He wasn’t dropping the weapon, he was going for the weapon.
Do as they say or...well, they will still kill you.
“What we have here, is a failure to communicate.”
1. Was not holding gun
2. Told him to drop it
3. Put hand in pocket, now holding gun
4. Took gun out
5. Officer saw gun
6. Officer shot him
Seems like...you shouldn’t comply..?
This guy complied and died for it.
Chicks are fast to kill people —they KNOW their physical limitations.
FEMINISM and PC killed this guy.
Bad shoot, plain and simple.
Trigger happy cops are the reason why there is such distrust between police and people.
They need to be trained better, period.
And no, cops need to be held accountable. We pay taxes for them, they need to do their jobs right. Period.
If the evidence and trial point to the cop doing a bad job, he needs to pay.
I have a different take than several others in this thread. The guy got himself killed with his own stupidity. First, he brandished - thus the calls to the cops. Second, he did not immediately comply with police orders.
Hell, once you know the cops are on the way, the thing to do is to immediately disarm so there can be no misunderstandings.
I can’t see any jury saying the police in this case did not have a reasonable fear given his hand was on his gun, he had not been fully cooperative and they were called on this guy because he was brandishing a gun at people and acting in a very strange manner.
The suspect was parked in the wrong parking spot, had a weapon which was not visible. The aggressive quota hire demanded he put the gun down, which required the suspect to remove the weapon in order to place the weapon on the ground. The suspect removed the weapon, kept the muzzle in control/not facing anyone else and towards the ground, even after he was fatally shot by the quota hire.
Unfortunately, the quota hire will live on to tell the tale of how she faced the danger of an armed man, parked in the wrong parking spot, that had a gun, and leave out the part where it was due to her commands and fight/flight panic, that resulted in her deciding to shoot.
Bad shoot, won’t result in anything but maybe a lawsuit.
Stupid direction from the cop. This scene has been repeated numerous times over the years, and some victims were law abiding CCW holders. Reaching for your weapon while a cop is pointing their gun at you, even if you are following their direction, is a death sentence. NOT saying this perp was innocent, but he didn’t need to be shot (yet).
"Um, if I freeze, I can't put my hands up, if I put my hands up I'll be in motion and can't freeze...."