Val Demings: officer who shot Ma'Khia Bryant 'responded as he was trained'

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50. The officer actually drew his gun because of the attack of the girl on the ground

You have a good eye. The video taken from the neighbor's house shows a lot of things well.

And remember, from the outset, he had his hand poised by the gun.
That was his planned go to move in case of emergency at that moment.

As they rushed forward, and the first person lands on her back, he takes a couple of steps toward them and his hand actually leaves the gun for a moment, but then as the attacker goes down low to attack the head of the person that is on their back, he makes the decision to draw the weapon.

The weapon gets drawn at almost the exact same moment that the attackers momentum moves away from him because the person on the ground begins to sit up and the attacker follows the movement of that girl, which just happens to be toward the woman in Pink.

However, the movement is not meant to attack the girl in pink just yet. She is still attacking the person on the ground. That person is sitting up to try to get away.

The girl in Pink sees this happening and actually steps forward as if to help. But never gets close enough to help or do anything other than get closer while holding the dog.

Now, as momentum carries the attacker toward the girl in pink, it seems the attacker recognizes this girl in pink as someone that she would also like to attack. And so the attacker uses her momentum to focus on this new target. Almost a target of opportunity because suddenly they are close together.

So the attacker lets her focus of attack leave the victim that just sat up from the ground, and used her momentum to focus now on the girl in pink.

The officer actually drew his gun because of the attack of the girl on the ground.


EDIT : Here is a link to the video

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