nca:
You keep trying to get me defend arguments I did not make.
911 received a call from a citizen complaining that a man outside that store brandished a gun at him.
The dispatcher told the police to go to that store.
She informed the policemen that the complainant stated that the subject of the complaint had brandished a gun.
The police had reason to believe that the now-deceased citizen had a gun when they rolled up in their squad car.
The police and the now-deceased citizen got in a fight. The police believed it was likely that the now-deceased citizen had a gun. They would be worried that he was going to pull that gun in that fight and shoot them. They may have thought the now-deceased citizen had actually pulled his gun when they shot him. No doubt the shooting was a mistake.
The citizen was carrying a gun. Not in his hands but in his possession. So not only would the policemens' worry that the citizen had a gun be reasonable, it turned out to be factual.
I do argue that if you get in a fight with a policeman and you get shot it is your own damn fault. Not that getting into that fight gives the policeman the right to shoot you but that you use very bad judgement when you get in a fight with a policeman. If you survive that shooting you should get compensation for your lost wages, medical bills, and compensation for violation of your rights. If you don't then your dependent survivors deserve compensation. But it was your own damn fault.
