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Anonymous wrote:So they only release the video when it’s clear cut ? Or only when POC get shot for fear of riots ? The guy shot in Potomac was alleged sleeping when killed yet not a peep from people the police etc .

you really think he was peacefully sleeping and they bathed in and shot him? While he was asleep?

He was awake, his room was booby-trapped, and he had a rifle behind the door:

https://www.mymcpnews.com/2020/03/17/update-officer-involved-shooting-in-potomac-additional-information-released/

yet the family says differently and the police haven’t released the video . Why?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they only release the video when it’s clear cut ? Or only when POC get shot for fear of riots ? The guy shot in Potomac was alleged sleeping when killed yet not a peep from people the police etc .

you really think he was peacefully sleeping and they bathed in and shot him? While he was asleep?

He was awake, his room was booby-trapped, and he had a rifle behind the door:

https://www.mymcpnews.com/2020/03/17/update-officer-involved-shooting-in-potomac-additional-information-released/

Anonymous wrote:Think logically . If the room was boy trapped why wasn’t the gf charged? She must have known and was shot too. They didn’t arrest her or the parents who would be responsible for booby traps in their house . Why not release the video ?

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Anonymous wrote:I think that people are forgetting here that the officer did not just happen to find this guy walking in the street with a deadly weapon. He was called to the scene by somebody who recognized a danger. The policeman here does not look like he escalated anything beyond presenting his weapon which he is required to do in a deadly force situation. All looked good for a little while. The suspect backed away, officer asked him to get on the ground. He would have subsequently asked him to toss the weapon. For a reason that we may never know the suspect went from backing away to charging the officer. At that point do you really want the officer exchanging his pistol for his holstered tazer? It certainly is not the protocol. I am pretty sure MoCo police do not do pistol to taser and back exchange drills. (Maybe they do, I do not work for them)

At the end of the day, the suspect determined the outcome of this case. He had lots of opportunity to kneel down or in some way acknowledge the officer's instructions. The officer has an obligation to not let the situation escalate to putting other civilians in danger.

Look, this was a bad day. Nobody woke up in the morning and over coffee said, 'I'd like to be involved in a shooting today.' Everybody wants to return home with their loved ones at night, even the gentleman shot here. Something awful happened which precipitated this event that nobody asked for. That is sad. Prayers for all because everybody here will be impacted.

I'm not the original PP who critiqued the video, but yes I think the officer should have switched to a taser if it was at all feasible. I understand that it might feel like an awkward transition, and that officers are subject to the same split-second decision-making cognitive challenges as the rest of us. So, in short, yes I think they should practice taser exchange drills.

Sometimes, the definition of protecting the community has to include protecting people from themselves.

The Officer maybe had 2-3 seconds before the guy with a butcher knife reached him, he had no back up on scene. And you think he should have holstered his Gun, and taken out a taser? And then risked the taser not working and have to get his gun back out again ? While being threatened with a butcher knife by a subject who may or may not have been in pcp or crazy? You are nuts.

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Anonymous wrote:Sucks he was given no other choice. The need to have more non lethal options available for officers, but the cop didn't do anything wrong here.

Of course he had a choice. He could’ve chosen not to shoot that man.

Why did the cop stand his ground? He could’ve backed away, he could’ve put his cruiser in between him and his victim. He could’ve waited for back up. He could’ve done any number of things that didn’t involve shooting that man.

It doesn't look like the officer had much time to get back in his cruiser and put it between him and the victim.

Also, you could hear back up's siren but just didn't get there in time.

I felt bad for the officer repeatedly saying he doesn't want to shoot the guy and don't entirely understand the actions of the victim.

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Anonymous wrote:Sucks he was given no other choice. The need to have more non lethal options available for officers, but the cop didn't do anything wrong here.

Of course he had a choice. He could’ve chosen not to shoot that man.

Why did the cop stand his ground? He could’ve backed away, he could’ve put his cruiser in between him and his victim. He could’ve waited for back up. He could’ve done any number of things that didn’t involve shooting that man.

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Anonymous wrote:So they only release the video when it’s clear cut ? Or only when POC get shot for fear of riots ? The guy shot in Potomac was alleged sleeping when killed yet not a peep from people the police etc .

you really think he was peacefully sleeping and they bathed in and shot him? While he was asleep?

it was a no knock warrant served at 430am. I think it’s reasonable to believe people sleep at that time . I’m always asleep at that hour

They entered other rooms of the house first. He was likely sleeping when they showed up at the front door, and was awakened once they entered the house. By the time they reached his room, he was awake and standing up.

And his room was booby-trapped. And he was prohibited from posessing firearms yet he had a slew of them.

Who's more likely at fault here? The person with the booby-trapped room, illegally posessing firearms, or the police? You think the police hatched some plan to murder this guy? Why bother? Then they get stuck under many reviews and desk duty. No cop wants that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they only release the video when it’s clear cut ? Or only when POC get shot for fear of riots ? The guy shot in Potomac was alleged sleeping when killed yet not a peep from people the police etc .

you really think he was peacefully sleeping and they bathed in and shot him? While he was asleep?

it was a no knock warrant served at 430am. I think it’s reasonable to believe people sleep at that time . I’m always asleep at that hour

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they only release the video when it’s clear cut ? Or only when POC get shot for fear of riots ? The guy shot in Potomac was alleged sleeping when killed yet not a peep from people the police etc .

you really think he was peacefully sleeping and they bathed in and shot him? While he was asleep?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they only release the video when it’s clear cut ? Or only when POC get shot for fear of riots ? The guy shot in Potomac was alleged sleeping when killed yet not a peep from people the police etc .

you really think he was peacefully sleeping and they bathed in and shot him? While he was asleep?

He was awake, his room was booby-trapped, and he had a rifle behind the door:

https://www.mymcpnews.com/2020/03/17/update-officer-involved-shooting-in-potomac-additional-information-released/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they only release the video when it’s clear cut ? Or only when POC get shot for fear of riots ? The guy shot in Potomac was alleged sleeping when killed yet not a peep from people the police etc .

you really think he was peacefully sleeping and they bathed in and shot him? While he was asleep?