Dolloff is committing to a draw stroke in this frame. This was clearing the garment. Next frame shows his right hand going for the grip.
A pede said he heard Dolloff had to chamber a round. If that’s true, it’s not in the frame-by-frame and I’d say unlikely.
Let’s not joke here. Dolloff drew and fired in ~ 1 sec and shot Keltner through the head. Possibly the brain stem, because the lights went out immediately.
So look at just knowing this:
Dolloff initiated first physical contact (aggressor)
Kelter open hand slapped him in the face
Dolloff commits to drawing his weapon
Moment of the draw, Kelter is further away hands down
Does a reasonable person who has been slapped off of someone fear for their life or serious injury?
A stretch.
While CO doesn’t have a duty to retreat, you can’t be the aggressor.
I’d say that’s enough, but more...
What was his training?
The way he was kitted out with a dot, light/laser unit and a G19 with suppressor height irons, he wasn’t borrowing his dad’s old 357 mag. He cleared garment + gripped + drew + headshot just barely slower than it took Kelter to break his wrist and fire pepper spray from around his waist.
Enter Pinkertons.
Assuming that the news station isn’t bullshitting that they contracted Pinkertons, and they supplied an unlicensed guard, that’s a major liability on their part, and the Kelter fam can sue them into bankruptcy.
Nobody in private security is trained to shoot someone for slapping you in the face. Private security doesn’t want to be in the news. That loses you contracts. Forget the “saving lives” - they’re there to make money, and that depends on ppp not knowing they exist.
This would have been against his training on the escalation of use of force.
Why show zero restraint? Prosecutor could use this as intent.
This is NOT a police officer shooting someone for macing him (the example of the officer who was maced, had his gun taken and was killed is used for the justification by officers to fire). Dolloff wasn’t a uniformed officer. He was plain clothes, and who says he declared he was security?
Initially I thought the self defense case was a decent chance of winning, but not after going over this frame and recognizing an appendix carry draw in action without any serious threat from Kelter.
I’d rather be a prosecutor here, but let’s hope to God that some liberal activists in the CO legal system don’t try to turn this into a blueprint for Antifa “self-defense” precedent.
Apologies: I posted the original version last night with the names reversed. Reposting to clarify and make a better case for you.
If you don’t know what appendix carry is, here is a WPS training video for context. Appendix carry is baller, just don’t shoot your balls off.
Why does this matter?
Self-defense is based on the reasonable perception that you fear for your life.
I grabbed these stills from The Denver Post.
Dolloff is committing to a draw stroke in this frame. This was clearing the garment. Next frame shows his right hand going for the grip.
A pede said he heard Dolloff had to chamber a round. If that’s true, it’s not in the frame-by-frame and I’d say unlikely.
Let’s not joke here. Dolloff drew and fired in ~ 1 sec and shot Keltner through the head. Possibly the brain stem, because the lights went out immediately.
So look at just knowing this:
Does a reasonable person who has been slapped off of someone fear for their life or serious injury?
A stretch.
While CO doesn’t have a duty to retreat, you can’t be the aggressor.
I’d say that’s enough, but more...
What was his training?
The way he was kitted out with a dot, light/laser unit and a G19 with suppressor height irons, he wasn’t borrowing his dad’s old 357 mag. He cleared garment + gripped + drew + headshot just barely slower than it took Kelter to break his wrist and fire pepper spray from around his waist.
Enter Pinkertons.
Assuming that the news station isn’t bullshitting that they contracted Pinkertons, and they supplied an unlicensed guard, that’s a major liability on their part, and the Kelter fam can sue them into bankruptcy.
Nobody in private security is trained to shoot someone for slapping you in the face. Private security doesn’t want to be in the news. That loses you contracts. Forget the “saving lives” - they’re there to make money, and that depends on ppp not knowing they exist.
This would have been against his training on the escalation of use of force.
Why show zero restraint? Prosecutor could use this as intent.
This is NOT a police officer shooting someone for macing him (the example of the officer who was maced, had his gun taken and was killed is used for the justification by officers to fire). Dolloff wasn’t a uniformed officer. He was plain clothes, and who says he declared he was security?
Initially I thought the self defense case was a decent chance of winning, but not after going over this frame and recognizing an appendix carry draw in action without any serious threat from Kelter.
I’d rather be a prosecutor here, but let’s hope to God that some liberal activists in the CO legal system don’t try to turn this into a blueprint for Antifa “self-defense” precedent.