Wichita Eagle

It was taken from what looks like 80-100 feet away, which produces a pretty poor video on a camera intended to document up-close encounters. There's an enlargement with slo-mo, but you can't really make out where Francis's hands are...though I did get the distinct impression his right arm (the left was obscured by the door frame) was about chest high, forearm horizontal, at the time of the shot. I think.

I dunno, Rob, it's still shady. There were reportedly lots of police officers on the scene--did nobody else see what this one cop saw? It seems their collective judgment was to withold fire, except for this one guy.

And do you think that the "prank" of "swatting" would work anywhere but in America? We invented SWAT teams, we shoveled surplus military weapons down the throats of the police; we created a powderkeg waiting for a spark. And sick pukes like the guy arrested in LA for this have noticed.

This incident is a sign of the rot at the heart of American policing.