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Ryan Whitaker Shot by Police for having a Gun in Phoenix, AZ – Video

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Elderberry:
Ammoland by Dean Weingarten 8/13/2020

May 21, 2020, at about 10:53 p.m, in Phoenix's Ahwatukee Foothills neighborhood, officers are responding to a noise complaint thinly disguised as a domestic violence incident. The complainant is desperate to get to sleep because he has to get up to go to work. He tells the dispatcher at 10:18 it is a domestic altercation. The exact time of the second call is not given, but the caller says it is a half-hour after the first call.

In the second call, the caller makes clear this is a noise complaint.  He is asked if this is a male and a female in a verbal. From what police have released of the call (includes  graphic video of the shooting) :

The police go to the apartment. Officers take up positions on each side of the door, well separated. One officer knocks on the door, and announces “Phoenix police”, in a slightly elevated voice.

About 12 seconds later, the door is opened. Ryan Whitaker, a white male, 40 years old, answers the door. He is holding a semiautomatic pistol in his right hand, down at his side. He moves the pistol behind his back, so as not to alarm the person outside.  He takes one step outside the door.

More: https://www.ammoland.com/2020/08/ryan-whitaker-shot-by-police-for-having-a-gun-in-phoenix-az-video/


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Cyber Liberty:
Should I be sad?

skeeter:

--- Quote from: Cyber Liberty on August 14, 2020, 07:30:32 pm ---Should I be sad?

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Sounds like theres at least one police officer in Phoenix who shouldn't be walking around armed.

Cyber Liberty:

--- Quote from: skeeter on August 14, 2020, 07:35:47 pm ---Sounds like theres at least one police officer in Phoenix who shouldn't be walking around armed.

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It does, but the shooteee appears to not be black, so his life doesn't matter....

An old bromide comes to mind:  There is no situation that can't be made worse by calling the cops.

PeteS in CA:

--- Quote ---Ryan Whitaker, a white male, 40 years old, answers the door. He is holding a semiautomatic pistol in his right hand, down at his side. He moves the pistol behind his back, so as not to alarm the person outside.  He takes one step outside the door.
--- End quote ---

Taking the OP article's description at face value, putting the gun behind him, out of sight, was not to alarm the police officer? Seems to me it would have the opposite effect, and stepping outside his door with the gun held out of sight could reasonably look aggressive.

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