“Again- according to the eyewitness In the car- it was the police that initiated the violence”
Like I said, bringing guns into it raises the stakes and cuts the margin for error. Once they’ve got you stopped anything other than instant and unconditional compliance is going to get you hurt. A sudden movement, hands dropping out of sight, taking your foot off the brake.
[[Once they have reason to believe you’re armed, they’re not going to cut you much slack.]]
Right, because police always go around shooting down concealed carry peeps ‘just in case they might at some point pull their gun’-
They witness testimony states that his hands were out the window when the police fired into the vehicle several times- missing everyone- and what does Finicum do? Start firing in return? Nope- He takes off- in an effort to save those in the vehicle, he gets stopped and immediately leaves the vehicle (likely because more shots were being fired into the vehicle) and gets as far from the vehicle as he can with his hands In the air- and IF he was shot with his hands In the air, then the whole meme of ‘he was dangerous’ and ‘he escalated the whole situation’ flies out the window- He had attempted to stop and surrender according to the witness, and he and his group were shot at- He takes off- does NOT fire back (according to witness) and again comes out In a passive manner