SheepDog4Life
Natural Gray Man
Was he? He had not left and was still waving the gun around... had he left and was running away down the sidewalk, that might be different.wouldnt that be a bad shoot because he was leaving the store , no direct threat at that time.? MHO. I am not sure.
ETA: Watch the video again... when the first shot rang out, the perp was literally pointing the gun at the customer in the corner.
And the tone here would be completely different. Something something executioner something something.
Maybe, maybe not... I can only answer from my own perspective and opinion. I see it the same whether cop or civvy in this situation.
I had zero issues with any of the shots save the last, as it APPEARS he already has control of the perps gun. Perhaps the perp attempted to grab the gun back or made some other movement... not automatically saying the last was bad, just that it needs a bit of justifying.
And leaving the scene is a bad look... which definitely would not occur in an OIS. It's not like he feared for retaliation from an unseen accomplice as he stuck around to divvy up the cash the robber took. Hard to "unsee" those parts.
Best case would be something like he realized the gun was fake, threw it against the wall, thought he was ****ed and panicked.
Prior to that last shot, perp APPEARS to still have the gun in his hand even though he's on the ground. Gun in hand still equals threat to me...
IMO, he really needs to appear with his attorney before charges get filed and that ball starts rolling and is hard to stop.
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