[HairOfTheDog]

I don't know if "I've got your back" is truly a cover up... merely a statement of support. -and I'm not yet commenting on the bizarre handling of the injured man after the shooting, but in fairness to the officer, apparently the information about the homeowner holding the intruder at gunpoint was NOT passed on to this cop, and given that, I can see that the situation would be very difficult for a cop to read walking into a very tense scene.

Thank goodness the homeowner will live.

[mvpel]

Cop: “Drop your weapon!! Drop your weapon!!”

How hard is that?

But I still can’t say that up until the point of abuse of the victim and the beginnings of a cover-up it’s anything but a tragic mistake in a highly tense and chaotic situation.

This exact situation is covered in some detail in Massad Ayoob’s “Judicious Use of Deadly Force” class, about ways to help insure that first-responders don’t mistake you for the bad guy.