Man Dead , Shot by Police at Pearson
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" Peel police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said....Three officers responded to the call. Police had been attempting to mediate the dispute for around 10 minutes when the man abruptly took out a firearm and pointed it at an officer...
Kristy Denette, the spokesperson for the province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU), told reporters the man did not fire his weapon at police, adding it's unclear whether he pointed the weapon at the officers."
We'll need to see the body cam footage before it can be established whether or not the dead guy pointed his gun at a police officer.
Kristy Denette, the spokesperson for the province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU), told reporters the man did not fire his weapon at police, adding it's unclear whether he pointed the weapon at the officers."
We'll need to see the body cam footage before it can be established whether or not the dead guy pointed his gun at a police officer.
Irrelevant. He pulled the gun for a reason.
Pull out a gun in front of a cop, or anybody else who also has a gun, you're going to get shot. People aim to kill, not to disable.
As an old adage... "if you point a gun at someone, be ready for a temperature test..." he cold now.
What's relevant is if the police officers shot him before or after they said "Put the gun down!".
The police chief said that he pointed the gun at officers. The SIU spokesperson said it's unclear whether he pointed the weapon at the officers.
We can assume that neither the police chief nor the SIU spokesperson was present at the incident. If, in fact the police officers were premature in their decision to use deadly force, one would not expect them to admit that, on the record.
My point is that we don't yet have enough evidence to determine whether or not it was a "good shoot".
A guy with a gun and ready to use it, shot dead = good shot.
This is why being a cop isn't easy....you're eating your donuts one day, next thing a guy pulls a gun out...
