Definitely NOT justified in drawing his weapon, IMO.

Aug 4, 2015
11:40:58am

CougaReb

If a citizen pulled a gun like that just to walk up and talk to someone who was filming him on an iPhone, he'd possibly be charged.

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Do you think this cop was justified in drawing his weapon?

cheezedawg

8/4/15 11:32am

I just realized that there is some profanity in the last 2 seconds of the video

cheezedawg

8/4/15 11:38am

Definitely NOT justified in drawing his weapon, IMO.

CougaReb

8/4/15 11:40am

Initially, I thought yes. By end of video - no.

CosmoK

8/4/15 12:04pm

Looked fine to me. He saw his hand in his pocket, grabbing his keys and wallet,

ICBlue

8/4/15 11:41am

The officer pulled his weapon before the man pulled the items...

CougaReb

8/4/15 11:44am

Did the officer get called there for a report of a weirdo in the neighborhood?

foofcoug

8/4/15 11:47am

See, but this is something that's wrong imo. If I see you walking down the

FierceArc

8/4/15 11:56am

The fact is that there are a ton of blanks to fill in, way too many to be able

foofcoug

8/4/15 12:01pm

do people keep guns in pockets?

fattycoug

8/4/15 1:27pm

Exactly my point. The dude has his hand in his pocket, is asked to take it out

ICBlue

8/4/15 11:48am

sounds like the family has a history with the police

BYUCoug11

8/4/15 11:45am

Right- I don't know what that history is, but there is some history

cheezedawg

8/4/15 11:46am

You don't know the back story which makes this difficult to judge

whiteninja

8/4/15 11:45am

Whats troubling to me is that it looks like the only reason the cop stopped at

cheezedawg

8/4/15 11:49am

How hard is it to take your hand out of your pocket?

DH51

8/4/15 11:50am

He is holding the camera with one hand and we see his other hand in the video

cheezedawg

8/4/15 11:52am

At very beginning, cop asks him to take his hand out of his pocket. Guy says no.

ICBlue

8/4/15 11:57am

^^^^^This is correct^^^^^

LBCougar

8/4/15 11:59am

At first, but then cearly empties his pockets and poses no threat from that

FierceArc

8/4/15 12:05pm

Yeah, looking at the cops body language, he never really looks like he thinks

cheezedawg

8/4/15 12:11pm

Yeah, I am only addressing if he was justified in pulling his gun.

ICBlue

8/4/15 12:12pm

Not enough info to judge. We don't know what dispatch told him. I noticed a

fubecao

8/4/15 11:47am

The most appropriate response by the officer would have been to...

CougaReb

8/4/15 11:50am

Agreed. The police have to endure a lot, but I don't think they help themselves

cheezedawg

8/4/15 11:54am

Something happened to make him stand out in his yard filming the street until

workindev

8/4/15 11:53am

I've never figured out how to watch the sound without video...pretty cool. ;o)

CougaReb

8/4/15 11:55am

He references some recent encounters with the police department that made him

cheezedawg

8/4/15 11:59am

The cop was really patient with the filmmaker. Also ,I panicked for a second

Flyingdolphin

8/4/15 11:59am

Ha I had the same thought about the Y

cheezedawg

8/4/15 12:09pm

Wow... smh.

FierceArc

8/4/15 12:16pm

The guy who posts it on youtube does give his version of the backstory.

svenot

8/4/15 12:04pm

From what I can see, it doesn't look like it. Need more facts to really decide.

svenot

8/4/15 12:00pm

It looks pretty simple to me. The cop was bugged he was being filmed, so he took

Cougar-Duck

8/4/15 12:22pm

Pretty sure he pulled his gun because he asked the guy to take his hand out of

ICBlue

8/4/15 12:35pm

Looked like 2 wastes of society to me.

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