A Deadly Failure to Communicate?
This is not the first time that something like this has happened. In their excitement to hastily RSP (render safe procedure) the situation, the officer(s) issuing the command to “Put the gun on the ground” evidently overlooked the fact that the suspect needed to grip the gun in order to comply with their command.
Franklin looks up, a confused expression on his face. “You told me to …,” he says, in what may have been his last words. (He died a short time later.)
Excited cops can be a deadly threat to even the lawfully armed citizen. Never, ever, have a gun in your hand when a cop approaches. If a cop ever orders you to put your gun on the ground, slowly raise your open hands and respectfully decline to touch the gun.
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