“That being said, if I were the guy who was pushed to the ground, the second I saw the assault suspect back off, I would not have fired.”
I agree. However, I recall reading an article where having video of these situations (well - it was an argument against having police video on all the time) - was that the video doesn’t capture what the shooter was thinking or seeing or experiencing. It may have just been an excuse so the police wouldn’t have to have cameras, but I think that there is something to it.
Having a jury (or us!) be able to watch a video in comfort multiple times - and/or slow it down is pretty unrealistic. It sure seems to me that the pusher was backing off, and just by producing the weapon it got rid of the threat.
But - I’m also not the guy with his head still wobbling from getting knocked on his butt, and who knows what part of the guy he was focusing on - or if he was focused at all?
As I’ve posted before - every action taken by all parties wasn’t the best one imho.
I would still like to hear more about the argument that man was having with the lady. From the looks from other people it was obviously a pretty loud one.
The witness follows the assault suspect out the door, sees the altercation, pauses at the door, and then immediately starts walking towards the altercation after the white guy was pushed to the ground...That is until the assault victim pulls his gun, then suddenly not only did the assault suspect continue to retreat but the witness immediate stops, reverses his direction and quickly takes off in another direction.
That's why I mentioned earlier, few people would ever continue an assault over something so petty when staring down the barrel of a gun.
But don’t get me wrong, these violent AH’s who assault people over petty verbal squabbles deserve to be dealt with by any means, if necessary. I just feel the assault victim should have not pulled the trigger once the attacker started backing off.
And this is why they tell people who want to conceal carry, “Mind your own business and always try to avoid confrontation”, or in this case, playing parking lot cop.