Body-Cam Video Of Daniel Shaver Shooting

[ray1970]

Guess not following instructions to the letter is grounds for being killed. The one point where the officers could have been most afraid (when the guy did put both of his hands behind his back briefly) and shots weren’t fired. Not sure how they felt more threatened with the guy crawling slowly on his hands and knees.

Right, wrong, or indifferent the guy barking out the orders definitely seems like a level one douche bag.

Of course I have no idea what events lead up to the encounter in the hallway to warrant such caution and display of force on the officers part.

[Gman]

SMH. What were they expecting to be confronted with that had them so amped up? What were they expecting around the corner that they couldn't approach him? They had that guy so scared and confused. If I were told to crawl, I'd be doing it like he was, just like I did as a baby.

I would imagine the dust cover has something else cute printed on it in the closed position that is more tame, but that kind of crap doesn't belong on service weapon.

ETA: Read that the AR-15 was the officer's personal weapon...but it's still a bad idea.

Got a bit of info from this article as to what the officers were expecting;

Former Arizona police officer acquitted in fatal shooting captured on body camera

[Duman]

There is no excuse. Period.

[Duman]

The eight-member jury also found Brailsford, 27, not guilty of a lesser charge of reckless manslaughter.

“If this situation happened exactly as it did that time, I would have done the same thing,” Brailsford testified, according to the Arizona Republic.

Yeah.......

[TEAMRICO]

Fuck that cop. He should be in jail.

[Ah Pook]

3. The shooter was not the one issuing the commands, which were confusing.

Not being argumentative but who was giving the commands? The vid made it look like one person was in "control". Motions, in the vid, looked like the body cam was barking orders.

[Duman]

It doesn't matter who was giving instructions. Period.

[Jamnanc]

The guy giving instructions escalated a relatively harmless situation into that hot mess.

[ben4372]

I've been following this for awhile. Mark Geragos is the family attorney. It is the citizens who are paying for this bullshit. Are these ass-hats "operator gamers"? Completely unprofessional, even if no one shot. Would it have turned out different if they used handguns? Likely. Was that full auto? This needs at least as much media coverage as recent cop involved shootings. How he got off is amazing.

[Duman]

"Of course I have no idea what events lead up to the encounter in the hallway to warrant such caution and display of force on the officers part."

It doesn't matter what events led to the encounter in the hallway.

The lack of situational awareness and lack of personal discipline indicate the police were not suited for that line of work.

No amount of training can fix stupid, incompetent, sociopathic behavior.