So much for NC being an open carry state. Having a gun got him killed. At no point did he raise the gun, and yeah I would be slow to reach for a gun even to throw it on the ground.

People already saying “why did it take him so long to comply”, reason it took him so long is because that poor guy knew that no matter what he did that as soon as he made any movement they were gonna shoot him. Cops too damn keyed up and on such a tightly wound spring that any movement at all would make them shoot.…