Comment: I served honorably with Edgar Rodriguez in Iraq in 2010.  He was my next door neighbor.  I can tell you from my perspective, knowing Rod, that he wouldn't have been so ignorant as to point a firearm at a cop of all people.  My theory and it's biased,  because I hate police and have for a long time, is that he called the police to tell them this asshole was beating the shit out of his girlfriend and he, being a concealed weapons holder,  waited outside for the police to arrive with his weapon and then when they arrived instead of deescalating the situation probably shouted "DROP THE GUN, DROP THE GUN~bam bam bam bam bam bam bam.  Seven shots.  Senseless.  The only conclusion I can come to is the fucking EPD dropped the ball again and shot another minority because that's what they do.  They are nothing but brutish punks who deserve every  bad thing that happens to them when they fuck up.  In this case I hope they fire the pieces of shit who must have "feared for their lives" .