Mosher was led to believe that Scott was an armed threat under the influence of drugs by his dispatcher. Assuming that Scott was innocent would have gone against Mosher's training and his duty as a police officer.
“Assuming that Scott was innocent would have gone against Mosher’s training and his duty as a police officer.”
Then the LVPD needs to seriously change how they do business. It is NOT the job of a cop to act as judge, jury and executioner on the basis of hearsay.
Nor does it require 20/20 “HIND”sight - just plain sight would do - just eyes that can see a person walking quietly out of the store. Remember, Mosher had to have Scott pointed out to him, and Scott had already passed by Mosher. Hmmm....either Mosher let an armed and dangerous threat pass by him without noticing, OR Scott was not an armed and dangerous threat.
But if cops can shoot on suspicion, we live in tyranny. When I flew patrol over Iraq in the 90s, we had to wait until we were fired on. We didn’t get to bomb a gun site just because it was there. Odd, isn’t it, that I couldn’t kill someone in Iraq on the same evidence that you believe the LVPD can kill people in Costco.
Are dispatchers allowed to order the death of civilians based on 911 calls? What sort of world do you want to live in, where someone can mark you out for death by just calling in, saying you have a gun, and were behaving erratically?
Maybe you want to live in a world where a cop can order you to your knees, and you have less than a second to comply or die. I don’t. And neither did the folks who founded our country.