Georgia Tech Student Activist shot dead by campus police

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-tech-student-activist-shot-dead-campus-police-n802146

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Given the victim appeared to be challenging officers to shoot him, I don't expect disciplinary action, let alone criminal charges. What do you think?

You are likely correct that the so-called police will not face any punishment for killing someone they were supposed to protect, but that's not how rights and the law work under a functioning judicial system. Good shoot or bad shoot, it's about what the victim was doing and what reasonable judgement the police could make about his actions. Just because someone (like a presidential candidate) invites someone else to commit a felony (like illegally interfering in an election) doesn't absolve anyone of wrongdoing under the law.

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How is it at all relevant that he was an LGBT activist, aside from muh identity politics.  Is it believed the police were targeting a gay?

They weren't targeting anyone. They were responding to a call that he was carrying a gun. Turns out he was carrying a knife, and when they tried to get him to drop the weapon, he dared them to shoot him. They obliged.

That's no excuse to shoot him dead. They could've easily neutralized him and contained the situation without taking his life. This is simply excessive use of force.

And how do you propose they do that without being stabbed?

In ancient times peace officers could do this thing called "talking" which the officers would use before panicking and killing the people they are supposed to protect.