredibly stupid sh** in the presence of armed law enforcement officers. At the very least it guarantees that you will not die from multiple gunshots to the head while driving your car with a cop on the hood. VERY simple stuff.

People like you is why this system is so screwed up. It's people like you that give a bad name for actual good people that walked this Earth. He didn't run from the police you ignorant closed minded biased poor excuse for human life. He was TOLD TO MOVE by one cop and the other cop JUMPED IN FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE, giving him no room to stop so he wouldn't hit this police officer. It was then that ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER, WHICH HE ALREADY HAS HIS GUN DRAWN, OPENED FIRE. How is that running from the police? Do yourself a favor and get a life and clue and do something else with your life besides JUDGE people before you get to know them. This kid was honorable, had excellent morals, was a student at a university, played football for the last 8 years on a team, non biased, perfect rolemodel for children kind of person. NOTHING IN WHICH YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT YOU WILL NEVER ACHIEVE IN YOUR SO CALLED LIFE. Know your facts before you become judgemental about something you know absolutely nothing about.

Dude...sounds like you were right there! Please, give your account to the State Police as a witness. I'm sure they want it, especially the non-relevant aspect of the student being honorable, nonbiased, etc. I love your references to "people like you", and why the "system is so screwed up". I'm not part of any "system", and I'm not any cop lover. But I am tired of people thinking things like this have absolutely nothing to do with the victim's actions moments leading up to the incident, and everything to do with cops wanting to kill minorities. And by the way, who were those "actual good people who walked the Earth"? Wake up, man.

Hopefully you are/or become a cop.

Then when you're in a position where you're on the hood of an "actual" suspect's car trying to stop him, he can rev the engine and pin you against a wall, get out the car and put two in your forehead and you come down with the Swine-Flu on the way to the ER

Yeah...sure. I can tell you'd be great in that job, bud. As sh** is going down, you'd be trying to figure out the possible repercussions of your various non-lethal options, and attenmpting to ascertain if they'd be perceived as a politically correct and not fall into any age/gender/racial profiling perspective. What an AS**OLE, lol. Keep livin' in that head-up your-ass world, man. It's gotta be great. Kids, it ain't cops against "minorites", it's cops against criminals and total fuc**ing assholes. Don't commit crimes. It's pretty damn simple (for the majority of the population).

Yeah, I suspect it's a combination - the kid either panicked or didn't understand what was going on, and the cops freaked out and overreacted. I doubt he was actively trying to hurt the cops. I mean, if a cop was successfully clinging on to the hood, how fast could he have been going? And he managed to shoot while clinging on to the moving car? This ain't Hollywood. Unfortunately for the kid doing anything "wrong" around cops in this area seems to result in getting pumped full of bullets.

the truth will come out with video evidence, toxicology, etc. i think it was probably a mix of both stories- kid accelerated and hit a cop but didn't realize that's what happened amidst the confusion. either way sounds like the cop(s) overreacted.

because you are biased

So are cops.

Why does this story sound much more believable than the cops'?