"The male then turned towards the officers on the east side of the residence, lowered his hands to the waistband again, then suddenly pulled them back up towards those officers at the east," he said. "The officers on the north side of the street feared the male pulled a weapon from his waistband, retrieved a gun and was in the process of pointing it at the officers to the east. Fearing for those officers’ safety, the officer on the north side fired one round."
Taken at face value it would be a justified shoot. When in such a situation, you must freeze. But I wonder if there is audio that would show conflicting commands were being shouted at the victim, and in trying to follow all of the directions, the victim ensured his demise. I would think SOP should have one and only one officer giving directions.
> When in such a situation, you must freeze. <
Yes, absolutely. But I must apply the “average person” argument here. Would I expect the average person to instantly freeze when confronted by the police?
I would not. That average person is not trained for such situations. He would probably be confused and frightened. It would not be reasonable to expect him to instantly freeze.