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You can be massively misleading even if you're filming reality as it happens. The first of the recent Atlanta shooting videos to air left out the part where yo
by base698 6y ago
You can be massively misleading even if you're filming reality as it happens. The first of the recent Atlanta shooting videos to air left out the part where you see the suspect point a taser at the police. Ie the video appears he was shot in the back, but security cam footage shows the full story.
- MrMan 6y agoAutopsy says shot in the back twice.
- base698 6y agoHe pointed a taser at the police behind him in pursuit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbf0x_K9i54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbf0x_K9i54
- TeaDrunk 6y agoTasers are nonlethal weapons, and also don't work at that range anyways, or the police would've tased him. Multiple other cops had tasers.
- base698 6y agoSome questions to be answered in the 1 second he points it at you: + How do you know your partner is behind you? + How do you know he won't take your gun after he uses the taser on you? + How do you know it was a taser? + Are you confident enough in those answers to miss your daughter's next birthday?
- craftinator 6y agoHave you seen the video? The cop drops his own taser and draws his firearm as the victim runs away. Why would he do that? Because he knows his taser is out of range, won't reach the victim. So he knows his taser has the stopping power of a nerf gun at that point. The corollary is that he knows the taser in the hands of the victim is also out of range, also has the stopping power of a nerf gun. After this is known, because it is known, he drops his taser and draws his pistol, which does have the range.
- craftinator 6y agoWow, first time I've seen this video. I don't want that man as a cop in my USA. Absolutely disgusting. This is more aggressive than we treat enemy combatants in Afghanistan. Deadly force as a response to a fleeing individual shooting a non-lethal, short ranged weapon over his shoulder? Disturbing.