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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Fair enough but even given the lack of audio it is pretty easy to see that they didn't even try to get the suspect to drop his weapon, they shot him as soon as they had visual contact. I don't care what a Grand Jury says, I am entitled to my own opinion and in my opinion that was killing a man with no justification at all. I don't need audio to see how fast upon arrival they shot that guy and I also don't need it to know that if they had taken the time to tell him to drop the weapon given that it was an air rifle I am pretty sure he would have complied. That is the difference between here and the U.S., there is no doubt the decision on those officers would have been the exact opposite here in Canada.
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I'm so glad to see an actual police officer realizing how incredulous this case is. The man did absolutely nothing wrong from all evidence, and was shot down because maybe, just maybe, he was going to fire that weapon. Though not showing any aggressive moves whatsoever. Though not actually aiming it at anyone.
If the officers were concerned, I'm pretty sure they could've found non-lethal ways to deal with a non-aggressive man holding an airsoft gun. Shoot first, figure it out later, is a really scary way to do business. Lethal force should be a last resort, not the first course of action.