If the subject was resisting, this should have been talked about from the very beginning from the police department. I heard nothing about this in the first few days after that video went viral. No one stood up and countered the implication. If there had been more basis for reasonable doubt, perhaps the Dallas shooter wouldn’t have lost all control before going on a killing spree. We’ll never know.
I watched the second video in slow motion, and came tp the conclusion that his right arm and hand were free, and that he was resisting. And, that police tried to subdue him physically even after thinking he had a gun, but then weren’t able to stop him that way from apparently going after it. They weren’t able to get control of his right hand and arm.
I also posted still shots from that video. I don’t have time to post them in this thread tonight, but they are here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3448058/posts?page=20#20
It takes a bit for the facts to come out. By then the narrative has been set. That said, the police probably should have responded sooner.
The situation reminds me of the quote "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
The guy on the ground looked tightly pinned with what(?) three cops crushing him. The one cop has his gun at his head.
I couldn’t watch.
Hard to believe he was able to draw a gun underneath him. But... maybe... maybe not.
There’s a “legal safety” reaction from our side that must stop. Bush did it, he never fought back and any liar on the other side could win the argument. You point out an excellent example of this. The cops huddle talking to lawyers to be legally safe while the perps scream bloody murder from the get go. Result? The media hears the noise and the first liar wins. That is happening over and over.