> It looked to him like the man was making a move. <
dsc, I’ve asked a question like this one elsewhere (I’ve changed it a bit to be more specific). And I am very curious as to what your take on it is.
Consider those shoot-or-don’t-shoot drills police recruits go through. But in this drill the recruit is told he’s clearing a house where a person with a gun has been reported.
A target pops up. The target shows a picture of a man pointing a shotgun. The recruit is supposed to shoot, right?
Another target pops up. It’s a man holding a baby. The recruit is supposed to hold his fire, right?
Now let’s suppose a target pops up of a man with his hand in his pocket. No gun is seen. Should the cop shoot?
There are no right answers to wrong questions.
Shoot. Of course. Anybody with his hand in his pocket is an obvious threat. Hands NOT in pockets are also threatening. In fact, any "civilian", at any time, may be considered a threat for any reason, so long as the cop remembers to say the magic words.
The target was in sight for a long time trying desperately to not get killed by the trigger happy cop. Maybe I need to scroll up to see what the fuck your talking about. This was murder with a badge plain and simple. Training ain’t got shit to do with it, Pop up targets don’t have shit to do with it. A man crying begging not to get murdered by a thug is what was displayed. Cops killing/murdering their employees is what we saw. WTF are you doing discussing pop up targets. I fucking hate cops. Now even more. Nothing the roided up power dicks can’t screw up more than someone in need. Never call them unless your prepared to shoot them. If they stop you be prepared to defend yourself or beg for mercy and we saw what that gets you. If that was my kid he would die slowly over days. Citizens do not respect cops. Less than 20% do anyway. Disgusting!
This wasn’t bad training. Cops are the enemy in my opinion and nothing in my 50 years have changed my mind.
My post in 148 was harsh to the point of rude to you. If I came across harshly or rude I apologize. That video really shook me hard. I don’t like cops and I am very law and order guy. I’m really saddened and angry at the same time. Wow. I can’t believe what I saw. It really made me ill in my heart and soul. I still don’t believe people can do this to another person. That a cop did it makes it worse. That he got away with it - just wow. Sick bastards all of them. The shooter, anyone who helped or cover for him I hope the have took over their shoulder for that shot back for a while but not too long.