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.
Because cops are permitted, and trained, to be extremely paranoid.
Can you provide studies to document this….or is it just your asinine personal biased opinion?
However, as A Practical Police Problem….the police are being trained to recognize and handle paranoia and paranoid personalities with citizens in the public as the police are more often confronted with individuals exhibiting more or less the behavior reactions that are evidently the stigmata of paranoia
TRY IT NOW. Get on your carpeted floor... on both your KNEES.... Cross one leg over the other and hold your arms STRAIGHT UP... and TRY waddling across the surface under those constraints. Not one or two motions... the entire floor-length... and SEE if you can hold and constrain your body upright successfully while doing so. Well!??
Now think of how scared that guy was when having to suddenly do all that at gunpoint, and conflicted by all the 'crawl' commands shouted repeatedly at him? Well?? Could you do it?? BTW... How does that Charley-horse feel??
Get on your carpeted floor... on both your KNEES.... Cross one leg over the other and hold your arms STRAIGHT UP... and TRY waddling across the surface under those constraints. Not one or two motions... the entire floor-length... and SEE if you can hold and constrain your body upright successfully while doing so. Well!??
Completely immaterial and totally irrelevant….some really great drama though.
It is as you stated and you CONFIRMED in your previous post: “The detective investigating the shooting had agreed Shaver's movement was similar to reaching for a pistol …”
Standardized training and scientifically proven in most all policed academies, the police officer on the scene has ONE SCEOND to determine if he is reaching for a gun. Much documentation and a number of videos validate this.
In fact, an American-American preacher here in Phoenix [I could look up the article, it would only validate what I am saying] was a staunch vocal opponent to police procedures saying they were always too quick to shoot. He went through the “Shoot or Don’t Shoot” drill and now fully supports the right of police to make the decision on the spot.
Now think of how scared that guy was when having to suddenly do all that at gunpoint, and conflicted by all the 'crawl' commands shouted repeatedly at him? Well?? Could you do it?? BTW...
Doesn’t matter. He was suddenly moving his hand towards his waistband after he had been specifically ordered NOT to make any sudden movements.
How does that Charley-horse feel??
How does a few rounds to the torso feel if you don’t follow the officer’s instructions?
