posted on Dec, 9 2020 @ 02:35 PM
There is definitely something strange about this.
A few years ago I had a discussion with several cops regarding another shooting.
The gist of the convo was regarding a cop shooting someone because they hadn't dropped a non existent gun fast enough.
My problem was the assumption that when someone behind you, or even someone you can identify as a cop, screams "drop the gun" at you and you either
aren't holding a gun or have no reason to believe someone would be legit/legally screaming this at you then it is going to cause some problems.
Because people need more than 3 seconds to analyze what might be happening.
I asked what a person was expected to do if they weren't actual holding a gun or if they believe the cop might be shouting at someone else because
they genuinely have done nothing wrong for any cop to be ordering them to do anything.
What exactly did the cop expect from the person so they didn't get shot for not immediately "following a lawful order" when the cop believes someone
might have a weapon?
The answers I received were scary. I was told to drop everything I was holding even if I thought the cop might be talking to someone else in my
earshot. I was told never question a cop, never turn around or reach for anything. A few thought you should just get on the ground. Other's said not
to move at all. All of them thought not following their command within seconds was worthy of deadly force when it was all boiled down.
So, in this case it makes me wonder if this was the same scenario for Casey Goodson and we may never know because of course the cop isn't going to
admit he shot a man for no reason or because he thought a sandwich was a weapon.
edit on 9-12-2020 by Identified because: Grammar