The two body cam videos make it pretty obvious why he got himself shot. Violently resist arrest, disarm an officer, flee and attempt to fire on the officers pursuing you gets you shot, white or black. The whole situation only escalated because of Brooks’ actions, up until the point they try to cuff him, the officers are calm and respectful, the Brooks decides that fighting two cops and trying to use their own weapon on them is a good idea. They even asked after his status when they were talking to their supervisor in the parking lot
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