Posted on 02/22/2015 12:05:18 AM PST by shibumi
The Brian Williams worldview.
But it wasn’t a rock...it was a rock lobster!
From that distance, how can you tell if it is a small rock or not?
I’m not sure what the rules are for the cops, but here in WA state, a civilian can use deadly force to stop a felony assault - which is what throwing a rock at someone would be.
It looked like he had already thrown one rock when he was by the squad car (and then the subsequent shots fired), and it looked to me like he was going to throw another one with the cop 10 feet away from him.
Watching what actually happened is quite an advantage in knowing what happened, you should try watching it.
There was no reason to execute the man.
I bet Koon and Powell are wishing they’d thought to argue “It was just a nightstick!”
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