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Maybe Officer Brown was having a bad day and could have been a little more polite. How many of us have had times when we've had a verbal tiff with someone in line or on the highway that did somethign that upset us?

If you think that gives some gansta or generic a reason to rise up, get his thumper and try a 187, then you be wacked!

Paladin wrote:
But don't take what I'm saying as a condemnation. That officer was superb in the gunfight and it show by him still being alive.

I agree. BG=1 hit on LEO, LEO = 5 hits on BG. Pretty good ratio in my book for a surprise attack.

Photoman wrote:

Velocity wrote:(referring to the "gang-banger" that instigated the incident).....

I don't agree with that statement. The police officer had it in his power, his decision, to prevent this incident from happening. When he made the decision to invade the kid's private space to retrieve his goods, he knew exactly what he was doing. He's lucky to be alive.

I have reached around to retrieve items when someone else has moved up in line NUMEROUS times. That was not the kids personal space, he had blocked the officer. If that is all it takes to set someone off enough to go get a gun, then they have a MAJOR problem and need to be removed from the situation by whatever means necessary.

TXGLOCK23 wrote: The officer had a better view than the camera.

We also don't know what words were exchanged in the store prior to the guy going to his car and getting the gun. There may have been something that tipped the officer off as to the guy was gonna come after him.