[lapsus calami]

 

 

Saw the guy who shot the vid in an exclusive interview earlier on NBC (without the M in front of it) - the guy struck me as a foreigner, spoke in heavily accented English, said he was walking to get to work when he came up on the scene, both the cop and Scott were on the ground struggling, by the time he got his phone out and at the ready for video he was only able to get the last part of the incident clearly.

 

 

[21twelve]

“both the cop and Scott were on the ground struggling”

Thanks for that info. Here in Washington State a cop can shoot in an attempt to stop someone fleeing from a felony. If the guy had assaulted the cop (a felony) and then fled - that would be legal in Washington. Not sure about resisting arrest (say the cop saw on the computer that there was a warrant out for the guy, the cop tried to handcuff him, the guy tries to get up and flee.)

However, dropping the taser next to the guy shows the cop’s deceit, and that it probably isn’t a justified shooting. I would give him 20+ years in general population just for the deceit.