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Here is the picture of where the cops were when they killed the guy: https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/singleshot.png https://krebsonsecuri

Here is the picture of where the cops were when they killed the guy: https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/singleshot.png https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/singl... The shooter claims the guy held up a gun. Obviously, he didn't. But assuming he DID: how did this cop get a 1-shot kill at that range without a scope? If he was using a scope, he could have seen there was no gun. If he wasn't using a scope, it's very unlikely at that range you could tell if someone was holding a gun up or a cell phone in the dark. The cop was even behind cover, and well across the street. "The reality was that Finch was unarmed and that nearly every officer on the scene never saw him raise his hand with a gun in it. Several reported that they didn’t fire because they didn’t see a gun." So, yeah, I'm totally fine with blaming the trigger-happy cop that killed this innocent father of 2. As it turns out, the cop will not be charged at all.

jessaustin 8y ago
That is really far away: 30 yards at least? Most target shooting enthusiasts couldn't have made that shot with a pistol. The victim certainly couldn't have, so the cops were never in danger. However as you can see at the bottom left corner of the picture, the cops are packing "assault weapons", so it's understandable that they could murder from that distance.
alkonaut 8y ago
> how did this cop get a 1-shot kill at that range without a scope? One cynical guess: it will happen eventually, and we didn't hear about the previous 99 times when a police officer shot out the porchlight next to some unarmed and confused man who pulls a sandwich. > The shooter claims the guy held up a gun. Remember that what he "sees" isn't what's there, it's what his brain tells him is there. And I'm willing to bet that police officers in the US who constantly see, fear, and think of people holding guns, will end up "seeing" guns a lot more times than there actually are guns there, and more so than officers in countries with much smaller gun threat [Citation needed :) ]. And if that's the case then that is just one more scary side effect of the US gun climate. > The cop was even behind cover, and well across the street. Which is why he (or anyone else from the look of it) wasn't in immediate danger and should probably be charged with the killing.
- cwkoss 8y ago
  People who hallucinate guns in civilians' empty hands should not be on the police force, and ideally shouldn't even have access to guns themselves.

jessaustin 8y ago

That is really far away: 30 yards at least? Most target shooting enthusiasts couldn't have made that shot with a pistol. The victim certainly couldn't have, so the cops were never in danger. However as you can see at the bottom left corner of the picture, the cops are packing "assault weapons", so it's understandable that they could murder from that distance.

alkonaut 8y ago

> how did this cop get a 1-shot kill at that range without a scope? One cynical guess: it will happen eventually, and we didn't hear about the previous 99 times when a police officer shot out the porchlight next to some unarmed and confused man who pulls a sandwich. > The shooter claims the guy held up a gun. Remember that what he "sees" isn't what's there, it's what his brain tells him is there. And I'm willing to bet that police officers in the US who constantly see, fear, and think of people holding guns, will end up "seeing" guns a lot more times than there actually are guns there, and more so than officers in countries with much smaller gun threat [Citation needed :) ]. And if that's the case then that is just one more scary side effect of the US gun climate. > The cop was even behind cover, and well across the street. Which is why he (or anyone else from the look of it) wasn't in immediate danger and should probably be charged with the killing.

cwkoss 8y ago
People who hallucinate guns in civilians' empty hands should not be on the police force, and ideally shouldn't even have access to guns themselves.