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priusron states it like I believe. There are times when one might draw and not fire their weapon. Personally, I really have no desire to go through the legal hassle of a shoot if I can avoid it.

WTR wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:35 am

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:17 am

WTR wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:03 pm There are also reports that people were shouting that the deceased was Security. I think we have a tragic mistake made by an Officer who has never learned to ID your target before pulling the trigger.

I read that also and my first thought was of how people screaming "He is a security guard" may have confused the cop. Maybe the cop thought the guy on the ground was the security guard and the guy with his knee on him was about to shoot the security guard. Using a non descriptor word like "He" can cause a serious misunderstanding in a situation like that. The cop may have thought he needed to act fast to save the security guards life.

Apparently “ he” was wearing a shirt that read SECURITY. Not to confusing if you take the proper amount of time to access the situation.

That would be easy to not see. Especially from the side. If the cop thought the guy on bottom was the "he" they were screaming about, he may not have noticed the word on the shirt.

I am not saying the cop was right or wrong. My point is that all the Monday morning quarter backing we do really means very little. The majority of us have never been in any situation even close to one like that.

Yeah, it sux but we all better be very aware that if the police show up and we have a firearm out and on somebody, we might just get shot.

WTR wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:03 pm There are also reports that people were shouting that the deceased was Security. I think we have a tragic mistake made by an Officer who has never learned to ID your target before pulling the trigger.

I read that also and my first thought was of how people screaming "He is a security guard" may have confused the cop. Maybe the cop thought the guy on the ground was the security guard and the guy with his knee on him was about to shoot the security guard. Using a non descriptor word like "He" can cause a serious misunderstanding in a situation like that. The cop may have thought he needed to act fast to save the security guards life.

orangetx wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:02 pm
Call it what you want, but this story just keeps adding fuel to the fire that LEO are getting real trigger happy.

Especially in Chicago area.

philip964 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:08 pm

Also points to racial overtone.

I actually wondered about that one.

I think RSX was referring to the bad guy committing a felony which lead to the SC being killed. Thus, a felony resulting in the death of a person.