so if you were a cop and someone reached for their waistband in a threatening manner you would wait for them to pull out the gun and aim it at you before you did anything?
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so if you were a cop and someone reached for their waistband in a threatening manner you would wait for them to pull out the gun and aim it at you before you did anything?
I have actually lived it in real life, and yes that has actually happened to me, and we both lived to tell about it. It turned out to be a dark phone, in the dark while in a split second foot chase after a hardened criminal.
In my lifetime experience of chasing fugitives I have come to realize that in those split seconds and moments you can come to realize many things, like in a slow motion Matrix movie kind of way. That is what kept me alive and those around me, including those I was chasing.
Had it been a real gun and a real threat then yes, my life and those with me comes first and that threat would be eliminated, guaranteed.
Unfortunately, reaching for your waist pants can lead to death, even if it is just to keep them from falling off of you. Case in point, Arizona white kid shot by cop while crawling on his knees, crying, and reaching for his shorts to keep them from falling off him while he crawled led to his death.
Another very recent case in Sacramento, CA, where a black man was shot with a phone in his hand.
The problem mostly stems from allowing police to be Judge, Jury and Executioner while only high school educated, working for a Police state under a system known to suppress, oppress and repress those it polices.
that and idiots who can't keep their hands away from their pants when told to.
You have probably never experience duress under police authority for no apparent reason, and a simple movement caused by such duress due to nervousness and fear can quickly escalate. I grew up in a ghetto, so I have needlessly experienced this for no other apparent reason other than living in poor high crime area.
LOL this is like when I assumed you were not a cop.