Alaska’s News Source reviewed video of the final moments of 34-year-old Kristopher Handy’s life before he was shot and killed by Anchorage police officers and interviewed multiple neighbors about that deadly night, painting a different picture than what the Anchorage Police Department said.
Dude is rapidly approaching, not following commands from a single officer, has a gun, and is shouting “fuck you” at the cops at 2am after a domestic dispute was called in.
Dude was aggro as fuck.
Why the cops didn’t simple state that, I don’t know. I don’t think the shooting was out of order though.
There is no justification for the shooting. Failure to follow orders and shouting obscenities, even while carrying a weapon, doesn’t justify murder by police. This is another case of their blatant incompetence/malice when dealing with any tense situation.
In a just society, a cops job would be able to de-escalate and resolve the problem as cleanly as possible and with as little use of violence as possible. We don’t live in a just society though, so the cops just shot him and lied saying he aimed a gun at them to justify their murder. Meanwhile, white mass shooters are taken alive and given Burger King for their effort if they hurt the right people.
I shoot everyone who walks up to me.
EvenEspecially the smiling ones. Why should I risk my life if their smile is fake and they really want to shoot me?