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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna936296
I haven't seen this tidbit reported yet
According to witness statements, the officer gave the armed man multiple verbal commands to drop the gun and get on the ground before ultimately discharging his weapon and striking him.
This changes a lot for me. Witnesses reporting officer told him multiple times to drop the gun, cop didn't just show up firing. If body cam footage confirms this, it's a definite no convict from me
NYTimes reported that his clothes were marked "security," so this contradicts that report. They can't both be true.
This also contradicts the sentiment, if not the exact language, of the victims interviewed right after the incident, who seemed to be fully of the opinion that the officers fired for no reason.
I'll wait on body cam footage too, but I've seen too many incidents when the events are told days later in a way that happens to work out 100% perfectly for police. It's as if officers don't make mistakes and every shooting was the victim being insane and ignoring commands from officers with their guns drawn.