Austin police shot Rajan Moonesinghe on Nov. 15 as he held a rifle on his own porch.

[sbmania]

I think the important thing to remember is that "Officer Sanchez fired his Department approved firearm". At least it wasn't a firearm that the department hadn't approved!

[JaySmith]

Interesting, he shot into his home twice as the police were arriving. I am very curious what he was shooting at.

[bogey1]

Interesting, he shot into his home twice as the police were arriving. I am very curious what he was shooting at.

Who knows, but he was murdered.

[streaker69]

Did they stand there and scream to drop the gun and don't move while he bled out?

[DK23]

Interesting, he shot into his home twice as the police were arriving. I am very curious what he was shooting at.

It sounded like he was talking to himself around the 5:20 mark before shooting. Sounded like 'you want some of this'. Plus the 911 caller told the dispatcher it was a police and maybe mental health issue. Maybe the guy had personal issues, we'll probably never find out.

[JaySmith]

Who knows, but he was murdered.

No doubt. Cops were probably spooked by him firing into his house. Not an excuse but still, but I like a clearer picture.

[Walleye Hunter]

Did they stand there and scream to drop the gun and don't move while he bled out?

No, they handcuffed him.

[Spaceballs]

Did you ever notice that this stuff with poorly trained cops only seems to happen in liberal controlled cities?

[Spaceballs]

Did you ever notice that this stuff with poorly trained cops only seems to happen in liberal controlled cities?

So I posted the above before watching the video.

It took 3 seconds into the video to convince me I was on target with the above post.

"911. Do you need fire police or mental health services?"

Right there I could just predict how badly this was going to go. Then the 911 operator kept asking the random stranger on the phone if the guy with the gun was exhibiting mental health problems.

How we get know? He could be a psychiatrist or a garbage collector or nuts himself! He isn't qualified to answer those questions!

A city that spends time and money and other resources creating a system like that clearly didn't spend any money training police how to respond to an emergency.

As for the cop it's a bad shoot no matter how you frame it. The gun wasn't pointed at the top and the guy was given no time to comply with orders to drop the gun. If you or I did that in a defensive situation we'd be in jail. And rightfully so. When a cop does it I'm not just looking at the cop who fired the shot though. I am looking at the department who trained him, certified him, and the supervisor who gave him keys to a patrol car... ALL of whom failed in their jobs to train him and make sure he was qualified to do this job.

This is the result of bad training, plain and simple.

And what about the guy who called 911? What happened to knowing your neighbors? If I saw my neighbor running around the outside of his house with an AR I'm going to 1) know it's my neighbor 2) go see what's going on knowing that my neighbor isn't insane.

This guy doesn't even seem to know what his neighbor looks like. Again...liberal city mentality.

[Spaceballs]

Also...why do I need an AR-15?

Because the government will send people to your house to murder you with their own AR-15's.