how about if youve been on it even longer, can that 'not well' get better with time ???
*if* he indeed but that much into his own system, and he was that obviously intoxicated, why didnt the cop simply take him down instead of tappin his shoulder, giving him opportunity to 'reach' ???
for all the witnesses testifying in lockstep that he was visibly whacked, it would seem an easy takedown by three trained cops at arm length...
scott either had NO idea he was a target of the evac, or he wasnt aware that three cops were that close to him, to actually reach out to touch him...either way, the suicide by cop scenario loses cred imo...
In this situation, I'm sure the cops knowing he was maybe on drugs and acting strangely just assumed he was possibly unstable and either didn't care to go the extra distance not kill him or are simply so callous from dealing with doped up ghetto dirt bags everyday they thought they were doing the city of Vegas a flavor.
Scott made two main mistakes. Carried his weapon in to the store supposedly against Costco policy and while under the influence of pain medication. It sounds like he had built up a tolerance and this wouldn’t be any different then someone drinking a 12 pack then thinking that they are okay to drive.
He acted strangely but according to what I read he did nothing “strange” against the law. If the employees had not seen his weapon nothing would have come of his strange behavior. The employees and security were over zealous and called 911 after knowing he had a weapon under the assumption he “might do something” although he never took the weapon out at any time. I think Scott and security had conversed that he was legally carrying but security did not tell the cops that fact. The cop in question seriously prejudged the situation again based on “he might do something”.
Scott never knew he was the target before or after he left the store. In his mind he did nothing wrong. The Costco employees and cops ambushed him period. Now if he had brandished his weapon at any time I could see the cops predetermined actions. The cop got close enough to touch him and see his “glossy eyes” but could not see the weapon being pulled out while in it’s holster? If the cop came up from behind to touch him then they could have just as easily taken him down. If the cop thought he was so dangerous (not brandishing a weapon) they should have stayed away from him and let him - Scott clear the area and then confronted him from a distance.
I agree I would not want to be stopped by this cop.