text: news on police shooting of us military man in california? after a car chase police officer shot a us soldier while following instructions to stand up. the cop said "shut up" not get up! the guy ran from them and was acting like a dangerous criminal and was treated like one. not until later was the guy identified as a member of the armed forces.  **mattdcnavy** he made no threatening moves? how about standing up after fleeing from the police (a felony) that’s not threatening?? how many times you ever been in a high speed chase and pulled a guy 2x your size out of a car? as for the power trip... i actually have to agree with you. but i want to add this... police have to be different from most people (same with service members) when people are shooting or beating people or threaten to blow things up most normal people run away. cops & soldiers have to have the mindset to be able to run towards the situation. this causes us to maybe be alittle arrogant at times.