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"Whoa! Hands! Hands! Hands!" Ferragamo yelled as Whitaker lowered his body with his left hand in the air and his right hand appearing to be putting the gun down.
Cooke then fired three times, shooting him in the back.
Earlier that day, Whitaker had attended his daughter's high school graduation.edit on 7-8-2020 by infolurker because: (no reason given)edit on 8/7/2020 by Blaine91555 because: Mod Note: Fixed Link
originally posted by: lostbook
a reply to: infolurker
This is just so wrong on so many levels. They didn't have to kill him. The man was surrendering and they still shot him.
originally posted by: Blaine91555
This is a tough one. Why would anyone answer the door with a gun in their hand after hearing the police announce themselves if not to shoot a cop?
originally posted by: MrEnergy
Headline should read:
Neighbors deceitful 911 call results in police shooting surrendering victim.
Neighbor called the police due to the inability to fall asleep. Twice. Then fabricates domestic battery based on pure conjecture to ensure the polices arrival. Police thus arrive with inaccurate information regarding the situation and presume the situation to be hostile.
In my opinion, the neighbors inaccurate reporting of a situation led to the officers “shoot first” action. However, I do not agree with the officers action. The victim had already began to put one hand up in surrender, other hand dropping the firearm, and began submitting by kneeling. The information presented to the officers put them in a combative mindset when arriving to the residence. The firearm in the victims hand was the confirmation bias I’m sure the officer used to justify the discharge.
originally posted by: FlyinHeadlock
originally posted by: lostbook
a reply to: infolurker
This is just so wrong on so many levels. They didn't have to kill him. The man was surrendering and they still shot him.
Police get killed everyday in this situation. He didn't drop the gun but he should have not answered the door with it regardless. Many videos of people acting like they are surrendering and they in fact do not. The police have an 8th of a second to call it. They don't have your luxury of analyzing it after the fact from different angles then call it...meh.