his own life wasn't in danger. He was standing safely in the back while other people were even closer. Not to mention, all they had to do was back up and arrest anyone that came in.
"Bare Fear" - an insufficient level of fear that does NOT justify deadly force - for there was no "eminent threat to life" - as there might have been if a firearm was pointed by Ashley in the officer's general direction at that time.
The threat of death or harm must not only be EVIDENT, it must be POSSIBLE to achieve, and must be articulated as such.
Example: If I threaten your life with words and then brandish a knife toward you from across the street BUT I don't advance toward you, you cannot justify pulling a gun and shooting me because there was no way I could complete the threat from that distance. (You also can't legally thereafter "close the distance" between you and he to convert the threat to "eminent", thereby justifying shooting him.
Conversely, if someone is in near proximity and merely climbing through a broken door with no weapons apparent that could harm you, even if there's a loud and angry mob on the other side of the doors, you cannot simply shoot them because they "might harm or kill you. That's Bare Fear. Not a real threat to life. Like being afraid of the dark and shooting blindly at no threat at all.
This was either an intentional, planned execution, a "staged" event, or he's just a chicken-shit M-fer that should never have control of a firearm, or be in his position.
This was either an intentional, planned execution, a "staged" event, or he's just a chicken-shit M-fer that should never have control of a firearm, or be in his position.
Abso fucking lutelty! Its not a question of whether the shooting was justified, warranted, or reasonable-- it was NONE of these -- the question is which of these three possibilities IS IT -- Planned, Staged, Or Negligence!
And the fact that the no one is publicly asking these questions, or that the shooter wasn't charged, or that hearings have skirted answering these questions leads people to believe the worse!
his own life wasn't in danger. He was standing safely in the back while other people were even closer. Not to mention, all they had to do was back up and arrest anyone that came in.
"Bare Fear" - an insufficient level of fear that does NOT justify deadly force - for there was no "eminent threat to life" - as there might have been if a firearm was pointed by Ashley in the officer's general direction at that time.
The threat of death or harm must not only be EVIDENT, it must be POSSIBLE to achieve, and must be articulated as such.
Example: If I threaten your life with words and then brandish a knife toward you from across the street BUT I don't advance toward you, you cannot justify pulling a gun and shooting me because there was no way I could complete the threat from that distance. (You also can't legally thereafter "close the distance" between you and he to convert the threat to "eminent", thereby justifying shooting him.
Conversely, if someone is in near proximity and merely climbing through a broken door with no weapons apparent that could harm you, even if there's a loud and angry mob on the other side of the doors, you cannot simply shoot them because they "might harm or kill you. That's Bare Fear. Not a real threat to life. Like being afraid of the dark and shooting blindly at no threat at all.
This was either an intentional, planned execution, a "staged" event, or he's just a chicken-shit M-fer that should never have control of a firearm, or be in his position.
This was either an intentional, planned execution, a "staged" event, or he's just a chicken-shit M-fer that should never have control of a firearm, or be in his position.
Abso fucking lutelty! Its not a question of whether the shooting was justified, warranted, or reasonable-- it was NONE of these -- the question is which of these three possibilities IS IT -- Planned, Staged, Or Negligence!
And the fact that the no one is publicly asking these questions, or that the shooter wasn't charged, or that hearings have skirted answering these questions leads people to believe the worse!
Abso fucking lutelty!