“Of course, the cops THINK he was grabbing a gun. What do you expect them to say?”
Watched the video several times and while I can’t see it for a fact while they’re on the ground I clearly see the officer jump up on the left with his hand on his holster trying to protect his weapon as if somebody was trying to get it. Was I there yes the video puts me there so as a witness my statement carries as much validity as anybody else’s. The video leads me to believe that there may in fact have been a struggle for that officers weapon.
I’ve just always wonder how a guy can get a cop’s gun when there are a bunch of cops all around.
And what’s with the herd mentality the cops have when a gun goes off? It seems every cop within a hundred feet start firing their weapons as soon as they hear “POP!”. When one dog in the neighborhood barks, they all start barking.
Shoot a man one time and if he’s goes down he’ll end up with ten more rounds in him all from different directions. When the autopsy is performed the coroner sticks those little rods in the bullet wounds and the guy looks like a porcupine. I exaggerate, of course.
Read this. Skid Row is a jungle.
http://news.yahoo.com/lapd-killing-lays-bare-enduring-horror-of-skid-row-232638430.html
I once knew a man who ran the LA Mission and he said those people are there because they want to be there. He said “It’s a mindset.”