The controversial police shooting of Roger Fortson in Florida has raised critical questions about gun ownership, policing and race.
Scripps News' spoke to three law enforcement experts about how they feel police should handle an increasingly armed citizenry — including those who legally possess firearms — as well as what may have gone wrong here. "They're trained to stop the threat, and a firearm, you know, clearly represents a viable threat not just to police officers, but to anybody in the area. Anybody with a gun in their hand is going to be perceived as a threat," Maxwell said.
He added,"It's obviously really difficult because we don't know why the individual had a gun in his hand. But at the same time, the officer doesn't know, and things happen so quickly."