One of the scariest pictures I've seen in a long time.

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7. There is a photo of a protester

painted with a laser sight. In my opinion that is sufficient justification to fire that LEO immediately. Same with pointing vs. holding your weapon at safe port position when not engaged.

Quote from an article
However, the primary method of carrying weapons in the control force formation is at the safe-port position,” FM 3–19.15 states. “It is used whenever troops are in contact with a crowd that is showing resistance or not withdrawing.”

The safe-port position keeps the barrel aimed at the sky, with the firearm at an angle across the chest and the finger off the trigger. In practice, soldiers tend to aim the barrel down instead of up, but the effect is the same.

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/even-the-armys-crowd-control-rulebook-says-ferguson-police-tactics-are-dumb-541156b710f2