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Originally Posted by bronco67
I always thought the rules of deadly force dictate that it's only to be used against an equally lethal show of force. Was there a gun visible and pointed at anyone? No.
Cops are paid to be in harm's way and they can't shoot citizens because they think their life may be in danger in the next few seconds. This is another example of a cop, barking like a scared dog and then taking a life -- which inevitably was going to happen anyway, whether it was this guy or someone else. It was his destiny to shoot someone dead once he was given his authority as a police officer. He sounds like a high strung wreck of a man scared of his own shadow and shouldn't be in situations where can shoot a citizen with an AR15.
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The cop's screaming escalated the whole thing and made a guy who was already drunk now terrified. The article I read about it said the expert that testified said he could see how it looked at the moment like the guy was reaching for a gun, but he also said that there were plenty of times they officers could have approached the guy and handcuffed him but they decided to have him crawl to them and everything went bad.