Evidence supports officer’s account of shooting in Ferguson

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45. Actually it does make a difference

As has been said... an unarmed suspect can offer a deadly threat. If you have a gun and the unarmed person is hell bent on taking it from you and using it on you... then they are indeed a threat to your life.

this is indeed the crux of the issue... what, if anything lead the officer to feel his life was threatened.

we can look to the prior actions of the suspect. Reaching inside the police officers vehicle and getting his hands VERY near the officers weapon. As has been stated, the officer would not have put the suspects hands there.. at least its very, very unlikely. Not saying that its impossible that the officer would put the suspects hands near his gun, just saying its VERY unlikely. If its unlikely, then other explanations must be considered.

Taking into consideration that the suspect likely reached for the officers weapon, and the situation became so dire that the officer felt the need to discharge his weapon... it increases that likelyhood that officer could have felt that the suspect intended to do him harm if the suspect got close to him again.

again... not saying that IS what happened. Saying that there are indeed scenarios in which deadly force against an unarmed suspect is warranted.