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Beavercreek Walmart shooting officers recorded statements released.

"In recordings released by BCI, officers say they shot John Crawford III because he ignored their commands"

That's not self defense. That contradicts what the killer said in his written report.

"Once they arrive at a scene, officers have an obligation to reassess what they’ve been told by a dispatcher, a security consultant said"

They didn't do that. They literally went in guns blazing.

"When Beavercreek police confronted John Crawford III in Walmart on the night of Aug. 5, he ignored their commands to drop his weapon and get on the ground, the officers told investigators who interviewed them after the shooting.
“I raised my sights up — he still had the rifle — and I fired two shots center-mass at him,” Officer Sean Williams told investigators less than three hours after he shot the 22-year-old Fairfield man as the victim what turned out to be a BB gun."

He obviously didn't know what was going on. He had no reason to expect police were going to kill him. He did nothing wrong.

"Crawford was declared dead that night at Miami Valley Hospital. A specially convened Greene County grand jury last month chose not to indict Williams or anyone else involved in the shooting."

I still want an explanation of why they drove him all the way to Miami Valley instead of someplace closer.

"Darkow said he did not fire his weapon. But he added that he “probably would have” had Crawford moved into the aisle or in Darkow’s line of sight. Darkow took pains to support Williams."

Of course he did. That's what the thin blue line is all about. He'd been in trouble if he hadn't.

"Darkow recounted what a 911 caller had told dispatchers: That a man had “what we believed could be a deadly firearm” and was loading it."

Had that been true, it would have been perfectly legal as well and shooting him would still have been unjustified. But it wasn't true.

"“I knew one thing, and that was there was no way we could allow him to get out,” Darkow said."

That's an admission of premeditation.

"Brad Spicer, a New Jersey-based security consultant with law enforcement and military experience, said officers have an obligation to reassess what they’ve been told, by a dispatcher or a citizen, once they’re on the scene of what they have been told is a crime.
In this situation, Spicer said, it might have been good for officers to realize, “I didn’t hear a gunshot. I didn’t see anyone screaming.”"

Ya think?

"But he asked observers to understand the stress police experience. They go into a rapidly developing unknown situation bearing responsibility for the lives of those around them, Spicer said."

Here comes the apology.

"Darkow said that at the first verbal command, Crawford “startled — I mean he noticeably startled back. He looked up, saw us and startled. We shocked him; it was very evident that our presence had shocked him."

No kidding.

"“He did not drop the gun, he did not get on the ground, despite both of us giving him verbal commands to do so,” he added. “In fact, he began making motions as though he was either going to duck behind the endcap (of the aisle) or dart, it would have been east, through the store, as best as I can describe it.”
Said Williams, “If he got around us, or escaped to the left, to where he was headed, he was going to be an immediate threat to everyone inside the store.”"

Or maybe they'd just scared the crap of him and he was trying to save his life.