re: Video proves cops shot hostage without warning, lied about circumstances

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The video, which was recorded by a dashboard camera of a Neenah police car, contradicts those statements.

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Not that facts will sway anyone on the OT but... The above sentence about the recording is stupid and wrong. For those that don't know, dashcam video doesn't get audio from a mic on the camera, it gets audio from a wireless lapel mic the officer wears. So the guy with the mic may have been on the opposite side of the building from where this shooting occurred. Hence the mic didn't pick up verbal commands yet picked up the much, much louder gunshots. There can also be a separate external mic inside the car, to pick up suspect statements in the back seat, that also might miss verbal commands that far off but still register the shots. Saying that the video contradicts the officers statement is bullshite journalism at its best.

As for the guy being a party to a lawsuit against the police, so the frick what? Are you implying they said "look there is a hostage - yeah I know he is waving a gun around in the heat of a critical incident but he is OBVIOUSLY a hostage - and I instantly recognize him, so even though we are on video lets go ahead and murder him right here even though we get sued daily and it doesn't cost us a dime." That definitely sounds like what happened. Or MAYBE, a dude ran out waving a gun and they blazed him down only to find out later he was a hostage running from the scene. As it turns out, the guy is suing the police (who isn't) and some journalist decided to try to imply something from that to get some clicks. BTW, the article never mentions if they found the supposed drug operation or not. Here is the deal, scumbag biker dopers who are breaking the law tend to come into contact with cops, get warrants served on their houses, sue the police and end up in situations where they get shot more than average folks. Shocker I know.