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TorchTheWitch

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57. that is bizarre

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 07:34 PM

Jan 2015

It looks just fine to me. You clicked on the video in the OP? Did you try watching it on YT's site? I can't figure out how it could do that. Maybe try it again and see what happens?

I downloaded the video because YouTube videos always do that buffering every few seconds for me though the audio part plays smoothly. I just download some things and watch them on my computer so it runs through without the buffering. I took screen shots from the video after downloading it and watching it with VCL. I recently discovered that with VCL you can take a snapshot of a video frame and it automatically saves to your computer. I just cut the two stills about in half because they were so wide I thought that they'd stretch the DU page, and there was nothing to see in the half I cut off but more of the street and dark houses in the distance anyway... everything happening at that point was to the far right of the screen at about the passenger seat perspective. Anywho, I just uploaded the still shots to my photobucket to put them here.

I'm going to try watching it again on YouTube and see what it looks like. I just can't understand why it looks fine for some people and so off kilter for others.

On Edit: The OP changed the video to a LiveLeak page that has it it. When they first posted it was an embeded YouTube clip. The video on the LiveLeak page still looks ok when I play though. I just can't download it because it's not got a YouTube link, and my download helper doesn't seem to recognize where it's coming from. No idea why the OP changed the link - the embeded YouTube one looked fine to me.

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Video: Man raises hands in surrender, immediately shoots at police [View all] QuestionableC Jan 2015 OP

I could not tell much of anything from that. n/t murielm99 Jan 2015 #1

I don't see it. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #2

Look at the lower left of the screen. It is a split image. n/t oneshooter Jan 2015 #35

I did and I still didn't see it. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #36

Try the video at post#20. n/t oneshooter Jan 2015 #43

if this is how things are out there why did you need to post something old JI7 Jan 2015 #3

The video was only recently released after the investigation concluded. QuestionableC Jan 2015 #5

old? It happened a little more than a week before the Mike Brown shooting TorchTheWitch Jan 2015 #16

And? Kelvin Mace Jan 2015 #4

Hands raised for a split second Krytan11c Jan 2015 #6

he probably already had it in his hand when he got out of the car TorchTheWitch Jan 2015 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Jan 2015 #7

Well clearly the only solution going forward is to shoot first and ask questions later. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2015 #8

There is an institutional problem with the police repeatedly killing citizens unnecessarily. Maedhros Jan 2015 #9

Actually, I could argue it the other way around metalbot Jan 2015 #23

The real issue: Maedhros Jan 2015 #24

I'm sure the percentage of justified killings OF police is much lower than BY police QuestionableC Jan 2015 #28

Which is by definition.... daleanime Jan 2015 #34

Did the perp take any shots? I didn't see any flashes coming from his direction. Schema Thing Jan 2015 #10

the suspect immediately fired TorchTheWitch Jan 2015 #12

the camera is looking at the ground Schema Thing Jan 2015 #13

looking at the ground? TorchTheWitch Jan 2015 #15

the top edge of my screen is the license plate. not sure where you got the stills from. unblock Jan 2015 #32

that is bizarre TorchTheWitch Jan 2015 #57

I have that same problem with Youtube lately. Jamastiene Jan 2015 #66

thank heaven's it's not just me! TorchTheWitch Jan 2015 #67

LOL, the ground looks like a Toyota Camry snooper2 Jan 2015 #21

apparently there was a different video feed Schema Thing Jan 2015 #56

I watched the video provided by the OP and arthritisR_US Jan 2015 #59

for some reason, there was an anomolie Schema Thing Jan 2015 #62

Better vid on post#20. n/t oneshooter Jan 2015 #63

looked to me that he shot his left arm in the air TorchTheWitch Jan 2015 #11

Now the police apologists here can say we need to shoot em if they raise their hands in the air too Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #17

Of course not QuestionableC Jan 2015 #18

If we reform the police so they wait in their car, use the speaker to make the people get out... Sunlei Jan 2015 #30

Then you will have a lot more police killed in their cars. oneshooter Jan 2015 #38

Why would you say something like that? Sunlei Jan 2015 #39

Because your idea makes the police a sitting target. n/t oneshooter Jan 2015 #42

Police used to make people go to the back of the car and stand there. Today they Sunlei Jan 2015 #44

It's safer for everyone if the cop is outside of the car, and the subject remains in the car. Calista241 Jan 2015 #65

This wasn't a typical situation. CANDO Jan 2015 #46

Clearly we should just shoot all suspects pre-emptively. Shoot first, ask questions NEVER! :sarcasm: Erose999 Jan 2015 #31

Police have an extremely tough and dangerous job. No doubt about that. NCTraveler Jan 2015 #19

Yes and no, respectively. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #50

Being a low enforcement officer is a dangerous job. NCTraveler Jan 2015 #58

A lot of that high fatality rate is because of accidents though MillennialDem Jan 2015 #60

It's not even in the top 10 most dangerous jobs Recursion Jan 2015 #61

Much better video of shooting here ... seveneyes Jan 2015 #20

He actually got off three shots at the police. n/t oneshooter Jan 2015 #37

Welcome to DU Capt. Obvious Jan 2015 #22

So, whats your point?? Hutzpa Jan 2015 #25

This kind of thing will happen when guns are so readily available like they are now. tenderfoot Jan 2015 #26

yes, yes, police have a dangerous job but thats still NO EXCUSE to kick, hit or kill citizens. Sunlei Jan 2015 #27

Split second? Immediate need to shoot? randys1 Jan 2015 #29

A heavy hearted +1. HappyMe Jan 2015 #33

+2 pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #40

Thanks, saved me the trouble.. SomethingFishy Jan 2015 #48

You dont understand, this one situation justifies the needless, unnecessary murders of several randys1 Jan 2015 #54

I'm assuming you're an expert on Police Procedure. Savannahmann Jan 2015 #41

Good luck getting a response. arcane1 Jan 2015 #52

For those having trouble sarisataka Jan 2015 #45

Show me the pattern of this happening again and again, like the pattern of police shootings against TeamPooka Jan 2015 #47

This is irrelevant in regard to any of the recent shootings gollygee Jan 2015 #49

Yet cops like Wilson still have no right to gun down an unarmed man running away. Rex Jan 2015 #51

Wow, that's some messed-up video FiveGoodMen Jan 2015 #53

The YouTube video in the OP has now been taken down pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #55

That person was not unarmed. Jamastiene Jan 2015 #64