ANOTHER cop shooting close to ferguson

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Did anyone read any of the comments under the original story posted in the link? The majority of the initial comments were trying to discredit the video and presenting alternative theories to what seems to have now been accepted.

    People were suggesting the guy was simply pointing at the cop, while others were suggesting the gun was a nondescript item.

    The level of distrust or paranoia is truly disconcerting. Its becoming- if it hasn't already- lose-lose for cops.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I wonder if that mindset will have any bearing if/when body cameras become the norm.

    Didn't read the comments but if the guy indeed only pointed at the cop...why would he or any rational person do that? I can't profess to know the mindset of anyone there, but if I'm instructed to do something by an officer in that kind of situation, I'm doing it. Definitely not pointing at those giving me the directions.

    It's almost like willfull blindness, deafness.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,392
    Perhaps he assumed the cop would think it was a toy gun and therefore just taze him.
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  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Nothing to see here!
    + 1 for the good guys.Sad a young life is wasted yet again.This kid wasn't very smart.
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    rr165892 wrote: »
    Nothing to see here!
    + 1 for the good guys.Sad a young life is wasted yet again.This kid wasn't very smart.

    Nothing more to add here. Sums it up nicely.
  • muskydan
    muskydan Posts: 1,013
    Jason P wrote: »
    Perhaps he assumed the cop would think it was a toy gun and therefore just taze him.

    As the Knight who was the protector of the Holy Grail in Indiana Jones and the LAst Crusade said to that no good Evil Nazi…"He choose Poorly".
  • Stickman12
    Stickman12 Posts: 504
    muskydan wrote: »
    Jason P wrote: »
    Perhaps he assumed the cop would think it was a toy gun and therefore just taze him.

    As the Knight who was the protector of the Holy Grail in Indiana Jones and the LAst Crusade said to that no good Evil Nazi…"He choose Poorly".

    +1
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Great Musky, you invoked Spielberg.Now I'm going to have to throw on Temple of Doom this evening after football.
  • JV130312
    JV130312 STATE OF LOVE & TRUST Posts: 2,540
    Another case of one of these "idiots" putting themselves in a bad situation.
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  • muskydan
    muskydan Posts: 1,013
    You would be choosing WISELY....Go Lions!! I just hate them slightly less than the Fudgepackers... Gonna be a hell of a football game.

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