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121. I have seen no video nor had the poster I was responding to

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 07:36 PM

Dec 2014

Doesn't a "routine business check" vary considerably from one area/community/county to the next? For instance wouldn't a routine business check at a convenience store in a town of 2000 at 7 pm differ from a routine check on a convenience store on cheap hotel row in a city of 2 million? Wouldn't a routine check include assessing the probability of illegal activity and investigation of their suspicions? Suspicions based on body language, knowledge of people present, suspicious activity? Seems if in fact there was a gun, the cop's suspicions panned out, wouldn't you agree?

As to whether or not the stop was based on reasonable suspicions, I can't say since I haven't seen video or any other information other than in the op. Generally I will assume the cop is closer to the truth than someone who was arrested, since I know that most police are doing the best job they know how to do with the tools they are given.

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No one here does. That's my point. chrisa Dec 2014 #89

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what video? GreatGazoo Dec 2014 #83

here: 7962 Dec 2014 #86

Of course! Police never lie and never plant evidence! tabasco Dec 2014 #125

Armed adult pulls gun on cop and is shot.... pipoman Dec 2014 #8

Thank you. Sanity is lacking here lately. nt 7962 Dec 2014 #10

See Post #42 Feral Child Dec 2014 #50

Here is video of just prior to the indcident 7962 Dec 2014 #85

AS they should. Feral Child Dec 2014 #90

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"officer was conducting a routine business check." Demit Dec 2014 #20

OK, mea culpa....insert "routine business check", doesn't change the point... pipoman Dec 2014 #22

People loitering at a business? You mean customers? Demit Dec 2014 #38

No, loitering, panhandling, dealing, etc.... pipoman Dec 2014 #73

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Or perhaps they were walking through the parking lot??? giftedgirl77 Dec 2014 #63

Or perhaps you haven't a clue what police routines consist of... pipoman Dec 2014 #74

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That's not what was said in the earlier press conference marym625 Dec 2014 #117

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Here is the video, FWIW. 7962 Dec 2014 #97

supposedly there's video marym625 Dec 2014 #18

I'm confused about the angles. EvilAL Dec 2014 #24

the picture where we see the gun, it's next to a wall Enrique Dec 2014 #28

Yeah, EvilAL Dec 2014 #32

It is next to the curb, it appears, not a wall. And the curb in previous pic shows no gun. nt mariawr Dec 2014 #64

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He was there the whole time? EvilAL Dec 2014 #34

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Yeah, I get that. EvilAL Dec 2014 #44

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he says he didn't arrive on the scene until 12:35 Enrique Dec 2014 #77

and pictures from earlier marym625 Dec 2014 #79

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Not at the moment. marym625 Dec 2014 #122

is there an explanation to go along with the picture? Enrique Dec 2014 #25

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Because he didn't even realize what he was photographing marym625 Dec 2014 #30

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considering the circumstances marym625 Dec 2014 #39

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"pointed something" marym625 Dec 2014 #47

Well, EvilAL Dec 2014 #52

At a place of business with innocent bystanders marym625 Dec 2014 #53

Fair enough.... but whatever he's holding, he sure isn;t holding it like a cell phone. Adrahil Dec 2014 #111

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It looks like the photos are from 2 different places. Vinca Dec 2014 #54

of the same place. n/t marym625 Dec 2014 #55

Right . . . I should have been more clear. Vinca Dec 2014 #56

Sorry marym625 Dec 2014 #59

It doesn't look like the same place in the parking lot. Vinca Dec 2014 #98

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Too......many.....fucking....guns....in America. The cops are scared to die like everyone else. 300 Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #62

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