easy. the kid was pinned down, face down, from the very start of the video.
officer 1 advances to cuff, officer 2 covers. so fucking simple.
officer 1 advances to cuff, officer 2 covers. so fucking simple.
Oh, and I completely forgot the fact that a decision like this should be taken in a VERY short span of time - you can't turn on intelligence for this, it HAS to be trained.
For me, algorithm adds "possible weapon", "suspect understands that we're pointing guns at him" and "arm reaching down" and automatically goes to "open fire" is the only possible one.
You know who would be terrified in a situation like that? Me. I have never even held a gun and I have no training whatsoever.
A police officer shouldn't be terrified in a situation like that. He had a suspect with hands in the air clearly willing to comply. This is such bullshit.
How does this not apply more to the guy who was killed? He had guns pointed at him, at least one of them an assault rifle, was drunk and surprised. There were at least 3 cops there who certainly had more training than the civilian in being in that situation. The blame lies squarely with them.