If police officers were pointing their weapons at me and I was under a CC permit I would comply EXACTLY to their commands. I wouldn’t move an extra muscle, I sure wouldn’t make ANY move towards my weapon. It seems like the only question here is did he make a gesture to his waist after being told not to.
it’s hard to comply when you are getting conflicting commands. I do agree the best thing to do is keep your hands clear and slowly get to the ground. incredibly, in this case, they shot the gut 4 or 5 times (in the back) as he lay on the ground so it’s hard to say if that would have helped him. For me, based on what has come out, it’s impossible to justify this shooting
Gun is in your holster, not in your hand...
Officer #1: GET ON THE GROUND! Officer #2: DROP YOUR WEAPON! Officer #3: KEEP YOUR HANDS UP!
Which do you do?
Get on the ground? Officer #2 and #3 shoot you because to get on the ground you lowered your hands a bit for balance or to place them on the ground. Officer #1, who you were complying with, shoots you because Officers #2 and 3 shot you.
Drop your weapon? Officer #1 shoots you because you aren't getting on the ground. Officer #3 shoots you because you went to unbuckle your belt to drop your weapon. Officer #2 shoots you because #1 and #3 did.
Put your hands up? Officer #2 shoots you because you didn't drop your gun, instead as your hands go up he thinks you are going to pull your weapon. Officer #1 shoots you because you aren't dropping your weapon. Officer #3 shoots you because #1 and #2 shot you.
So how did that work out for you...or Erik Scott?
cool, you have six arms and are triple jointed eh ???
how does on 'drop it'...'get down'...and 'hands up' simultaneously ???
*whichever* option you choose, youre *disobeying* an order from 2/3 of the public servants shouting them...
anyone on FR will tell you that disobediance is punishable by death.../s...
Except one of the commands that witness heard was "Drop it!"
You know what I do if cops points a gun at me shouting three different commands? I put my hands up, palms toward him and don't move a muscle until they calms down. They'll arrest me for "not obeying police" or even "restisting arrest" but if they blow me away and the cruiser camara catches it, at least they'll be doing some hard time.
I never read that police told him not to reach for his waist.
All the info I got said that all three officers yelled different things. One was 'put it down', the other was 'get down'.
According to his family, the elapsed time between Scott leaving the store and being shot was 7 seconds.