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Rustic_Professional t1_j6xmlm1 wrote

Everyone's so busy making fun of Mormons that they're missing that this may be another case of law enforcement shooting someone who was attempting to comply with their instructions.

>One of the agents — identified only as “J.M.” in a detailed criminal complaint filed March 4 in the U.S. District Court of Nevada — opened his suit jacket and flashed his badge.

>Beasley stepped fully into the doorway. He held a loaded pistol against his head.

>“Easy, easy,” yelled J.M.

>“Drop the gun,” shouted a second agent

>As the FBI agents shouted at him, Beasley said later in an interview with The Post, he pointed the pistol toward the ground.

>He was doing what the three agents had asked of him, Beasley said, adding that “I never pointed my gun anywhere except for my head.”

>The FBI maintains in its criminal complaint, though, that he aimed the weapon at the agents. At least one opened fire, striking Beasley in the chest and shoulder.

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>He was taken to a hospital before being charged with assault on a federal officer.

I don't suppose the FBI were wearing body cameras.

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