[untrained skeptic]

If this account is accurate, these officers are guilty of murder in the first degree, and should be subjected to the death penalty.There is no mitigating circumstance in this account.His death seems premeditated, although there is no evidence of it, their conduct indicates it.

They were called to the scene. Unless there is some link to the caller I don't see how you can prove premeditation.

It's also hard to believe that three officers would plan together to kill a guy unless they had advance warning of the call, or they just planned to kill the next guy they confronted.

I doubt you can prove premeditation. You will likely also have trouble convicting all three of murder. Some or all of them can claim that they couldn't see clearly and assumed that since the other officers were telling him to drop the gun they made the reasonable assumption that the guy was holding a gun, and when he made a furtive movement, they fired.

If you can't prove murder beyond a reasonable doubt, then you're left trying them on manslaughter.

[Candor7]

or they just planned to kill the next guy they confrontedwho was allegedly armed They acted in that manner.No weapon was visable in the hand of the victim according to this account.Either the accouont is wrong, or these officers for some reason were not folowing their training.And what reason can be inferred? Premeditation? They put a second volley into the victim, after he was down allegedly.And you realize of course that there was only 7 to 8 feet separating them according to this account. If true, the whole thing is excessively weird, explainable only by a form of premeditation.These 3 officers , were they truly untrained ninnies as they appear in this account? It boggles the imagination.