Pills do not matter. He committed no hostile act that would justify the cops shooting him. He didn’t have time to do so. 6 seconds from “I see nothing unusual’ to shots on the way. Two seconds from first spoken word to Scott to trigger pulled. Less than a second from the end of the first sentence to trigger pulled.
My suspicion is that Mosher had his finger on the trigger and pulled it accidentally. Glocks don’t require much pressure to fire (5 lbs, typically). Then the other cops joined in. And Mosher then claimed Scott was pulling his gun - something he didn’t have time to do - to cover up his error.
According to the Costco counter worker, he drew, and pointed the gun directly at the cop.
How did those cops get the nice lady working the Costco counter to say that he pointed that gun straight at the officer? And why was your hero carrying a gun when he was as stoned as the Medical Examiner said he was?
He’s not exactly a CCW posterboy here.
I agree! And the dept. pleading the 5th and refusing all investigations and subpoenas reinforces my previous statement....