A door is a funny thing. It’s like the lid on a surprise package. Police have 1/10th of a second to process and act.
A victim of circumstance.
Wow, WTF? I support the blue but this seems like a horrible travesty of justice. I did not hear them identify themselves as the police when they were pounding on the door. Yeah, answering the door with a gun in your hand is not a good idea but getting blasted for it?
It’s all blurred out. Who knows what happened.
The cop who shot him should be tried for murder and hung from a light pole in the town square. Do a raffle and let the winner pull the lever to hang the sociopathic demon who did this. Despicable beyond belief. See how he lied to the woman and claimed he “moved towards me” when the victim actually GOT DOWN ON THE GROUND before being executed.
Note to self - Don’t answer the door holding a gun!
That whole situation was messed up from one end to the other. I wouldn’t want to be on the jury for that one, I see both sides of it. The flashlight in the eyes is what would have probably put me over the top against the cops though.
It was a good shoot. Sorry, but police don’t need to exercise fatal restraint in acting on a perceived threat.
No way are the police involved with this any better than a mobile execution squad.
Then, these pissants terrorize an unarmed young woman who is overwhelmed with shock and grief at seeing her boyfriend instantly murdered.
How is this any better than the Nazi secret police?
I support the police in most cases, but this is completely wrong.
I didn’t hear the police say that this is the police. IF THEY DID, and the man answered the door after looking through the keyhole, with a gun in his hand, this is tragic, but not unjustified, in my opinion.
Having a gun in your hand when the police knock (not no knock) is a dangerous scenerio.
Here we go again with another two months of protests, followed quickly by rioting and looting. Wait a minute...this guy is white...yawn. The media won’t report this and no one will protest, riot or loot.
Cops shot him. This cop does not belong on the force and I hope he is convicted. Too ready to pull the trigger in my opinion.
So, for all those who will say..wha wha..the cops have only a split second...wha wha...they acted...
What about all these black lives matter dudes sporting weapons? Doesn't a man have a right to protect his home?
They did identify themselves as police first before the guy walked out. Kinda stupid to walk out with a gun, then.
Nobody black got shot so no one is going to care.
I’d like to hear Massad Ayoob’s take on this, and get his advice.
Your home is your castle and you can answer your door armed to the teeth if you so desire. Police, of all people, should understand this.
Quite simply, the mere sight of a gun cannot be grounds for shooting. Not in a free society and certainly not in your own home.
I generally support law enforcement but there are bad cops and those that shouldn't have a badge.
The cops are on hair-triggers right now. This is tragic but with the assaults on cops these days they are even more twitchy than usual.
the cops are lying.
the guy was putting it down with one hand raised
that was murder
I’m going with...cops should be executed.