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Mark D says

suspect pulling a hidden handgun from his rear pants,

Or…..he was complying by trying to set the handgun down as well. There was nothing this fool could have done to avoid getting gunned down.

Crime rates declining for DECADES, LE deaths at lowest point since 18freaking87, and yet they are shooting US (and our dogs) at an ever escalating rate.

"The 2013 number continued a general decades-long decline for law enforcement deaths since a peak of 280 deaths in the early 1970s. Like much of the U.S., which has seen violent crime rates near their lowest point in generations, life for police officers seems to have gotten safer.

But the number of justified [they are nearly all Justified] homicides by police officers has increased over time, according to the latest available statistics from the FBI, which do not include 2013."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-police-deaths-20131230,0,2076517.story#ixzz2p1e7a6zU

Here is a couple of Houston Heroes sauntering up and justifying some crazy old man:
http://www.FKZcwwTOk34

They are also doing totally unnecessary, hyper-violent ,no-knock, SWAT raids at the rate of 40 THOUSAND a year. Just for the Testosterone High.

You know how you avoid getting shot? Collapse like a freaking rag doll and put your hands on your head!

BoomAndBustCycle says

You know how you avoid getting shot? Collapse like a freaking rag doll and put your hands on your head!

Apparently not.

90-pound Teen killed by Cops in Cold Blood

What began as a family’s call to police for help in calming a schizophrenic teenager armed with a screwdriver and a mouthful of threats ended with police gunfire and heartache.

The killing of Keith Vidal, 18, of Boling Springs Lakes, NC, over the weekend has spurred a state investigation into the teen’s death and a family’s call for answers as they say police shot Vidal in cold blood.

Family of Vidal said they called police on Sunday afternoon to help subdue the 90-pound teen who was holding a small screwdriver and threatening to fight his mother during a schizophrenic episode. Two officers responded to the family’s home and restrained Vidal. Then, a third officer arrived and soon thereafter reportedly shot Vidal, Mark Wilsey, Vidal’s step-father, told reporters during a press-conference on Monday.

According to Wilsey, as the first two officers were restraining Vidal, the third officer walked into the family’s house and said “I don’t have time for this. Tase him. Let’s get him out of here,” Wilsey said. At that point, one of the officers used a stun gun on Vidal. The young man hit the ground and “this guy shot him,” Wilsey said.

Vidal was taken to a local hospital where he was declared dead.

When Wilsey asked why the officer had shot the teen, he said the officer replied, “Well, I’m protecting my officers.”

“He reached right up, shot this kid point-blank, with all intent to kill,” Wilsey said. “Keith was not threatening anybody, Keith did not want any part of it. He was having a bad day,” Wilsey said. “He was flat out murdered, there was no need for deadly force. No reason.”

Cop inconvenience is a reason, justified by "Protecting my officers from a 90-lb kid that was just tazed after he was already restrained by two adult males",

If cops were Coffee Shop Employees:

Springfield : Today, Mrs. Annie Ying was killed by Starbucks Supervisor Maddy Hightower, after Ying complained to Hightower about not following her half-soy, half-calf instructions. Hightower then pulled a pistol and shot Ying 7 times, emptying the .45 into her chest and face. Hightower claimed that she was in fear of her physical safety as Ying appeared on the verge of violence."

Barrista Union Rep Dewey Cheatham said that Hightower was justified, as it is Union Policy - and now the policy of Springfield City - that barristas' use of deadly force is always legal if the barrista feels physically threated. Springfield City DA Rex Governor said "Absolutely. No charges will be filed against Hightower by the city, as the safety of coffee servers is sacred in Springfield. We will be having a meeting of the Coffee Shop Oversight Committee to determine how best to prevent dangerous individuals like Ying from starting these terrible confrontations."

Chairman of the Springfield Tea Party said "Everybody knows how to stop these kinds of situations - don't argue with the Starbucks Employees, respect their expertise and authority. Do exactly what they say. If they said, 'buy a tall latte', you just switch your order. That, or you're a communist."

Synopsis: overanxious cop spends an hour hyperventilating, while staring at a parked car. Nervously approaches it (in Lone Hero mode).
Has a panic attack at the sight of a toy handgun.
Shoots citizen in head.

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1814527-8/man-shot-by-yakima-police-was-holding-a

He then gets the standard 48 hours of paid seclusion to compose his alibi.