Re:Police Homicides in the United States
by revelation on Saturday December 09, 2017 @10:16AM
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How is that the context? Police are called to scenes where someone has believed to have seen a gun all the time. 99% of time, it is not. 99.9999% of time, they are not looking to shoot police with it.
"theoretical field of fire" it's not a war zone. It's time to acknowledge that part of the job description of a police officer is that you can do everything right and still be shot by a maniac. That's no different to any of us.
Re:Police Homicides in the United States
by emodendroket on Saturday December 09, 2017 @09:09AM
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He also repeatedly gave contradictory or difficult-to-follow instructions.
Police were called when someone saw an occupant of the hotel room brandishing a weapon. The responders don't just walk up and cuff the man and woman because they are not sure if these are the armed people and are trying to stay out of a theoretical field of fire from the room.
That's not to say this isn't an awful video to watch. The officers scared the guy so much that it was impossible for him to comply.