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Have you even watched the video of the shooting? Being amped up wasn't an excuse here. There was multiple cops aiming rifles at this guy, who was raising his h
by Miner49er 7y ago
Have you even watched the video of the shooting? Being amped up wasn't an excuse here.
There was multiple cops aiming rifles at this guy, who was raising his hands when he was shot. The officer that shot him said he saw him move his hands at that's why he shot him.
Even if the guy had a gun, there was no way he would've had time to raise it, aim it accurately (at cops who were behind cover) and take a shot without police being able to fire at him first after clearly seeing it was a gun. Plus, at that distance, he wasn't likely to hit a cop who was behind cover with a pistol anyway, even if he was able to shoot many shots.
- davidw 7y agoI wasn't writing about this specific case so much as commenting on the fact that cops are far more likely to be nervous and twitchy in the US because of the very real threat that the prevalence of arms represents. Re-run a scenario 100 times and the more nervous people are, the more bad things will happen in some % of cases. Cops aren't saints in Italy where I lived for many years, not by a long shot. And yet this stuff happens less.