‘They would have screamed and yelled, and finally jumped on me and handcuffed me, but they would not have shot.’
and you know this how...?
Because they didn’t pull the trigger till he moved.
Now maybe they might have shot anyway, but that is a “maybe”. The fact is that they didn’t pull the trigger till he moved.
I have been the training dummy for several MP. Not moving might get you treated pretty bad, but it never gets you shot or tazed.
He doesn't.
But it comforts him to believe that kind of stuff. When he is shot for "noncompliance" the thought that they would not have shot if he had not breathed will console him.