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In reply to the discussion: Keith Scott: It makes no sense for police to yell... "DROP THE GUN" if there's no gun [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)60. Cop sees something that might be a gun
Remember, an awful lot of our current crop of gadgets are palm-sized and black, like a compact handgun.
So he yells "drop the gun!"
The officers around him take up the call. They haven't seen a gun but they're going to back up the initial shouter.
The man has a device that's not a gun, so he can't do a gun that he doesn't have. He's "non-compliant", so the cops shoot him.
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Keith Scott: It makes no sense for police to yell... "DROP THE GUN" if there's no gun [View all]
eniwetok
Sep 2016
OP
I have seen videos where the cops are yelling drop the gun and it was a cellphone
beachbum bob
Sep 2016
#1
WTF are you talking about the shooting was justified? North Carolina is an open carry state
brush
Sep 2016
#44
Of course they did, they had possession of the victim and the weapon, I don't give LEOs who ...
uponit7771
Sep 2016
#25
just another version of "stop resisting" when the suspect is already incapacitated.
uncle ray
Sep 2016
#7
I think if you have a gun in your hand and cops tell you to drop it and you don't..
EX500rider
Sep 2016
#22
+1, the police chief said Scott was NOT pointing the gun and the wife's lawyer said he was stepping
uponit7771
Sep 2016
#28
To number one .. NO .. he was in his car rolling a blunt minding his own damn business...
uponit7771
Sep 2016
#55
I think the one thing you're not recognizing is the cops THOUGHT there was a gun, but it wasn't
napi21
Sep 2016
#29
Hmmmm ..... there have been multiple cases of the police yelling things such as ......
etherealtruth
Sep 2016
#35
Makes as much sense as yelling QUIT RESISTING! as they grind nonresisters faces into the pavement
HereSince1628
Sep 2016
#38
My thread with body cam and dash cam videos. Scott was backing away from his car with his
tblue37
Sep 2016
#47
Cops yell "stop resisting" while they beat the shit out of people in the fetal position.
LeftyMom
Sep 2016
#51
It seems likely that he either had a gun or he had something that the cops thought was a gun.
Chemisse
Sep 2016
#53
The news analysis of the newly released bodycam footage reportedly do NOT show a gun
etherealtruth
Sep 2016
#57
What makes no sense is why he had to get out of his car in the first place
Beaverhausen
Sep 2016
#63