“I think this “test theory” is a preemptive defense ploy...”
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Yeah, he’s full of it. He’s a convicted felon with a loaded firearm! But he thought they would just ask him nicely to put it down! Riiiiiight.
Me too.
I mean, c’mon, he was a convicted felon and gang member who got out of his car with a gun when pulled over.
He has been said to want to show his friend that cops are good guys. Really?
Like you said, this is a ploy.
It would take a really stupid judge and jury to buy that as a defense, but, yes, that is likely what it is. Better he had told it to a lawyer than the police or reporters. The lawyer could tell him he needed better, after the lawyer stopped laughing.