I thought this comment by DTJ summed it up nicely:
“Two points: 1) Those of you assailing the girlfriend for not attending are WAAAY off base. She just saw her boyfriend blown away while he was standing right next to her, and now she’s expected to relive the trauma under examination by by a D.A., in a rigged setting when WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE??? Knock off the presumptions and character assassinations of her. If she were my daughter, I, for one, would tell her not to subject herself to this farcical circus.
Besides, her “no-show” status is a red herring you guys are trotting out. We HAVE her testimony, by way of police recording. And that leads into point 2) Namely, the girlfriend, then the witness from Sweden, AND THE 911 RECORDING OF OFFICER MOSHER, HIMSELF, all confirm that Scott was ordered to remove his gun.
Then, when Scott did so, he was promptly shot to death. Thems the facts. No amount of excuse-making or diversionary, irrelevant, red-herrings (”the girlfriend didn’t show,” “Scott was on morphine”) changes it. The cops literally “jumped the gun.”
This is the second time around with Mosher, too. He needs to be reviewed, and possibly taken off the street and put behind a desk. Though unlike some of you above, I allow that Mosher would get his due process, before such a decision might be handed down. Scott, meanwhile, was unnecessarily and summarily executed.”
No; that's your THEORY emanating from the facts.
He reached for the weapon with his GUN HAND, NOT his left hand, and should the officer have waited while he got fired upon?
I don't know what the "facts" ultimately are, in terms of INTENT. What I DO know is that several witnesses have testified to the agitated, incoherent, and wobbly conduct of the deceased, which was BEFORE the officer confronted him.
This officer might be a loose cannon, but rendering judgement that the deceased was trying to surrender the weapon is pure conjecture on your part.
I have watched much of the inquest. Your description is exactly on target. I would only add that Mosher, the fat cop will kill again given the chance. He is a walking executioner.