As I said, it could be for a myriad of reasons. Just because something has no rational explanation does it mean we have to start concocting stories? That's how religions get started. Maybe his mind was on something else. We assume that officers are locked in and focused but they're human beings, prone to the same loss of focus as anyone else. He could have known the guy. I saw a story earlier that said they were in the Coast Guard at the same time. Stranger things have happened. I don't know. And that's the answer that so many are afraid to even use. I don't know is an honest answer. To say, definitively as you have, that it HAS to be one of these two things, is not an honest answer. Because the answer is we simply don't know why he didn't do any of those things. Humans are not comfortable not knowing. Hell, that's how the majority of the world's religions came into existence. Not knowing is no reason to believe just anything that comes along. Originally Posted by WombRaiderYou're a goof is all I can say. There is no reason for this officers repeated mistakes. You want to speculate they could have known each other from the Coast Guard, that's ridiculous. First of all they are seventeen years apart, they served at different times they could not have possibly known each other. Besides during the stop when they were face to face neither indicated they knew each other. The video of the traffic stop alone indicates to me that this is a psyop. The actual shooting video further gives me suspicion. Eight shots no smoke to indicate weapon discharge, no blood on suspect. The officer handcuffs suspect, what the fuck is that, he's no longer a viable threat. The whole thing stinks to high heaven, and you're over here trying to tell me there must be some rational variables. It's all bullshit. It was done by design. You're being duped rationalize that.
Jim