Yup. Attitude is sorta the same though, ain’t it?
This cop was entirely legally justified in shooting the poor distraught SOB. The Police, reacting to a guy with a pellet rifle like they were going to be the first responders at the next Mandaly Bay, scared him shitless and made him crawl like a dog, and when he screwed up and reached back because maybe his pants were coming off, or his junk was twisted in his undies while crawling, or maybe he was going to draw down on a crowd of loaded, aimed rifles.
Bang you’re dead and I didn’t murder you.
It may well be law, but it isn’t justice.
Ages ago I got out of a car at gunpoint, two county guys responding to a liquor store robbery, I’m driving the same make and model as the bad guy, apparently. I was as compliant as I could be, but I was pretty freaked out, and I’m sure they could have let me have it with those shotguns when I put my hand below my waist when they told me to get on the ground.
But that’s when cops were less militarized and neither of the two were looking for any legal reason to blow me away that day.
It’s kind of like the cops shooting dogs thing. They don’t know when the dog is a psycho hair trigger meat weapon or just the family servant acting wary around a stranger.
Because of guys like Mr. “you’re f**ked” that’s the way I feel when I’m approached by an officer.
“stopped for armed robbery”
Same thing happened to me when I was just 17. All told I think there was 8 squads around me when they finally pulled me over (squads on both sides of the road - and two driving towards me on the shoulder).
With shotguns trained on me over over their doors, they had me throw out my car keys, put my hands on top of the car (which I still remember wondering how I was supposed to do that from inside the car), finally I was ordered to get out and lie down on my face next to the car.
Piece of cake, they came up & cuffed me and put me in one of the squads. A half-hour later, I’m driving away towards home - absolutely no problem.
The exact same thing should have happened to this poor kid.