▲ 1049 ▼ California Cop Who Shot 18-Year-Old Had His Bodycam Off, But Surveillance Footage Captured Him Shooting Suspect in the Back as He Fled (wiredposts.com) submitted 2 years ago by MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world 181 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) So he got killed for dropping the guns when told to? The article may not be explicit enough with the timeline, but at least implies that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Well, he dropped one of the guns. The other didn't leave his hand until shot, per the video. So for whatever reason he hadn't let go of the second gun. He didn't manage to do anything vaguely looking like aiming the gun, but he certainly hadn't dropped the second gun at the point he got shot. Think this is a tough one to use for either side of the argument. On the one hand, he didn't quite manage to raise the gun or face the officer. On the other hand he might have been about to find some cover and return fire too quickly for the officer to react, since the gun was in hand, depending on what was in front of them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Well, he dropped one of the guns. The other didn't leave his hand until shot, per the video. So for whatever reason he hadn't let go of the second gun. He didn't manage to do anything vaguely looking like aiming the gun, but he certainly hadn't dropped the second gun at the point he got shot. Think this is a tough one to use for either side of the argument. On the one hand, he didn't quite manage to raise the gun or face the officer. On the other hand he might have been about to find some cover and return fire too quickly for the officer to react, since the gun was in hand, depending on what was in front of them. permalink fedilink source parent