[AceBoon]

He clearly had his hands up and pleaded with the cops not to shoot him.

[Oswald2001]

Originally Posted by AceBoon ↗

He clearly had his hands up and pleaded with the cops not to shoot him.

Yeah.

"He a guuuut boi...!"

[Qberth]

He might have been in the process of putting the gun down but it's hard to read minds. The cops didn't specify how he was supposed to put the gun down. One way would be to do it so that the cops can see you put it down. Or you could just release your grip. But anyway, this situation should've never escalated into this. He should've listened the first time they told him and not play with his life.

[quetza]

Originally Posted by Padraig Flaherty ↗

"I shot a fire!"

When I went back and really listened that part was hilarious.

“Shots fired. Shots fired. I shot a fire”

[Fuchs414]

He would have been killed instantly if he was a bl-

Hol up.... wait..

[angelwane]

Originally Posted by ech0.o ↗

From a google search, and I'm glad I looked it up because people ask that a lot:

"What Lewinski said back in 2006 remains just as true today: “Hands and arms can be the fastest-moving body parts. For example, an average suspect can move his hand and forearm across his body to a 90-degree angle in 12/100 of a second. He can move his hand from his hip to shoulder height in 18/100 of a second.”

Lewinski then said “The average officer pulling the trigger as fast as he can on a GLOCK — one of the fastest-cycling semi-autos — requires 1/4 second to discharge each round. There is no way an officer can react, track, shoot and reliably hit a threatening suspect’s forearm or a weapon in a suspect’s hand in the time spans involved.”

Lewinski added, “If an officer manages to take a suspect’s legs out non-fatally, that still leaves the offender’s hands free to shoot. His ability to threaten lives hasn’t necessarily been stopped.”

They are trained to hit center mass first, to neutralize the threat. It's easier to shoot a larger target like the chest than it is to carefully aim at a hand that can move in a fraction of a second. Cops aren't super heros in movies that can aim in a fraction of a second on a small target. They're just regular people we give guns to protect the public.

The black man in this video didn't listen to commands, and when he moved his arm with the gun in his hands, even though it wasn't pointed at police, they reacted to neutralize the threat.

What does this bitch Lewinski know? She couldn’t even keep but stains off her skirt

[rusa]

A ****** WITH A GUN IS NOT AN INNOCENT PERSON.

[U.B.Hotch]

Originally Posted by gimlet ↗

"Have it you way, have it your way at Burger King!"

Jesus Christ! Where the fuck did you find this gem? Shaft goes to Burger King. Classic.

[davidlol]

Originally Posted by wynncraft ↗

whilst I think it was a very bad idea that costed him his life not to listen to the cops, why do cops in most of these videos go for vital body parts? can't they shoot his leg or shoot his arm/hand?

You can still shoot back when your shot in the legs

[gimlet]

Originally Posted by U.B.Hotch ↗

Jesus Christ! Where the fuck did you find this gem? Shaft goes to Burger King. Classic.

Thanks. This commercial and others like it were comedic relief for us on television in the 1970s. You would struggle thru worthless crap shows like All In The Family, then the evening news would come on and the Navy would be pushing million dollar Huey helicopters off an aircraft carrier deck into the ocean off Vietnam. Then, if you were really lucky, you would get a violent film like The Getaway featuring Steve McQueen punching Sally Struthers unconcious after 9pm usually, that or Vanishing Point or Dirty Mary Crazy Larry.