Graphic warning: 4GW in Chechna.
Do not watch if you have a weak stomach or are sensitive to violent material.
The thing about this video that I find notable is not the shooting itself, but the extremely calm and collected action and body language of the shooter immediately subsequent to it. That, to me, reads out a planned stop and search, and it wasn't a split decision on the part of the detainee but a planned killing.
Fire twice and go home. We've all heard that, right? No more free Wacos. We've all heard that, too. Lots of talk and bluster, and sometimes everyone on both sides forgets what it really looks like.
Graphic warning: This is what Waco looked like.
If the latter takes place here again... who would argue odds against the former taking place here as well?
There's one thing that would immediately lower the hostility between the People and the State... and that would demonstrate that law enforcement is in fact not viewing the citizenry of the nation as an enemy of said State:
Disband your paramilitary units. Divest of your military equipment including shock troop gear, heavy weapons and armored vehicles. Announce fealty to the People and publicly reaffirm your oaths to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution that is the agreement by which said People give their consent.
Follow the example of the police in the Ukraine who begged publicly on their knees for forgiveness from the People.
Graphic warning: Display of moral character by law enforcement
Anyone think the Albuquerque Police Department has it in them to perform an act of contrition like this? How about the ATF? What about Lon Horiuchi, did he apologize? Let's see Louis Freeh demonstrate remorse. Perhaps the US Marshal's Service?
Excuse me while I snort cynically and don't invest in waiting for that to take place. It won't take place until they have learned the hard way.
And by that point, if history is an accurate guide, the kneeling is usually not while begging forgiveness but while saying goodbye. The Ukrainian police were lucky.
Just my observational $.02 only.