Always so surprising when a guy is given two dozen opportunities to lay his weapon down, and doesn't, and catches a bit of lead for it.
I'm totally bowled over whenever that happens!
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By my count the cop said "put it down" a solid 22 times.
The guy's laconic response:
"I can't."
And so:
And man, you gotta give this cop major credit. He kept his cool through the whole thing, only fired his weapon when it was absolutely necessary, and then refrained from firing when the guy was still reaching for the deadly weapon:
Local news reports say the suspect was "charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of vandalism."
Thank God for good cops.
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