I believe he was on a video call with a woman, and her account is that someone knocked, didn’t respond when he asked who was there, and they hid themselves from the peep hole.
Then the police started pounding, still without announcing themselves, so he went and armed himself BECAUSE HE’S ABOUT HAVE HIS HOME INVADED.
Next thing, cops kick in door, see him, kill him, and blame him for making them murder him.
That version of events was in a different article covering this from a different Lemmy thread, not sure which one. Here’s another one that appears to align with those additional details:
I believe he was on a video call with a woman, and her account is that someone knocked, didn’t respond when he asked who was there, and they hid themselves from the peep hole.
Then the police started pounding, still without announcing themselves, so he went and armed himself BECAUSE HE’S ABOUT HAVE HIS HOME INVADED.
Next thing, cops kick in door, see him, kill him, and blame him for making them murder him.
Oh, and cops were at the wrong apartment #.
Citation?
That version of events was in a different article covering this from a different Lemmy thread, not sure which one. Here’s another one that appears to align with those additional details:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/florida-airman-killed-by-police-roger-fortson