“They both reached for, they both reached for, for the gun!”
from CHICAGO, the musical.
Apparently it’s a handy excuse.
The guy was a drunk idiot resisting arrest. Four cops should have been able to subdue him without executing him on the spot.
I'm betting that the Chief is correct.
LAPD is not always on the up-and-up, but have been most of the time. They're pretty good, and mostly professional.
I've sat as a juror in a couple of cases where they handled themselves correctly, both from pre-trial perspectives that they were ruffians manhandling purely innocent thugs.
Of course, had you been out there leading the charge it all would have gone down just perfect.
Give us a break, okay?
He had just been released from a stay in a mental institution and released.