No, what is wrong with you?!
I watched the terrible video and read up on the facts of the case.
Another officer told Shaver that if he made a false move, they’d shoot him.
Shaver had a blood alcohol level over 3 times the legal driving limit.
He pointed what others would take to be a gun with a scope out a hotel window. A couple called the police.
The officers didn’t have the benefit of hindsight.
Do you admit that Shaver’s own recklessness in large part brought what happened to him on himself?
Absolutely not. He was in his hotel room, not pointing what looked like a rifle out of his window. People were peeping into his hotel room. Note that at no time did he actually have a rifle.
As for the BAC of over 3 times the driving limit, how is that relevant? Was he driving around inside his hotel room? What exactly is illegal about drinking inside your hotel room?
I watched the video and the officers were shouting at him and made contradictory commands. He was terrified and pleading for his life. How could anyone not realize that, especially trained professionals? If the cops were in fear of this guy, they shouldn’t be cops. They suck at their job.
In my opinion, it was just a matter of time before that hot-head cop with the “you’re fucked” gun engraving was going to murder someone.
In summary, you see a man’s life taken because he had drinks with friends inside his hotel room, had a scary looking object also inside his hotel room which had windows, and was confused and frightened by the police officers shouting contradictory orders as his own fault. Got it. Well, as long as the cops got to go home safely that night, job well done.