WTR wrote:Looks like an execution to me. The fact that there was an aquital makes me sick to my stomach.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/execution
Please, do tell how you come to that conclusion.
Was it the dispatchers fault for sending the LEOs to that hallway on a MWAG call?
Was it the confusing orders given to a suspect later found to be under the influence (thus likely unable to understand and immediately, correctly comply with confusing orders shouted at him)?
Was it the drunk guy reaching behind his back, when clearly the commands being given were clearly of a type, severalty and indicative of doing just about anything BUT putting your hands in your pocket, under your shirt or reaching behind you?
Was it the one of 2 ( or 3) officers on scene that took that movement as act possibly hostile?
Or was it that the other officers viewed that same furtive movement, yet choose not to engage?
Do I think he needed to get shot? No...Do I think the officer in question was justified in this shooting? From what I have seen and read, no, but then I have not seen and heard all the testimony so it would be ignorant of me to make a definitive statement in support or otherwise.
Do I think that former officer Brailsford needs to be an officer in anyones department? NO I do not.....
Long guns in hand, room for some standoff and cover, wearing body armor, having the advantage of weapon at the ready, sights on target I think the officer could have held fire till identifying at least something in his hand..I wont go as far as saying he needed to be able to ID an actual weapon, but something that could be a firearm, not a knife, not a club.. but a gun, or perhaps a grenade .. but something.
Words thrown around like "Execution" or "Murder" are simple hyperbole ... Unjustified death? Yes I think so..... but without all the info the jury got I would not say that with any certainty.