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flowrie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 8:29 am

OneGun wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:20 am

flowrie wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:19 pm Kick the rifle away and holster your firearm.
I can't really blame the police for this one.
Everything happens so fast and information is usually slow and inaccurate.

My issue with this shooting is that the officer shot the Good Sam without giving a warning. The Good Sam was in the middle of unloading the rifle when he was shot. He was not pointing a gun in the direction of people, he was not making any threats. The officer should not have merely executed the good sam without at least engaging him with commands to drop the weapon. The shoot first, ask questions later approach is not a best practice.

If you are out late at night and/or in a bad section of town, odds are greater that something bad will happen.
Similarly, when you pick up a weapon immediately after a shooting and the police arrive, odds are something bad will happen. The good guy unfortunately lost his situational awareness and drastically increased his odds of something bad happening, and it did happen.
Also, how does the LEO know that the good guy is unloading? Could have been reloading or clearing a malfunction.
How does the LEO know the description of the bad guy is accurate? Witness to 911 to the LEO. Is the LEO expected to risk his life based on a description from an unknown witness? It’s an unfortunate incident but I’m siding with the LEO on this one.

flowrie wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:19 pm Kick the rifle away and holster your firearm.
I can't really blame the police for this one.
Everything happens so fast and information is usually slow and inaccurate.