Yes, I know the cop told him to drop the axe and he didn't do it. But it's irrelevant. The cop's report will cite the 21 foot rule, which he gamed so he could claim there was a threat.
If he was really a threat it would have been legal to shoot him from 50 feet away. The cop was too lazy to do the work it would have taken to take him alive.
Probably because someone called and said something that may or may not have been true. Often it's neighbors who make calls that end in someone getting arrested or killed for minding his own business on his property.
Yes, I know the cop told him to drop the axe and he didn't do it. But it's irrelevant. The cop's report will cite the 21 foot rule, which he gamed so he could claim there was a threat.
If he was really a threat it would have been legal to shoot him from 50 feet away. The cop was too lazy to do the work it would have taken to take him alive.
He didn't have a reason even when he had the axe, until he manufactured one by getting close.
Probably because someone called and said something that may or may not have been true. Often it's neighbors who make calls that end in someone getting arrested or killed for minding his own business on his property.