Holy shit. I forgot that they were gonna release the bodycam footage and only just watched it. The way he pulled his gun and threatened her from across a large space. There was no real risk of that water reaching him in a meaningful way. Yeah, he coulda been splashed a bit, but not to the head or face. And if he meaningfully thought she intended to threaten physical harm then he has no ability to read a situation. She said some weird shit, but to go directly to "I'll shoot you in the face" is zero to maximum with no attempt to understand why she said it.

Gypsy cops strike again!

I can't deal with this. It has to stop.

I just watched the footage and once again I'm blown away by the callous disregard for life. What the AF is wrong with people! 🤬

At this point, I think cops simply need to be disarmed. Period. Very few specialized cops should be armed in special circumstances. Outside that, cops need to just rely on their f-cking "de-escalation" skills alone. If they're scared, then they can call it in and get support. No more f-cking drawing weapons against unarmed civilians though. We can revisit this if and when too many cops are dying from all the many scary things they constantly need to draw their weapons for. We will then address their concerns with the same level of effort that civilian deaths are being accounted for.

The end.

Take the f-cking guns away!

Okay. Now the end.

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The body cam footage is conclusive. The officer murdered that woman.

She said, "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus." This caused the officer to become enraged, he told her he would shoot her in her fucking face, and then he did just that.

He claims he felt threatened because she was holding the handles of a pot of boiling water that was set on the counter next to her sink, but he moved closer to her before he shot her. If he felt threatened, why would he move closer to the threat? Also, as soon as the officers drew their weapons and pointed them at her, she let go of the pot and dropped to the floor. While the woman was on the floor, the officers continued to point their guns at her and tell her to drop the pot, even though at that point she was no longer touching the pot. The woman tries to stand up and grab the pot again, I think because she was trying to comply with the officers' imbecilic commands to drop a pot she wasn't even holding, and that's when the one officer shot her in the head.

At one point in the video the officer walks out of the house into the front yard where there are several other officers that had by then arrived on the scene, and the looks on their faces say it all. They knew they were looking at a man who hadn't just fucked up, but had committed a violent, criminal act. They knew he was totally fucked.

Repeal the Police Officer Bill of Rights that most states have and charge them with crimes for assault, harassment, oppression, and murder as necessary them ban them from police work. That's what happens to other professions like teaching, fire fighting and nursing