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nightmare69 wrote:This is what can happen when a LEO hesitates. From what I was told in the academy, this officer was recently disciplined for excessive use of force. This is why it is believed he was hesitant to open fire until it was too late. He was out gunned and it cost him his life. I'm afraid with the media and citizens crucifying police that it will cause my brothers in blue to hesitate when using any type of force.

Warning: The death screams are bone chilling.
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The OP vid clip and this vid clip are two different animals. In this clip the officer not only lets the man
do a monkey dance, race towards the officer, back away, continue dancing and cat calling, THEN the man
returns to his vehicle and pulls a gun. And then the officer warns him multiple times to drop the gun.
I don't have info on the excessive force rep. Maybe it was deserved. But, after watching this vid I think
the officer would have been justified using a Tazer fairly early on in this encounter.... def using deadly force
when the gun came into play. This officer didn't just hesitate.....he went way beyond that, and it cost him his life.
I don't think anyone on this board thinks it's "OK" to not obey a Leo direct order. Whether it's "stay in the car", or
"drop the whatever".

I'm not trying to cop bash. I guess we'll all just have to have different opinions on what
the video shows and what it does not show. Like, maybe the officers finger was already
putting pressure on the trigger and yelling commands caused his grip to tighten....
(brings to mind the SF Bart officer shooting, or female deputy shooting at the cuffed, face
down on the ground suspect / check youtube for videos, I won't do that for you)
or maybe out of two highly trained officers only one felt the need to fire even though
both were approaching the suspect, seeing the same "perceived" threat or not.
I too am concerned in police shootings where the officer pulls the trigger to quickly.

wow. That was a pretty intense video. Sad too. I tend to lean toward unjustified.
Watched it more than once to come to that conclusion.
I do have a question or two regarding procedures. Like why keep the cuffs on a dead man?
(among others). I have the same questions as LSUTiger. I hate to see stuff like this.