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That begs the question, why would it take so long for the facts to come out

Good question, please refer to my prior statement.........

I'm going to reserve judgment until ALL THE FACTS come out.

That begs the question, why would it take so long for the facts to come out, when there are multiple investigators involved, and in fact witnesses present who were in the vehicle?

In addition, why has OCSD changed it's version of the "Facts" several times?

Is it a secret to report to the public the Marine was completely unarmed, no weapon, or that he was indeed armed with a weapon?

Why put such a tight lid on this? Why has the LE version of events changed?

Good question, please refer to my prior statement......... I'm going to reserve judgment until ALL THE FACTS come out.

Well wait a minute here, they already disseminated their facts, yet their version of the facts changed. Why are would it take so long?

This should not be a complex investigation.

All the players are accounted for, and in fact there are witnesses. What's the hold up?

Are you going to believe OCSD's version after their version has already changed?

Not to butt in, but it might be pertinent to point out that there is an on-going criminal investigation being conducted right now regarding the deputy’s use of force and conduct, statements, actions and failures to act before and after the shooting occurred. So, it is indeed going to take some time for the facts to come out, but anyone who thinks that every split-second decision of the entire encounter won’t be dissected is hopelessly paranoid.

Second, as with any police use of force story on FR, the normal skepticism that meets any other story reported in the MSM evaporates. In my life, I’ve had occasion to read media accounts of events, statements, or situations to which I had been a witness. I’ve never seen a story that doesn’t contain numerous factual errors: an event that is reported to have happened on one street occurred a few blocks away, the time was wrong, a statement reported as a quote exactly contradicts what was actually said to the reporter. etc etc etc.

The thing is, if one is inclined to believe that the cops are all a bunch of thugs, you can read that into this story. If you’re inclined the other direction, there are pieces of the puzzle that support that reading as well.

But, by the time the facts are presented, the rabid Libertarian cop haters will have moved on to the next fresh story, and will concoct a witch’s brew of paranoid ramblings that will cite this caper as an example of “out of control police”, regardless of what the facts turn out to be. Because, for them, the point is not the truth, but justification of a world view that rejects all authority other than their own.