What independent evidence do you have that indicates this victim wished to die?
Human.
NPR reporter indicated the video still indicated as such. It sounds like he just went mental. The local police weren't trained for mental illness cases like this because they are a small department.
There is no indication he wanted to commit suicide, but rather he was having mental illness troubles at that moment, which leads some people to do some erratic things.
How is vaping device a threat? I do agree that if they had proper training, their perceptions might have been different.
Obviously, it wasn't the device that was the threat. He allegedly whipped it out of his pocket and went into a shooting position. If officers have no cover, I can understand that being perceived as a direct threat to their and bystanders. Once video is released, it will give a better understanding to the events.
The only this makes any sense is if the officers fired without knowing what was in his hand. I find that a disturbing explanation.
Seriously, or are you just using that as a come-back?
The two are not mutually exclusive.
Even though I said, "just"?
