Seattle Cop Video - Who's the man with a gun?

[PBinWA]

I see the thread on the Seattle Cop Video has been closed so lets try to not discuss the actual issue but someone pointed out to me an interesting observation.

Around 1:30 there is a man in a leather jacket holding a gun (lower left corner of screen capture). What's the deal with that? See the screen grab below and then check the video . . .

What do you think? Undercover cop? Crazy CHL guy? Bad guy?

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[Member 5605]

That is CRAZY.

 

[ZachS]

Just a guess, but I bet it's a run-of-the-mill plainclothes cop who happened to be the first to get to the party.

 

[Ian1816]

If he was a police officer why isn't he assisting his fellow officer? That officer obviously needed help. He did so many things wrong that I am sure this video will be used as a training tool in departments all over the country.

 

[mr11b]

Strange in deed, or very lucky for that officer. If that was a police officer he never made himself known to the other officer, or at least for the additional minute the tape was still running.

 

[Benny503]

Did anyone see a guy in a black shirt tried to come up to the officer from behind and the undercover on the hat go "hey hey" and he walk away from the cop? I wonder what happen if the undercover is not there

 

[pokerace]

The uniform either didn't see it or was not worried.

 

[MarkSBG]

If he was undercover, it seems like a bad idea to have a gun out. My monitor isn't the greatest, but I can't be sure that it is a gun.

 

[Tactical SS]

Looks like a black revolver maybe?

I don't think a plain clothes Officer would have one of those, and yes, he wold have been helping the Officer get control of the woman. Seems strange indeed.

 

[tonyspdx]

I just looked at the entire video. Its a cell phone. Its easy to see in other footage of the video

 

[mr11b]

That makes more sense, since everyone had theirs out

 

[PBinWA]

I just looked at the entire video. Its a cell phone. Its easy to see in other footage of the video

Where did you find the other footage?

 

[Tactical SS]

That makes more sense, since everyone had theirs out

Yes everyone did have theirs out, but everyone also had theirs held up and recording or taking pictures.

 

[Keane]

Yes everyone did have theirs out, but everyone also had theirs held up and recording or taking pictures.

He's right, if you watch the whole video, you can see the same guy recording with his cell phone earlier.

 

[Bluntsesh503]

yeah that doesn't look like a gun to me.

 

[PBinWA]

The guy with the gun doesn't show in the video until 1:24 - he's got a unique hat on. Otherwise, I'm not seeing him any earlier.

 

[.45's and .38's]

I think that looks like a gun. That looks way larger than a cell phone.

 

[elsie]

I disagree. His thumb is on the same side of the object as the rest of his fingers rather than being wrapped around a grip. I believe it's just an illusion due to the poor video quality (an unfortunate artifact of being so compressed to get it on the net).


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[oswego]

King5 blew up the original tape and said it was a hat.

 

[BDA.45]

Its a gun. I blew it up and went frame by frame and its (im 99% sure) a gun.