Looks like the armed resident was shot by responding LEO...

[Singlestack]

Thanks to the video just posted by Skip, we can see what Denver7 did: they deliberately left out some video to make the police look bad.

Just after the chief says "For the next 13 seconds...", he actually says "...officers continued to give at least 5 commands to Mr. Black to drop the gun and to show his hands". Then he says "We don't know why, but for whatever reason..." which is where the Denver7 video picked up after the pause.

Could the pause have been accidental? To me, extremely unlikely given "news" people record all the time and would know when to stop recording. Because of the critical break and what is said immediately before and after, I see no other plausible explanation other than a political and anti-police agenda. I'm not commenting on the incident itself and any blame or culpability Aurora PD may have. However, I am saying that I believe Denver7 is fake news and is not to be trusted.

[Skip]

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I am saying that I believe Denver7 is fake news and is not to be trusted.

Selective editing/reporting is the oldest trick in the book and it isn't just 7 that does it. Sometimes agenda, sometimes to get interest on a story.

I'm not sure the shooting of Mr. Black is a "good shoot" for APD. To engage him outside the door limits LEOs ability to assess the situation, but, there are things Metz said in the conference that explain the situation and create context. I do not believe the LEOs acted with malice or were necessarily reckless. Given the miscommunication I think there was widespread confusion and then they heard the shots from within the house. They had seconds to fill the gaps, had a noncompliant man with a gun (probably in shock and struggling to deal with what happened himself), and fired.

Situation really sucks.

Only good come out of this is Mr. Black's public service in taking the BG out.


ETA: More good... Public awareness that a naked tweaker-shitstain could break into your house at 1:30AM to murder your children and you might just need a firearm in spite of your politics.