re: #337 iossarian

The article you link indicates that the inquiry into the shooting found the officers acted “justifiably”: the veteran had been acting oddly and apparently reached for a weapon during the confrontation.

America’s gun laws suck but if you’re a cop and someone goes for their weapon, you shoot, legal concealed carry or not.

There was a lot of conflicting witness testimony but the bottom line is they shot a guy 8 times who had a permit to carry a weapon, hadn’t broken any laws, and the weapon was still in the holster. That’s not heroic and giving them a medal for it is more than distasteful in my book.