[Ken522]

... now “pointing” your wallet at a police officer is grounds for the police officer to shoot you???

[Travis McGee]

The only thing that matters is that the Police Officer went home unharmed.
/sarc

[Farmer Dean]

I couldn’t care less about what the Police chief thinks about the shooting.Let a grand jury take a look.

[JoeProBono]

[Jed Eckert]

Whenever these incidents happen there should be a mandatory drug test on both the officer and the victim. I especially want to see if the cop is on any illegal steroids. Unfortunately there is no drug test for arrogance and stupidity so I’ll settle for this much for now.

[RC one]

It’s starting to look like North Korea around here.

[Husker24]

The officer ordered him to put his hands up, then shot him because he put his hands up. Yep, makes sense to me.

[The Working Man]

With all of these reports on the Police, LEO’s etc. I’ve come to the conclusion that these guys must be frightened out of their skulls on a deep emotional basis. I just can’t equate the trigger-happiness I read in these reports on anything else.

[Slambat]

“Davidson had synthetic marijuana in his car, according to investigators. No evidence has emerged yet to suggest that Davidson was under the influence at the time, however.”

So that’s why the fuzz tried to blow him away.
They also stood around and tried to let him bleed out before
help arrived.

Lets look at the clues. Two shots fired at close
range one hit in the abdomen one miss. Erroneously perceived
Davidson as a threat.
Most likely the fuzz cop went into macho mode and pulled
his gun to show the army man who was the badass and screwed
up and accidentally shot Davidson. Then they stood around,
hoping he would bleed out and die at the scene.
The problem is, Davidson lived and I would say that the
macho fuzz cops are crapping themselves right now.

[jwalsh07]

A good shoot since the wallet looked like a walking stick.

[centurion316]

“It was at this point that the officer perceived what he believed to be a threat,”

In the minds of too many LEO's, all citizens are threats and can be shot at any time for any reason. This rogue behavior is bound to grow because Police leadership, unions, and prosecutors condone and protect this sort of criminal behavior.

[muir_redwoods]

The cop should face the same charges I would face if I made the same asinine decision.

[Lazamataz]

There is no situation that the presence of a cop will not make worse.

[lwd]

I didn’t know Alabama Law enforcement is working traffic beats in Goldsboro, NC. What’s up with that? Is this story for real?

[lwd]

I guess on a second read of the story he could be driving through Alabama on his way to NC. My bad.

[hinckley buzzard]

I have yet to read of an event such as this in which the police officer was found to have used inappropriate force. I'm sure it must have happened somewhere, at least once.

[skinkinthegrass]

*ELO/DA cover-up op. in progress/*
another "gotta keep, the serfs/slavs afraid" shooting..
unarmed/unsuspecting prep. shot immediately..
why is there no camera?..it's that SOP?
*/ELO/DA cover-up op. in progress*

[Flick Lives]

The accounts agree that Davidson was unarmed when shot. He may have been holding his wallet, however. It’s not clear whether Hancock mistook the wallet for a weapon.

Things that cops may mistake for a weapon...

[NormsRevenge]

Shoot first, litigate later.

[sport]

the cops can do no wrong crowd will be here shortly defending him. But in the officer's defense, there was not a dog to shoot and after all, he had to deal with these damn civilians , and again, no dog to shoot and he had to shoot someone. So, it looks like it just wasn't the airman's day.

Moral of the story: Make it an obsession to stay the hell away from the police. That way you get to celebrate more birthdays.