Law enforcement says an off-duty New York Police Department officer fatally shot a man pointing a fake gun at the officer on Staten Island.
  • Perspectivist@feddit.uk
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    9 days ago

    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.

    • andyburke@fedia.io
      141·
      8 days ago

      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.