You can debate the need to arrest, but creating a ruse that ends up with the man being shot several times?

  • LethalSmack@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m guessing the body cam doesn’t show the 22 being pointed at the officers since the article specifies everything else it saw but not that.

    “The shooting occurred after Roberts, who had a .22 revolver with him, pointed his weapon at the two plainclothes officers after they confronted his brother. He did not fire, police body camera footage shows. After seeing Brooks Roberts’ gun, officers unleashed a storm of gunfire on him, the footage shows. Since Idaho is an open carry state, Roberts was within his rights to be holding the weapon.”