Myers, who says he’s a licensed security guard, was sitting in his car Wednesday to conduct “overwatch” while his son trains because “he has seen numerous crimes occur” in the parking lot, according to the probable cause statement.
The surveillance footage shows Myers approach the teens with a gun in his hand, point it directly at them and then move quickly toward them, police said. One of the boys pulls a BB gun out of his pocket, lays it on the ground and extends his arms out as if to show he has nothing in his hands, police said in the document.
“Immediately after … it is clear that he has been shot because he abruptly jerks his body away from Myers and falls to the ground,” the document says.
Let’s be real, here. If those guys were intending to commit a violent crime, and were literally in the parking lot of the establishment they were going to commit a crime at, do you really think a call to 911 would have resulted in anyone on the scene any earlier than long after the crime had been committed?
It didn’t justify his action, obviously, but come on. This isn’t Night City where cops magically materialize on scene the moment something suspicious happens, lol
I mean, if I’m going to go initiate an armed conflict with some criminals, I’d want backup on the way no matter what, right?
But that wasn’t going through this maniac’s mind. He was way too excited about it being his time to act!
Ah, yes: pre-crime. Gotta shoot em early before they commit a crime
Try reading what I wrote again, you clearly failed on the first pass.
I’m saying he shouldn’t have done anything, but also that he is definitely correct that calling 911 wouldn’t have prevented anything in the worst case scenario.
I think this is where most such efforts fail; this is the “good guy with a gun” fallacy. It’s usually NOT “the worst case scenario”, and people are bad at recognizing this (in both directions)
Holy fuck it’s not that deep, the literal only point I’m making is that police response times are typically slow. That’s all.
From me? No certainly is not, because I’m not saying that the above fact justified his vigilantism.
Can you guys stop ignoring that part of what I write? It’s getting obnoxious having to keep repeating myself.