Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agoOff-duty NYPD officer fatally shoots man on Staten Island pointing fake gunapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkOff-duty NYPD officer fatally shoots man on Staten Island pointing fake gunapnews.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square6linkfedilinkcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
minus-squarePerspectivist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down3·2 days agoSeems justified to me. There’s no way of telling a fake gun from a real one at a distance and if you point it at the police when they’re telling you to drop it, that’s just asking to get shot.
minus-squareandyburke@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 days agoAgreed, except these officers were off duty and probably had no bodycams and so now we need to take their word on what happened. The police have not inspired confidence in their honesty over their history.
minus-squarePerspectivist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoThe article states that it was caught on surveillance camera.
minus-squareandyburke@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·2 days agoThat would be good. Have they released the footage?
Seems justified to me. There’s no way of telling a fake gun from a real one at a distance and if you point it at the police when they’re telling you to drop it, that’s just asking to get shot.
Agreed, except these officers were off duty and probably had no bodycams and so now we need to take their word on what happened.
The police have not inspired confidence in their honesty over their history.
The article states that it was caught on surveillance camera.
That would be good. Have they released the footage?