[DanteAntonelli]

Originally Posted by Cerebral222 ↗

When cops are pointing fire arms at you, you stop! a no brainer.

When a criminal points a gun at you you do what he says, it is EXACTLY the same with police! a no brainer.

[KillerBee370]

Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.

[Peccatoris]

BUILD THAT WALL!

[River]

Worst cinematography ever.

[Yoloman]

Originally Posted by 30564U ↗

Unfortunately, this video is like so many others that show, at best, shaky and unfocused images and move off target at just the most critical moment. We have no idea what initially happened that caused the officers to draw their handguns and repeatedly order the bad guy to stop and comply. It looks like officers did Tase him (at least once), but again with all the idiots jabbering and screaming throughout the tape I'm not sure, but I think I heard the soft popping/hiss sound of a Taser firing. What I saw during the video was that the bad guy was continually refusing to comply with the officers lawful commands and had at least one arm and hand covered with what might be a large jacket. We can't hear what the bad guy is saying or what the officers are saying because the dummy filming the video won't shut up. All I can see (because the idiot filming moves off target at the exact instant the officer fires his handgun) is that the officer closes with the bad guy and the bad guy turns and moves his covered arm/hand forcefully toward the officer. The officer then shoots the bad guy. We have no idea if the bad guy had a weapon or why he was wanted by officers. If the officer was that close to the bad guy and the bad guy made any type of movement toward the officer, and the officer had a good faith reasonable belief that his life or the life of another was in immediate danger, then it was a completly justified shooting. In spite of what the idiot kept screaming about how officers should have used a Taser, it was not at all necessary at any point in the incident that officers use less lethal force. We don't know a lot of the circumstances that led up to this shooting, but I'm not seeing anything that would overtly show this to be an illegal or unjustified shooting. A word to the wise, when an officer orders you to do something and you don't comply, and that officer then draws his handgun and points it at you, and you still don't comply...don't complain about getting shot. Comply...if it was an illegal order, then at least you'll be alive later to file a complaint or law suit. Get the giant chip off your shoulder and live a lawful life and the cops won't bother you. Why is this so difficult to understand.

By the way, watch how long the officers waited, followed, and watched the bad guy before shooting him. If they were the trigger happy bloodthirsty Nazis everyone assumes they are, then why didn't they just shoot the bad guy and be done with it. I thought the cops used almost too much restraint. What if we find out that the bad guy was wanted fir murder or rape or child molesting, and was concealing a butcher knife or handgun within that jacket on his arm? If that was the case, those officers took a huge huge risk in trying everything they could to get the bad guy to comply. They gave him every opportunity they could to comply...why didn't he?

My first thought after watching it was: "man, those cops took a long time to kill him!" It went on and on. The video is low quality, so whatever the cops say as to the last 15 seconds before the shooting is going to win in in court. But maybe body cam film available little later? Keep this thread open!

[Tyrantus]

There's no mystery here, the dude made some threats and was drunk and high with a deadly weapon in public and didn't listen to the cops.

I'll link the full article and post the most relevant parts.

https://www.thecalifornian.com/story...al/3204409002/

Mar. 19, 2019
A federal appeals court found that a civil lawsuit against the city of Salinas and two Salinas police officers who shot and killed a 44-year-old Latino man in 2014 can move forward, according to an unpublished memorandum filed Feb. 4.
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Salinas police officers Josh Lynd and Danny Warner had already been cleared of criminal charges for Mejia-Gomez's death by the Monterey County District Attorney's Office, along with all other officers in the 2014 shootings.

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When officers arrived, he was on a sidewalk with the shears in his backpack. Mejia appeared drunk and started to walk away slowly. Toxicology reports showed that he was severely intoxicated at the time of the event with a blood alcohol level of 0.27, more than three times the legal limit for driving, and was also under the influence of methamphetamine, according to the DA's office.

Officers followed him, giving verbal commands for Mejia-Gomez to stop and raise his hands, but he continued to walk away. Lynd and Warner also attempted to use their Tasers, but their Tasers malfunctioned.

[Ian666]

What fucking racism? Same old race card. Sad

[whodat666]

They gave him every opportunity to comply in the video. The vid was shaky at best , we really dont even know what happened you can't just assume these cops are just out killing people randomly. Just assuming if they're racist bloodthirsty cops give me a freaking break. Not to mention the dude had a weapon on him and it's usually not going to go to well if you have weapons and you don't comply.

[whodat666]

For all they know he could have had a damn bomb on him or he was mentally unstable there's plenty of factors that go into this ....don't assume that it's all on the cops