Wow, glad none of the police officers were killed. Seems like it was handled the

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Mar 8, 2023
3:53:29pm

westsidecoug All-American

best way possible given the conditions.

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Body cam footage released on the Farmington shooting.

Virginia Ute All-American

3/8/23 3:35pm

These always, always start with someone refusing to follow orders

HRCougar

3/8/23 3:37pm

Gotta let the cops save face and feel like they have control. They basically

fattycoug

3/8/23 3:42pm

You have no idea what an ignorant uneducated statement that is

BYU Grounds

3/8/23 4:18pm

He also didn't need to reach for his gun.

WJCougar

3/8/23 3:46pm

Yep, just follow orders. Our society relies upon following orders from law

westsidecoug

3/8/23 3:54pm

Just follow orders and if the police are abusing their power and mistreat you

Gente_Boa

3/8/23 4:48pm

I’ve seen several videos of police involved shootings. It’s amazing how fast

Scott_Tenorman

3/8/23 3:40pm

They have a split second to decide. Person shows a gun or lunges, it's on!

Desert Rat

3/8/23 3:45pm

It is not a war zone, if the kid tried to use the gun, shooting is

Plato

3/8/23 3:57pm

It's a part of all concealed carry training, too. Suspects can still be very deadly, even after receiving mortal wounds

Division Bell

3/8/23 4:07pm

They are trained to neutralize the threat. and that training exists because

Blue Ridge

3/8/23 4:07pm

That's how gun fights work. You have about 3 seconds to stay alive.

JAGA97

3/8/23 4:56pm

Well that was crazy.

Black Diamond Bay

3/8/23 3:43pm

So so so stupid. Just provide the cop with the information or accept the

DodgerCoug

3/8/23 3:43pm

The dude was a nut job, jeez louise.

RSL

3/8/23 3:49pm

He is clearly lunging for his right hip in a couple of the body cams

darkcoug

3/8/23 3:50pm

Play stupid games win stupid prizes. His death is on him. Just comply.

CodeBlueCoug

3/8/23 3:52pm

Uh that sounded like psychosis. That sucks.

5150man

3/8/23 3:53pm

He was definitely delusional, but these delusions are shared by 100s of thousands of "SovCits" around the world.

Virginia Ute

3/8/23 4:06pm

A lot of it sounded very word saladish

5150man

3/8/23 4:41pm

Yeah, it's the magical thinking vocab that these people all use. Sounds crazy to a regular person.

Virginia Ute

3/8/23 4:44pm

Municipal law enforcement considers sovereign citizens to be a huge threat.

cosmohio

3/8/23 4:46pm

Wow, glad none of the police officers were killed. Seems like it was handled the

westsidecoug

3/8/23 3:53pm

It's fine to say it was just fine, but best way possible? Come on man

Plato

3/8/23 4:16pm

RE: It's fine to say it was just fine, but best way possible? Come on man

westsidecoug

3/8/23 4:25pm

He was too smart by half

Solomon Levi

3/8/23 4:03pm

What an idiot.

BlueVU

3/8/23 4:09pm

If he was to unbuckle his seatbelt, he would have had to tell the officer about

Leonardo

3/8/23 4:18pm

Had the same thought

Solomon Levi

3/8/23 6:10pm

Why does it take so much longer to release body cam footage when the police are

Skipshot

3/8/23 4:25pm

What a dumb situation. The suspect deserved to be arrested. I don't understand

Doogal McCougar

3/8/23 4:50pm

He was reaching for a gun, wasn't he?

RSL

3/8/23 4:52pm

Yep....but some are choosing to ignore that.

WJCougar

3/8/23 4:59pm

Understood. The police were within their rights once he did that. But, seems

Doogal McCougar

3/8/23 5:13pm

Some law enforcement need better de-escalation training

Skipshot

3/8/23 5:16pm

Yeah, because cops just carry vehicle boots with them. And hey, let me crouch

BE-WHY-YOU

3/13/23 11:32am

I didn't see any conclusive evidence based on the compilation provided

GA_Coug

3/9/23 8:59pm

Just answer the questions & it wouldn’t have gone south like this. Feel worst

pegushin

3/8/23 5:53pm

That's what I kept thinking while I was watching it,

Black Diamond Bay

3/8/23 6:33pm

His parents nonsensical beliefs got him killed.

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