The story is insane even at this point. But it gets much worse...
... The day after the funeral, Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigator Eli Lawson called Cassandra Steen's newly-hired attorney Aaron Watson and told him that TV news was about to report that a paramedic had found a gun in Victor's pocket.[LINK]
A video, taken from the dashboard of another officer's car, recorded what happened in the minutes before the discovery:
Three officers squatted next to Ard's car, looking under it at Victor. Ard unlocked the passenger side of his car and got something out. The object is light-colored and floppy, but isn't clearly visible. Ard, holding the object, crawled under the car next to Victor's body and stayed there for 40 seconds. Two minutes later, paramedics found a 9mm silver and black semi-automatic in Victor's pocket.
Lab tests showed the gun had been wiped clean. No fingerprints were on it — not Victor's, not anyone's. Victor's family, as well as his pastors and friends, were aghast. Victor was scared of guns, they said. He would not have carried a gun around. ...
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Reading the comments at the article you linked to, I am still amazed at the number of people who believe that disobeying an order from a police officer is an offense worthy of death. Most of these authoritarian freaks would probably describe themselves as lovers of freedom.
One has to be generous and assume that they simply failed to pay attention during History, Social Studies, and Civics classes.
The ironic thing, those "law and order" freaks are exactly as likely as anyone to have an encounter with a rogue police officer (for example: one mentally affected by steroid abuse), and the L&O person might be so surprised that they'll react in a manner that would escalate the situation (more so than others whose expectations are lower).
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