I agree although I usually do not worry too much about what the cops are going to do.
I can only control what I do in those situations. And I cannot come back from the grave to complain about what they do.
The cops showed up at the place because they were called there. As expected. The cops see there is a weapon, so they draw, as expected. The guy comes out doing stupid things, so they order him down, as expected. He starts reaching to his waist and he gets shot, as expected.
I expect everything to go wrong in these situations, so I train myself and my children to act accordingly. If the guy had just lain flat on the floor, arms way out over his head and continued blubbering, he would have never been shot. The shots came when he reached to his waist against orders.
Yes, some of the orders were contradictory, so just lay flat on the ground, arms outstretched, until they tell you something specific. Usually, in training, I just wait until the flex bands are on the wrist. Then I can look around and say something. Anything else can get you shot.
‘If the guy had just lain flat on the floor, arms way out over his head and continued blubbering, he would have never been shot’
well, it was the cop that told him not to do that...’crawl towards me’, remember...?
Yeah,but it must be understood that particularly when dealing with males between 10 and 80 cops are at least a little bit nervous.That's true because no matter how respectable and "mellow" a particular guy might look the cop *cannot* be 100% sure that he won't suddenly go psycho on him.
In another thread on this subject I spoke of an encounter my sister,who was driving,had with a Virginia State Trooper a few years ago.My autistic nephew and I were passengers when we were pulled over on I-95.As the trooper approached I explained to Bill (who was 21 at the time and "built") that it was important for both of us to stay perfectly silent,perfect still and to have our hands in plain sight at all times.
We both did exactly that and after the trooper,who was professional and polite,gave my sister her ticket we were on our way.
Afterward I explained to Bill that I gave those "instructions" so that the cop wouldn't be afraid of us.I doubt that he fully understood.