RockyTop85
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IMO, there’s a big difference between the competence required for “shoved a guy and felt/recognized the presence of a gun” and “practiced enough to become a competent marksman.”Not ignoring the slap. Shooter is slapped after putting his hand on the victim's chest to stop his approach towards the camera.
According to the sequence it appears that the "mace" is sprayed after the shooter pulls his weapon from his waist area, not before.
The sequence shows that the shooter never reacted to the "mace", never wipes at his face, coughs, turns away from the aerosol cloud, etc. from the time he pulls his weapon from his appendix area, (before the "mace" is sprayed), to the shot being fired, to the victim down and several sequence photos thereafter. He is never shown reacting to the "mace" nor is anyone else in the vicinity, for that matter. I find that interesting in that the "mace" appears to have no role in affecting the aim of the shooter.
Was the "mace" deployed by the victim as a response to the shooter pulling out his weapon after the slap? Was the victim going to deploy the mace weapon or no weapon? We only know what we know based on the photo sequence which shows the "mace" deployed after weapon is drawn not before.
The victim is not blameless but did his actions rise to the level of legally justifying being shot in the head/dead? It will be something for lawyers, judges and maybe even juries to decide, with more evidence to come, no doubt, since everyone there had some sort of camera device and many have their version of events leading up to the killing.
Are you giving credence to the shooter knowing that he touched the victim's weapon after being slapped and recoiling from the impact? Particularly right after you just cast doubt regarding his capabilities? Wouldn't it be more likely that this brushing across (if it is even that much) wouldn't even register because he just got slapped in the face, knocking his glasses askew and him back/to the side? The victim never reached for or pulled his weapon at any time did he?
I get it, you are looking at this from what the defense might/will do, not necessarily advocating for the shooter. Same here but from the other side. IMO, the victim acted a fool, let his buttons get pushed and now he's dead because of it. He had a hand in his own demise.
I'm kind of curious regarding the role of Mr. BGM in this. Not that it is necessarily material in the case but what was going on here? What was the lead up to his shouting match with the Trumpers? Did he approach them, did they approach him? Who instigated that confrontation that jacked everyone else up? How did the Denver Press just happen to be here at the time to the lead up and to include the shooting? More curious than trying to make a case for one side or the other. This whole thing needs to get untangled because it's a mess. Cases like this are interesting, just from an all around standpoint but the results are awful for all involved.
In the 9News video, it looks to me like he shoves the guy back away from his principle/client (which explains the “he was retreating” narrative as well.) There’s some solid hand-chest contact in some of the pictures as well. This would have allowed him to feel the gun, if those pictures haven’t been doctored. (I’m not sure how much I trust that twitter account even though it explains why you can’t see the gun in the photos on the Denver post website.) This sequence also explains him being off balance after being slapped even though there didn’t appear to be a ton of hip turn or weight behind the slap. Unfortunately for the conspiracy blog-o-sphere, it also explains the deceased’s “retreat.” He got pushed back.
Have you ever been exposed to OC spray? I’ve seen it deployed twice (on somebody else). Maybe people react differently, but I didn’t even catch a full blast and my eyes welled up and started producing tears almost immediately on contact. Sure there was some eye wiping, but it wasn’t involuntary.Could I have shot somebody from 6 feet away? Probably. Would I be able to sight my weapon properly and group shots? I really don’t think I could. I’ve also been hit in the ear hole in football and those were always mildly disorienting, too.
The lack of successive shots supports your theory that he could see. The still photos leave a lot out.
Re: the botched paperwork, 9News says they requested unarmed security. I assume this is true and the vendor company felt it unnecessary to file the paperwork for the guy to go armed. Probably don’t need a license to act as a bouncer.
Re: your question about the media: there are other videos of people marching around in a line in an area that is somewhat cordoned off by police. Based on where the police came running from, it seems that the media were generally between the police and the initial altercation. I assumed they were just following the line of musterds or antifers after it walked out of the cordoned off area.
(Long rant reserved for future post to keep this one shorter.)