Post by dustoff262 on Dec 9, 2017 3:04:05 GMT -5
his own personal rifle that appears
to be built at home from various parts.
There is an unknown AR lower with
a Spikes bolt carrier group. It has a
Daniel Defense rear sight and a Keymod
rail system. I would put money down that
the officer also installed a lighter modified
trigger.
This leads me to believe that his department
had a very poorly implement policy for this
type of weapon.
It will all come up in any civil suit.
Great assessment.
Policy is one thing. The decision to shoot is inherent with the individual police officer. In the NYPD, the most senior uniformed cop is in charge. Experience is the utmost driving force that dictates use of DPF.
I could only watch the video once. I have a son around the same age. My only child, and he is serving our country during the holidays. He could have been either player. I feel a terrible loss for this young man.
I'm not from Mesa, so the environment plays a huge part in a juror's mind.
I watched for general compliance. I looked for additional threats. And as in real estate, location, location, location. This is where you rely on experience.
Shoot or don't shoot, depends on a lot of factors. That squeeze of the trigger takes everything mentioned into account. You live or die on that split second.
He used a personal, modified M4. He must have had the dept inspect it and said he was indemnified to use it. Mesa is going to pay millions to his family. The threshold of culpability is much lower in civil court. The award the jury gives will surely be felt. Tactics will be revamped. In an active shooter scenario, you take the fight to him and stop the threat. In this case, slow the job down and figure out what you really have going on.
He made a bad choice to pull that trigger. With 2 M4s on scene, step to the perp and get a better look. 2 steps could have given the cop a chance to evaluate the suspect more thoroughly.
Just a bag of $h1t all around.