re: Florida deputy fatally shot US airman that answered the door with a gun

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and i can understand that completely.
It still doesn't change the fact that he knew it was the cops announcing themselves, and still chose to answer the door that way. Still shouldnt' be a death sentence, but it's extremely dumb.

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I don’t really understand what hill you’re trying to die on here.

What is the actual point of this argument?

You say he made a bad decision by opening the door with a gun in his hand. I agree (although I disagree with the premise that answering your door with a gun is somehow always stupid), and I think most people in this thread have agreed. I think it’s pretty easy to look at the situation and say he’d still be alive if he had put the gun down once he heard the guy say he was with the sheriff’s office.

OK… so what? Why does it matter at this point? He’s dead.

It’s analogous to the “she shouldn’t have worn that dress in that part of town” argument. Like.. sure, use it as learning for yourself and your loved ones. Don’t let them repeat her mistake. But the fact that she was walking around in the hood dressed that way doesn’t mean she deserved it, nor does it mitigate the actions of the POS who raped her.

I’m sure if he could go get a do-over, he would have put the pistol down. But that ship has sailed and he’s already received the worst possible punishment for his decision. It’s only relevant, at this point, to whatever extent it absolves the cop. You keep saying you aren’t absolving the cop of anything. So I don’t really get it.