Shaver was kneeling, crying and begging not to be shot after he was confronted by six Mesa police officers in a La Quinta Inn & Suites hallway Jan. 18, 2016. Brailsford, who was fired two months after the shooting, testified that he fired his AR-15 rifle five times because it appeared Shaver was reaching for a gun.
It looks like the cop made up the part about Shaver having a gun.
Why would the man be on his knees begging for his life if his intention was to shoot a cop?
Why would the man be on his knees begging for his life if his intention was to shoot a cop?
That Shaver was obviously terrified and crying apparently didn't factor sufficiently into the jury's consideration of how much of a threat he was perceived to be.
Because cops are permitted, and trained, to be extremely paranoid.
The police “ordered Shaver out of his room and to lie face-down in a hallway and refrain from making sudden movements — or risk being shot.”
Why would the man be on his knees begging for his life if his intention was to shoot a cop?
That is a loaded question biased with the intent to influence opinion since the question did not include ALL of the actions by the man before the shooting. A more correctly worded question would be:
Why would the man on his knees begging for his life make a sudden movement to reach for his waistband when he had been warned not to do so at the risk of being shot?
