Oil exporting People wrote:The Cobalt Sky wrote:He didn't. The police's argument to why they shot is that he reached for it. He never pointed it at the police.
So? He was reaching for it, and that's all the justification the officer needed. To suggest that officers wait for a firearm to actually be pointed at them instead of taking preventive action as the subjects are reaching for firearms or presumed firearms is an utterly ridiculous strategy.
If you saw the context of the post, you'd realize that I was telling them it was clear he never pointed the gun. You also seem to be under the assumption that the cops followed procedure, and said something to him in the short time they arrived. We have no idea they did this since there is no audio. And if you really think action was needed, then a taser would have been sufficient because he wasn't yet holding the gun (which they of course thought was real).