Let’s agree that we disagree. Weird but I stopped watching the video after the shoots were fired. I stopped and thought it was a clean shooting because the cops honestly thought the perp had a gun. They called out a gun at least 15 seconds before the shooting. When they rounded the corner the perp was in complete darkness. The flashlight lit him up along with his shining black phone which appeared to be a gun. There is nothing in the video that counterdicts self defense in their eyes. Cops killers are everywhere.
If the perp stopped when first commanded he would still be alive.
> I stopped and thought it was a clean shooting because the cops honestly thought the perp had a gun. <
If that’s an acceptable standard, then each and every one of us is in danger. I don’t like cell phones. But I do carry an old transistor radio on my walks. It’s silver-colored. I suppose at dusk it might look a little like a stainless-steel pistol.
If a cop yells at me while I’m on one of my walks, I guess I’d be a bit confused. I might not react quickly enough to his commands. For sure I wouldn’t think to drop my trusty old radio. So I guess I’d get shot.
I agree, but I get the other side of the debate.
The armed agents of the state get to engage on perceived threat, not needing to see a weapon, just something that could be roughly the same size and shape of a weapon, or a move that they think can be construed as reaching for a weapon. They don’t have to ID themselves. They get to empty a half mag each into the target after he’s down. They get to mute the mic so they can talk privately. It’s all by the book, righteous and good.
Store clerk in a bad part of town gets jumpy after a few armed hold ups, shouts “Gun! Show me your hands!” and shoots a suspicious looking guy reaching for a comb, then puts another quick five rounds in the now perforated and prone comb wielder. He then mutes the mic on the store security while he confers with his boss. Guess who’s going to jail?
The difference is the store clerk is a peasant and the cops are the King’s men. You can paint that with a pretty coat of legalese and officer safety, but it’s the truth underneath.
Meanwhile, many of the King’s men are now openly advocating for the disarming of the peasants.
There is also an active effort by some well funded groups like BLM and Antifa to ratchet up hatred of the King’s men.
That all adds up to a scenario that doesn’t bode well for anyone.