“He reached for the weapon with his GUN HAND, NOT his left hand......”
Huh? Was Erik left or right handed and why that does it matter when the officer told him to drop it?
From lvmp1066:
“Fact: Erik Scott complied with Mosher’s instructions. He put his hands up. He told the cop he had a gun. He was told to drop it. He attempted to comply and in the process of doing so was shot to death.
Two witnesses in a row testify that the weapon Scott was holding at the time he was shot wasn’t even accessible for fire, as it was fully enclosed in a “gun rug.”
The DA’s office is attempting to make people believe that Scott could have somehow pulled the trigger through the fabric of either the gun rug or the holster shown in this article. Grasping at straws to make the cops look good, nothing more.”
Huh? Was Erik left or right handed and why that does it matter when the officer told him to drop it?" If YOU don't know the answers to those questions, you can't make a judgement. Military training/police training teaches that you remove a weapon voluntariyl when ordered with YOUR left hand if you're right-handed, and your RIGHT HAND if you're left-handed. The weapon is usually holstered in the handed-position, but not if cross-handed-drawn.
From lvmp10 “Fact: Erik Scott complied with Mosher’s instructions. He put his hands up. He told the cop he had a gun. He was told to drop it. He attempted to comply and in the process of doing so was shot to death.
WRONG. He put up his hands; yes, but you do NOT KNOW IF HE THEN REACHED FOR THE GUN TO DRAW AND SHOOT, ORwent to surrender the weapon.
Two witnesses in a row testify that the weapon Scott was holding at the time he was shot wasn’t even accessible for fire, as it was fully enclosed in a “gun rug.”
LOL...you don't know much about holsters, I guess. A soft covered holster can be fired easily without removal from the holster at all. Likewise, just because he couldn't outdraw the officers gun which was already beaded on him, you ASSUME he never "drew the weapon". He couldn't "draw the weapon" quick enough, in this case, but the testimony also stated that the gun and holster slid 4 feet on the pavement towards the officer, and a reasonable inference can be drawn that it was in forward motion BECAUSE HIS HAND WAS IN A MOTION TO DRAW AND FIRE AT THE OFFICER WHEN HE WAS SHOT.
I hope you don't serve on a jury, where you try to hang every officer that is forced to react instantly to an armed suspect who is drunk, stoned, or ornery.