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SHEBOYGAN - The Sheboygan County district attorney has determined that the use of deadly force was reasonable and no charges will be filed in the officer-involved death of Kevan Ruffin Jr. on July 2. On Wednesday, Aug. 5, body camera video from the 45-second interaction was released by the state DOJ.

"What's up with the system where they haven't realized he's going through all this?" [the dead guy's cousin Shem} Clayborn said, describing his cousin as a nonviolent person who was intelligent and funny but had a "very debilitating" disability.

Other family described Ruffin as a "teddy bear," a former cheerleader at South High who liked to teach himself languages, loved music and was an expert at helping polish a resume.

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[Wisconsin ACLU] Executive director Chris Ott said there is a national pattern of police using excessive force during routine encounters with people of color, as well as those with mental health conditions, so it is important to know why Ruffin was killed by police instead of them handling it in a nonviolent way.

C-dub wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:18 pm The still shot above looks like a right handed shooter.

ScottDLS wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:22 pm

C-dub wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:18 pm The still shot above looks like a right handed shooter.

Yeah I looked again. Maybe I'll post my question some other thread. It just seems like I always spot the left holster wearing cops.

ScottDLS wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:07 pm I have been doing an unofficial 'survey' since I started paying attention to and shooting guns in the early 80's. I am consistently amazed at the number of police officers that are left handed (shooters). I thought that left handedness was <10% of the population. It seem's every time I see armed LEO's, somewhere over 1/3 of them are wearing holster's on the left. Is it just because I'm right handed? Especially with semi-autos, it seems like the ejection port typically being on the right, that would make LEO's less likely to shoot left handed...

Of course, there's nothing wrong with it. It just surprises me.

ETA: At first. It appeared to me in the still shot of the YT video that the officer was holding his handgun in his left hand. Regardless, my observations still stand.

cirus wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:26 pm

ScottDLS wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:07 pm I have been doing an unofficial 'survey' since I started paying attention to and shooting guns in the early 80's. I am consistently amazed at the number of police officers that are left handed (shooters). I thought that left handedness was <10% of the population. It seem's every time I see armed LEO's, somewhere over 1/3 of them are wearing holster's on the left. Is it just because I'm right handed? Especially with semi-autos, it seems like the ejection port typically being on the right, that would make LEO's less likely to shoot left handed...

Of course, there's nothing wrong with it. It just surprises me.

ETA: At first. It appeared to me in the still shot of the YT video that the officer was holding his handgun in his left hand. Regardless, my observations still stand.

I'm left handed and the ejection port and where the brass flies makes not matter to me.

03Lightningrocks wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:30 pm

cirus wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:26 pm

ScottDLS wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:07 pm I have been doing an unofficial 'survey' since I started paying attention to and shooting guns in the early 80's. I am consistently amazed at the number of police officers that are left handed (shooters). I thought that left handedness was <10% of the population. It seem's every time I see armed LEO's, somewhere over 1/3 of them are wearing holster's on the left. Is it just because I'm right handed? Especially with semi-autos, it seems like the ejection port typically being on the right, that would make LEO's less likely to shoot left handed...

Of course, there's nothing wrong with it. It just surprises me.

ETA: At first. It appeared to me in the still shot of the YT video that the officer was holding his handgun in his left hand. Regardless, my observations still stand.

I'm left handed and the ejection port and where the brass flies makes not matter to me.

I use to deer hunt with a lefty. He had a righty rifle. He always looked akward to me when he was aiming and firing it but he was a good shot with it. One thing he would do that use to bug me a little was to reach over the top of the rifle with his left hand to operate the bolt. Drove me nuts....LOL

Ed4032 wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:31 pm His cousin asked why the police could not have handled it in a nonviolent manner. That guy was planning on killing the officer. After watching the video I think the officer is lucky he is alive.