I don’t care what the cops yell at me, if I am carrying and they have their guns pointed at me I will not reach for my gun.
Based on what little info we have this sounds like a case of really terrible LEO training. You never tell someone to "drop it" or "put the gun on the ground" unless it is already in their hand.
I strongly suspect the command, “drop it,” was the fatal catalyst for this tragedy. But what should the victim have done in response to such a command?
That’s a planned shoot: Yell “drop it” loud enough for witnesses to hear, then fire immediately.
Sounds like first degree murder - an execution - to me.
I agree with your comments completely.
You don’t want liberals in your yard. I am waiting for someone with an unprounceable name to come into mine. He had better be smiling and calling me “sir”.
I'm in federal law enforcement and my agency has had people in uniform drawn on by local police because they don't recognize the uniform. I really have better things to do than get shot by deputy Fife.
You will see a lot of "frequent fliers" with the police that don't even listen to the commands they are given, they just prone themselves out.
Bingo. He was ordered to drop his weapon, which he didn't have in his hand, so as he tried to get it, they shot him. There was NOTHING to suggest he was using his gun, and at the very least they should have shot non-lethal pellets at him at that time.
It breaks my heart for his family, and for his life cut so tragically and needlessly short.