04-08-2016, 06:35 PM
(04-08-2016, 06:01 PM)Duchess Wrote:(04-08-2016, 05:46 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: when the cops arrived, Crawford dropped the bebe gun and tried to get out of the line of fire. But, he was cornered by an officer coming at him from the other aisle and he turned around and was shot to death.
I hate this, HotD. It disgusts me, it sickening to me. There is no excuse for this shit.
It sucks.
I don't know what was going on in the mind of the 911 caller. Was he unnecessarily but sincerely concerned and did that concern cause him to perceive things wrongly when he was talking to the 911 dispatcher? Or, was he intentionally conveying a false narrative for some reason? I guess a jury will decide if it goes to trial. If it's the latter, he deserves at least a year behind bars, in my opinion.
From the video, it looks to me like the officers had good opportunity to tell Crawford to drop the gun, put his hands up, and walk out slowly. He was cornered and there was nobody else in either aisle (though I don't know if they could see that the space between the aisles was also empty). In any case, the Grand Jury apparently decided that the officers were not in the wrong for considering him an imminent threat based on how the 911 caller had described the situation.