Watch the video — one second after the popcorn is thrown the gun is fired — one second. His arm does not reach backward into his pants pocket but goes straight forward. There is no way he drew his pistol at that time — it was already drawn — and that is evidence of premeditation.
Total BS with a capital B.....
I shoot combat comp and pins. I draw from a holster and fire all the time. One second is slow to the first shot. BS BS BS. This retired cop has also had years of training shooting from a holster or pocket.
It does not show premeditation is shows preparedness just as he has been taught as a cop to do for all of his career. Cops are Taught to Have their hand on their sidearm. He went with what he was taught. For your way of thinking to be true every cop that stops you and approaches your vehicle is planning on killing you, in fact already has it all planned out, premeditated in fact.
One second is slow to the first shot.After being hit in the shoulder by a bag of buttered popcorn -- LOL???
This retired cop has also had years of training shooting from a holster or pocket.
Yep -- training to draw his weapon when hit with a bag of buttered popcorn. I'm sure that's somewhere in their training.
It does not show premeditation is shows preparedness just as he has been taught as a cop to do for all of his career.
Yep I'm sure every cop is prepared to shoot at a moment's notice -- a dog barking, a kid answering the door, a kid turning sideways, a bag of popcorn in your face --
Cops are Taught to Have their hand on their sidearm.
That's funny because he was retired and guns were not permitted in the theatre and he knew it and the other cop in the theatre who is active duty didn't have his hand on his gun or even his gun on him.
He went with what he was taught.
Yeh shoot first at anybody who doesn't bow down to you and then make up a reason later.
Incidentally his daughter said that he usually carried a 22 but for some reason that day decided to pack a 38. I 'm guessing that he wanted to make sure that he had enough firepower for the texter that he ran into that day.
“This retired cop has also had years of training shooting from a holster or pocket.It does not show premeditation is shows preparedness just as he has been taught as a cop to do for all of his career. Cops are Taught to Have their hand on their sidearm. He went with what he was taught.” Recklessly shooting at people in a crowded movie theater is what cops are taught? That's a frightening thought. But I suspect that you are correct in that today's police think they're justified in endangering innocent bystanders, just to protect their own sorry butts from anything they *perceive* to be a “threat”. Reeves is in fact using that defense, saying after he shot the Oulsons; that he “ feared for his life.” Apparently, this coward didn't fear for anyone else’s life in the theater, including Mrs. Oulson, who was also shot... Pretty sad state of affairs, when everyone around a cop who “fears for his life” is just collateral damage.
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