| Mystro-Sama said: This man had a gun permit and in practically every country by law you are required to declare that you have a firearm when stopped by the police. The officer asked him for his license which he was reaching for before he was shot 4 times with his seatbelt still on. And for what? A busted tail light? Why are you even arguing this? |
Again, the only facts we have are the account of the woman after the incident occurred. We do not know how things went down. I am not arguing in favor of the officer or the gunshot victim. As of now you are being far too quick to judgment based on an emotional eye witness account and not on facts. The only facts that we can see from the video is that he had his seatbelt on and that he was shot. From the angle of fire it is guaranteed to be the officer that shot and we know from later official reports that the man died. That is it, that accounts for all the facts in the situation.
The reason I will not pass judgment on either yet is the fact that we don't have the facts of the case.
What could have happened is the officer asked the guy for his license and registration. The guy verbally responded snidely and with anger that he has a gun and a permit. Then while saying this he also very quickly and aggressively reached behind his back making it appear to the police officer that he was going for his gun and not his wallet. The officer in fear of his life over what appeared to be an aggressive action pulled his pistol and shot as fast as he could so that would be assailant could not fire his weapon first.
The above description is very like not what happened given the gunshot victims academic and work history, but without further evidence we don't know. We do not even have an official account from the police officer as to what happened yet. We only have a video of an emotionally compromised woman telling us her account of the incident immediately after it occurred.
