Posted on 03/16/2014 8:07:52 AM PDT by Rusty0604
... now “pointing” your wallet at a police officer is grounds for the police officer to shoot you???
The only thing that matters is that the Police Officer went home unharmed.
/sarc
I couldn’t care less about what the Police chief thinks about the shooting.Let a grand jury take a look.
“... now “pointing” your wallet at a police officer is grounds for the police officer to shoot you???”
Or answering your front door with a game controller in your hand. Or just being a dog.
Whenever these incidents happen there should be a mandatory drug test on both the officer and the victim. I especially want to see if the cop is on any illegal steroids. Unfortunately there is no drug test for arrogance and stupidity so I’ll settle for this much for now.
It’s starting to look like North Korea around here.
Bang, bang, bang. Stop or I’ll shoot.
Or retrieving your cane from the truck so you can walk....
All look like hostile aggression to trained LEO.
The officer ordered him to put his hands up, then shot him because he put his hands up. Yep, makes sense to me.
With all of these reports on the Police, LEO’s etc. I’ve come to the conclusion that these guys must be frightened out of their skulls on a deep emotional basis. I just can’t equate the trigger-happiness I read in these reports on anything else.
“Davidson had synthetic marijuana in his car, according to investigators. No evidence has emerged yet to suggest that Davidson was under the influence at the time, however.”
So that’s why the fuzz tried to blow him away.
They also stood around and tried to let him bleed out before
help arrived.
Lets look at the clues. Two shots fired at close
range one hit in the abdomen one miss. Erroneously perceived
Davidson as a threat.
Most likely the fuzz cop went into macho mode and pulled
his gun to show the army man who was the badass and screwed
up and accidentally shot Davidson. Then they stood around,
hoping he would bleed out and die at the scene.
The problem is, Davidson lived and I would say that the
macho fuzz cops are crapping themselves right now.
One of the things I have noticed on cops is when there are several officers on the scene, each of them are yelling commands to the suspect. Often these commands are contradictory.
The suspect then is slow to respond and the next thing you know five men tackle and force the suspect to the ground while yelling “stop resisting”.
Why isn’t there any training on having only one person take charge and give commands. It is a wonder there are not more shootings.
He may have lived because the synthetic spice often has chemicals that will raise blood pressure by stimulating the natural endorphins of Dopamine and Norepinephrine in the body in addition to the adrenaline released in shock mode. Dopamine and norepinephrine raise the blood pressure and increase heart rate. If the airman had been smoking spice, then, ironically, it may have saved his life.
Bang, bang, bang. Stop or and I’ll shoot.
“Davidson had synthetic marijuana in his car, according to investigators. No evidence has emerged yet to suggest that Davidson was under the influence at the time, however.”
Even if an unarmed person is under the influence that fact alone shouldn’t merit being shot.
A good shoot since the wallet looked like a walking stick.
From what I read, the car would have been searched after the shooting.
You are entirely correct. One cop will yell "hands up" while another is yelling "turn away from my voice". And a third is screaming "down on the ground." Obeying any one of them could get you shot by the other two.
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