Police Activity has a video showing not just the shooting, but the lead up and aftermath.
It shows the desperate struggle of 6-8 officers rendering aid trying to save his life, and the near breakdown of the officer who shot him.
But its flagged to all hell and you're not even allowed to use the share function.
Looks like the kid was trying to toss his gun, and wasn't too smart about it. Takeaway: if you are holding a gun, prepare to get shot.
Not sure what the kid could have done differently. Maybe keep it in his pocket and keep his hands up and declare it to the officer once tensions have cooled? Hard to say.
The officer knew he had a gun. Either he should have dropped the gun in a way that the officer would have seen it, or if you're going to be stupid to not be caught, at least do not make sudden movements when the officer thinks you're still carrying a gun!!!
I'm just thinking about other body cam footage I've seen, especially that one where the guy answers the door carrying a gun and gets shot while trying to drop it. It seems to me having a gun in your hand at all is a death sentence, just trying to figure out what you could do if you do happen to have a gun and are caught by the cops and do not intend to shoot them.
Look at a lot of self defense training/tips.
Even just a random traffic stop they all say sit still, notify the officer that you are carrying and don't fucking do anything except what he tells you. They also emphasise holstering ASAP or dropping your gun as soon as the sirens arrive if you do end up in a defensive shooting.
What ever you do don't be in a situation where you are either holding a gun or they spot it before you can tell them about it.
Shit gets tricky when you see conservatives demonstrating and open carrying their AR-15s without being immediately gunned down by the police. I know the difference, but trying to break it down for folks is a tough one sometimes.
Oh yeah, I remember that. That whole thing was just fucking terrible. The reason he had a gun is because the psycho who had been harassing them called the cops. He answered with a gun because he wanted to scare the dude away, and you could see the horror in his body language when he realized he was looking at a gun pointed at him by a cop. He never saw the primary officer's partner put a shot right in his dome at point blank range as he tried to get on his knees and set the gun down.
As soon as he came storming out of that doorway with a gun in his hand, I don't think he could have saved his life. His reaction time was shorter than the officer's reaction time on his left.
You see this in a lot of badge cams, criminals who are carrying grabbing their gun toss it and then getting shot. Either drop it where the officer can see it and don't move, or surrender and then tell the officer as they go to pat you down after you're in cuffs.
It seems like if you want to drop the gun, the safest thing you can do is have your hands up and let go of the gun. That way you have the gun out of your hands and you're still in the position to be arrested.
But then again, the other thing you can do is NOT HOLD A FUCKING GUN IN THE FIRST PLACE AND DON'T COMMIT CRIME but that's starting to become a tired argument.
I fucking knew it.
It's unreal how often this happens. I swear to god, it's like 20% of police shootings. It's at least 10%.
Suspect with gun, doesn't want to catch a charge, and tries to toss gun. Does it in front of a cop. Gets shot for pulling a gun.
I'm pretty sure that's what happened to Tamir Rice back in the day. Since then, there was a black gang-banger shot in Baltimore who tossed his gun down a hill and got shot for it. Another guy with a felony warrant was running from police, tried to ditch a gun when he rounded a corner, but was surprised by a cop that was standing in front of him. Another suspect, man with a gun, shots fired call, sees cops takes off running, tosses a gun and gets shot in the back.
I swear to god it happens all the fucking time. I swear to god it's literally 1 out of every 5 videos. It's got to be.
He could have abandoned the gun in the ally way in plain sight for the police to see, then tossed his hands up and stood still. That might've been enough to save him.