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I'll wait for more information before making comment. This may be absolutely true are it may be a Michael Brown situation.
I'm talking about those that said Brown was shot in the back when he was not. I do not doubt this young man was a legal gun owner that was shot and killed by the police. A couple of years ago the Fort Worth police shot and killed a 72 year old white man that walked outside of his garage with handgun to investigate a suspicious sound. So some times the police shoot way to soon.There's no way this is going to be a Michael Brown situation. This young man was trying to help people. This was the classic hero with a legal gun scenario trying to protect the innocent people from the bad people scenario the gun people love to talk about. Problem was that he was the wrong color hero.
Maybe he was shot from behind, maybe he wasn't. I have spoken with the officer involved and he has denied it. I find his denial compelling. Besides, those so-called "findings" came from an anonymous source, so how do we actually know what they found or even if they are qualified to find anything.
There's no way this is going to be a Michael Brown situation. This young man was trying to help people. This was the classic hero with a legal gun scenario trying to protect the innocent people from the bad people scenario the gun people love to talk about. Problem was that he was the wrong color hero.
I've heard many anti-2a individuals use the argument that a hero with a gun may be shot by a cop in the confusion of the situation. It happened. What did the color of his skin have to do with it?
From CBS News
Officer shot man mistaken for mall gunman three times from behind, family attorney says
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A man killed by an officer who mistook him for a gunman at an Alabama mall was shot three times from behind, according to a review conducted by a forensic pathologist at the request of the slain man's family.
Police were responding to reports of a shooting Thanksgiving night at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, a suburb of 95,000 people south of Birmingham, when an officer fatally shot 21-year-old Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. Police initially blamed Bradford, who they said had a gun in his hand and was responsible for shooting two people at the mall.
They later retracted that statement and identified Erron Brown, 20, of Bessemer, as the gunman. Brown was arrested by U.S. Marshals in the Atlanta area Thursday.
National civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Bradford's family, released the findings of the independent review during a press conference Monday at The Rock, the church Bradford attended in north Birmingham. The Rev. Jesse Jackson also attended.
Crump said the findings indicate Bradford was shot three times, all from behind — once in the back of the head, once in the back of the neck and once in the lower right back, near his hip. He said those findings were significant because they indicated Bradford was moving away from officers at the time he was shot.
COMMENT:-
Maybe he was shot from behind, maybe he wasn't. I have spoken with the officer involved and he has denied it. I find his denial compelling. Besides, those so-called "findings" came from an anonymous source, so how do we actually know what they found or even if they are qualified to find anything.
I'm talking about those that said Brown was shot in the back when he was not. I do not doubt this young man was a legal gun owner that was shot and killed by the police. A couple of years ago the Fort Worth police shot and killed a 72 year old white man that walked outside of his garage with handgun to investigate a suspicious sound. So some times the police shoot way to soon.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=fort+worth+shoot+innocent+man+outside+his+own+home&view=detail&mid=D2F1A21B36EABFC21713D2F1A21B36EABFC21713&FORM=VIRE
From CBS News
Officer shot man mistaken for mall gunman three times from behind, family attorney says
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A man killed by an officer who mistook him for a gunman at an Alabama mall was shot three times from behind, according to a review conducted by a forensic pathologist at the request of the slain man's family.
Police were responding to reports of a shooting Thanksgiving night at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, a suburb of 95,000 people south of Birmingham, when an officer fatally shot 21-year-old Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. Police initially blamed Bradford, who they said had a gun in his hand and was responsible for shooting two people at the mall.
They later retracted that statement and identified Erron Brown, 20, of Bessemer, as the gunman. Brown was arrested by U.S. Marshals in the Atlanta area Thursday.
National civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Bradford's family, released the findings of the independent review during a press conference Monday at The Rock, the church Bradford attended in north Birmingham. The Rev. Jesse Jackson also attended.
Crump said the findings indicate Bradford was shot three times, all from behind — once in the back of the head, once in the back of the neck and once in the lower right back, near his hip. He said those findings were significant because they indicated Bradford was moving away from officers at the time he was shot.
COMMENT:-
Maybe he was shot from behind, maybe he wasn't. I have spoken with the officer involved and he has denied it. I find his denial compelling. Besides, those so-called "findings" came from an anonymous source, so how do we actually know what they found or even if they are qualified to find anything.
... have they looked into his legal history yet? Maybe look for that one time he got kicked out of school for a fight? Do we know if he smoked weed in his spare time? Come on people, we need something to use against this guy or the NRA will have nothing to say.
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Oh please. The cops made an innocent mistake.
Multiple news sources have reported that Emantic was shot three times IN THE BACK. But since you say he was not, I choose to believe you.....NOT.
The argument is that the "A Good Man With A Gun Will Eliminate Mass Killings" simply isn't true and, in fact might well exacerbate the situation.
I didn't mean to argue against the statement, because it is clearly true. Cops responding to a shooting, won't know if the good guy with the gun is good. I was simply pointing out this happens and (even according to those that are anti-2A) know it is possible/likely. It should be a known risk for any "good guy with a gun".
Regardless, if I am ever in that situation, I would rather be armed and assume that risk then unarmed.
On the other hand, I can also envision a situation where there is MORE than one "Good Guy With A Gun" and that those people end up shooting at each other simply because they really don't know what they are doing in a "combat situation".
As the gunman ran from the scene, two bystanders got their own handguns from the trunks of their vehicles, then confronted and fatally shot the attacker outside the restaurant, Mathews said Friday.
From CBS News
Officer shot man mistaken for mall gunman three times from behind, family attorney says
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A man killed by an officer who mistook him for a gunman at an Alabama mall was shot three times from behind, according to a review conducted by a forensic pathologist at the request of the slain man's family.
Police were responding to reports of a shooting Thanksgiving night at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, a suburb of 95,000 people south of Birmingham, when an officer fatally shot 21-year-old Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. Police initially blamed Bradford, who they said had a gun in his hand and was responsible for shooting two people at the mall.
They later retracted that statement and identified Erron Brown, 20, of Bessemer, as the gunman. Brown was arrested by U.S. Marshals in the Atlanta area Thursday.
National civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Bradford's family, released the findings of the independent review during a press conference Monday at The Rock, the church Bradford attended in north Birmingham. The Rev. Jesse Jackson also attended.
Crump said the findings indicate Bradford was shot three times, all from behind — once in the back of the head, once in the back of the neck and once in the lower right back, near his hip. He said those findings were significant because they indicated Bradford was moving away from officers at the time he was shot.
COMMENT:-
Maybe he was shot from behind, maybe he wasn't. I have spoken with the officer involved and he has denied it. I find his denial compelling. Besides, those so-called "findings" came from an anonymous source, so how do we actually know what they found or even if they are qualified to find anything.
We'll see what info comes out in the future. However, they obviously did not take the necessary steps to properly assess the situation.
I think we need to spend some resources and develope better, more reliable non-lethal weapons for police to use as first response.
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