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hydrogen7800yesterday at 10:20 PM2 repliesview on HN

Well, that's an interesting take. Even if a holstered weapon did discharge (no idea how likely this is for the specific weapon in question), why would someone suspect they are being fired at by a person with a holstered weapon? Poor/no training is the most charitable explanation.

I suppose enough people will grasp at this take.


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rltyesterday at 11:19 PM

Poor training seems plausible, if not likely. But then it's not murder / "extrajudicial killing".

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nailertoday at 12:34 AM

The only person suggesting the gun went off while holstered was the sibling comment by ‘AngryData’. After ICE discoverers the gun and yells “gun! Gun!” the Sig discharges into the ground (visible in some of the videos) before he is shot 3 times.