I’m certain if you were a Police Officer responding to a “man with a gun call” (No, you didn’t pick this guy out randomly to execute) who disregarded explicit instructions, advances directly TOWARDS YOU, and then SUDDENLY GRABBED FOR SOMETHING IN HIS WAISTBAND, would calmly reassure him and gently place him into custody. Every day we watch the leftist scum in the media bait the masses to hate (and execute) Police, yet we, (being truly SUPERIOR), condemn a Cop who shoots at a reported man with a gun who advances towards him and suddenly grabs for his waistband. Some commentators here are as disgusting as the traitorous race baiting communists we complain about daily.
No, he didn’t suddenly grab at his waistband. If you ever try pulling a concealed gun out while watching yourself in a mirror, you will find it looks very different and takes more time. Unlike the movies, you cannot just flick your hand and come out with a gun. Not unless you are one of the very few who train to an extremely high level, and those guys don’t go around shooting people.
If I had shot this man, claiming he was going for a gun & I was scared, then as a civilian, I’d be looking at 2nd degree murder. Easy. But a cop - who should be BETTER trained - walks free.
Rodney King needs to thank Stacey Koon. Before the beating that eventually led to Stacey Koon going to prison, a woman cop pulled her gun.
“King grabbed his buttocks, which Officer Melanie Singer took to mean King was reaching for a weapon, though he was later found to be unarmed. She drew her pistol and pointed it at King, ordering him to lie on the ground. Singer approached, gun drawn, preparing to effect an arrest.
At that point LAPD Sergeant Stacey Koon, the ranking officer at the scene, told Singer that the LAPD was taking tactical command of the situation. He ordered all officers to holster their weapons.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King#Confrontation
I wonder if we aren’t seeing bad shoots because cops are afraid of getting physical in an arrest. After all, Stacey Koon spent 30 months in prison...
But compare what Stacey Koon did in 1991 to this guy did.
“Some commentators here are as disgusting as the traitorous race baiting communists we complain about daily.”
Take a look i the mirror.
That’s nonsense. I look at every case differently. I don’t always agree with everyone else. That’s just the way I am.
This police officer crossed the line. There are others that have expressed how this could have been better handled. No way did that man deserve to be killed.
I believe most police are good people that try to do a good job. Most wouldn’t want to ever have to shoot someone. This clown was a nutcase.
like someone said, if cops are this trigger happy over ordinary things we are in big big trouble...cops are to be feared...