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There's just no reason for a LEO to shoot an armed civilian who's been involved in a self-defense situation where lethal force was necessary
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As terrible and tragic as many misunderstandings may be, the fact of the matter is that there are
people who behave inappropriately when confronted my POLICE in the moments immediately following a high stress event. Perhaps its due to stress, shock, injury or other issues but its not hard to understand how a responding LEO may mis-qualify a person as a threat based on
actions and projections they deem "uncharacteristic" of a victim or well intending citizen. Actions and projections they may deem furtive, aggressive or actively hostile.
some of the most comment problems:
a good-guys failure to follow police issued commands, failure to follow repeated commands, undue delay in following commands or seemingly hostile articulation of a handheld weapon.
Its a terrible thing when someone is harmed due to a misunderstanding but POLICE are not mind readers and when they must make a critical decision in a split second they often times do not have the luxury of having all the information and context that they would like. I think that the best thing we can do as armed citizens is not make it more difficult to understand.