Comments by "Southernburrito" (@Southernburrito) on "Texas Police Kill Suspect After He Points Gun at Them" video.

  1. I got an irregular story for you from a long time ago. From where I use to live on the other side of a little forest was a wooded park. I was having a cigarette in my front yard between 10:30pm-12:30am when suddenly some dude started screaming out repeatedly at the top of his lungs in rage that he was going to kill somebody (I heard nobody in distress). After about the 3rd time I called the police because it nature was so manic & violent. I relayed the information to dispatch & she sent someone immediately. Here’s the crazy thing, the Officer was on his way & she wanted me to creep through the woods in order to get a visual description. Normally I’d have no problem with that, but we have a cop car coming in hot, I’m packing with a conceal & carry permit, & I don’t know if the person yelling is armed or not. I told her, “No”. She asked me, “Why?”, lightly as if to question if I just plain didn’t have the guts. I told her quickly that I’d be walking in the dark with a loaded weapon & that the officer doesn’t know my identity or position & that it could lead to the wrong mistakes. She said, “Oh, I guess that makes sense.” Like it never dawned on her that the officer could think I was the guy I called about & shoot me by accident. I also told her that if I see the individual & the person who’s location is somewhat undetermined sees me then I’d be forced to engage him & again I’m carrying. If I was certain the person in the dark wasn’t with firearm I’d have had no issues without my weapon knowing the officer was close to follow, but she was asking me to scout the woods without any identifiable authority to the individual & the police officer who is authorized & with weapon. I simply couldn’t go past the small patch of woods. Whoever it was was long gone through the park by the time the police arrived. The Officer was speedy to the scene, so perhaps the phone discourse was overheard. Sound travels surprisingly further at night without the daylight noise pollution. There’s just a lot of variables to be aware of if you’re going to do something right. There’s also something to be recognized about when two animals go after the same prey uncoordinated. I’m not saying that was my mindset. That response would’ve been spontaneously determined, culminated & potentially demanded by the aggression of the manic. Just an interesting scenario & expectation to me.
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