09-15-2016, 11:29 AM
(09-15-2016, 10:28 AM)GMDino Wrote: My thing is the first officer on the scene was handling things. It was the two that came later that did the shooting. If the second pair did not evaluate what was going on there is a huge communication problem.
And another unarmed man is dead in a suicide by cop situation.
True, a communication problem probably existed. As to your second part, no. The saying that you treat every firearm as if it is loaded applies not just to handling a firearm, but in self-defense situations as well. As far as procedure is concerned, he was armed.
(09-15-2016, 10:34 AM)xxlt Wrote: Exactly. The fired officer was doing the right thing BY POLICY. He was deescalating the subject. Even if the gun was loaded, with it pointed at the ground subject was not a threat.
Other sources have stated that the firearm was not just pointed at the ground the whole time, that there were movements made in a threatening manner that, when looking at the whole picture, were intended to entice the police to shoot him.
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