Thoughts on this?

[WapPride]

Is this the thread where a bunch of middle class white guys tell us what it's like to deal with the police as a minority?

 

[Solid Orange Blood]

Here’s body cam video. Its a dude getting shot so if you don’t want to see that then don’t watch.

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So apparently the story is that a neighbor heard loud video games and thought there was some sort of domestic disturbance and called the cops. Cop knocks on the door, announces himself, guy opens the door with a gun in his hand, doesn’t seem to be pointing it at the cop, and cop just blasts him.

Genuinely curious what all the gun nuts think about this. If a representative of the state can shoot you simply for holding a gun in your hand, then do you actually have the “right to bear arms?” Would shootings like this happen if cops didn’t have to be so on edge that pretty much everyone they engage with could have a gun on them?

Murder. Jesus, that was tough to watch.

 

[dbjork6317]

Update: cop was fired, criminal investigation pending.

Florida sheriff's office fires deputy who fatally shot airman at home

A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot an airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground, saying the deputy’s life was never in danger and he should not have fired his weapon.

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[Solid Orange Blood]

Update: cop was fired, criminal investigation pending.

Florida sheriff's office fires deputy who fatally shot airman at home

A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot an airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground, saying the deputy’s life was never in danger and he should not have fired his weapon.

apnews.com

Should be a murder charge.

 

[TigerRagRob]

If someone started pounding on my door right now and saying they were police, I’d be highly suspicious that they weren’t actually police. Isn’t it his right to protect himself? And why wouldn’t we be ok with him answering the door with a gun even if he did know it was a cop? Isn’t the point of the 2nd amendment that the population can defend themselves against the state if necessary?

and just dont answer the door unless they say they have a warrant and then dont have a gun in your hand when you do answer. That said the guy never threaten or pointed the gun at the cop. This was an overreaction imo. People have a right to own a gun and protect their property.....