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Is putting your hand in your pocket now a capital offence? > The white officer yelled for him to take it out. When the driver started to comply, the officer sh
by DrStalker 11y ago
Is putting your hand in your pocket now a capital offence?
> The white officer yelled for him to take it out. When the driver started to comply, the officer shot him dead.
Doesn't sound like there was any way for the victim to not be shot here; doing what he was told was lethal, and keeping his hand in his pocket would have gotten him shot for disobeying the police.
- prawn 11y agoI would be very nervous in that situation. Even if you tried to explain what you were doing "I don't have a gun, I'm going to remove my hand from my pocket slowly" there's every chance they'll still be shouting instructions and not hear you. If they mistake a shadow or fold in fabric to be a dark shape, you're toast.