Most of those are facts. And yes the cop did misread
the situation. BUT and this is where you are obviously having a problem understanding, all of those facts are found AFTER the fact.
Let's look at it in real time from the cops pov. He pulls over a car because the driver matches the description of an armed robbery suspect. Possibly, because I haven't seen it reported, the cop knows the driver has a ccp. Cop approaches the car WITHOUT his gun drawn and the driver tells him he has a gun. Cop tells driver not to touch/reach for the gun. Driver does the complete opposite. Cop pulls his gun and fires 7(way too many) shots. In this case that's where the story stops and what the cop is judged on.
The rest of the story, girlfriend, child, no round in the chamber is what makes this story tragic. I understand it comes off as victim blaming, but if the man had only followed 1 simple instruction he would be alive today. But you can't blame the cop for not knowing what he didn't know.
I'm sure the cop is distraught over this, as would anyone be. However, I'm willing to bet a great majority of us would have acted in the exact same way as the cop had we been in the same situation.
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Posted: 06/17/2017 at 06:43AM