As best I can figure it, the picture I posted was used at the inquest as a photo of Scott’s gun on the ground at Costco after the shooting. Mosher has testified he didn’t realize until after the shooting that it was in a holster.
If he had been committing suicide, he’d have whipped out his gun or made a verbal threat...something like, “You won’t take me alive” or maybe lunged towards the cop.
I think the gun in its holster, hammer down on a 1911 style pistol speaks volumes about Scott’s intent. Not suicide. Not killing. Disarming. That the cops didn’t realize that means they were too prepped to shoot, or have too nervous a temperament to be street cops.
If, as a CCW permittee, I ever shoot a guy whose 1911 has the hammer down and is still in its holster, I expect the DA to be a lot less lenient with me than he is being with Mosher - a lower standard for trained cops than for “civilians”.
I think the gun in its holster, hammer down on a 1911 style pistol speaks volumes about Scott’s intent. Not suicide. Not killing. Disarming. That the cops didn’t realize that means they were too prepped to shoot, or have too nervous a temperament to be street cops.
Why didn't he follow a single command, either to put his hands up or to get on the ground? Instead, he went for his gun. Mosher could have justifiably shot him at the point that he reached for his gun.
If that is a picture of the firearm in the condition that it was in, I agree.