Marshal's PK Appeal

[Marshal]

Name of Character: Sam Velardi

SteamID: STEAM_0:1:79619052

Your Discord ID#: fgau

Date of PK: 15 Jul 1989

Reason for PK: Accidently pulling a weapon on a Cop

Why should you be unPK'd? What server rule or PK rule was violated?: I believe I should be un-PK'd as the situation that my character was killed over was a complete accident and I did not initiate actual combat. I don't dispute that I pulled out the weapon and it was generally pointed in the direction of Senior Officer Benedetto Porcello but this was an accident, and as is evident in the Clip below I immediately put the weapon away and made *no* attempt to attack or threaten the officer. It is blatantly clear that no genuine attempt was made to initiate combat on my part, but despite this the Officer immediately escalates the situation by gunning me down (Once again, after my gun is already away and there is absolutely no threat to his life). 

Furthermore, the situation that lead to me PK happened on the 15th of July, it is now the 17th and my character has only been killed tonight. I was told adamantly on the 15th during a sit with Yuki that I would not be getting PK'd because it was clear that the situation was an accident. Although I don't believe the original reason is valid either, I also believe it is extremely unfair to wait two whole days before acting on this despite previous staff members who were looking after the situation stating that it was not PK'able and that I had nothing to worry about. Had this just been decided at the time I would take no issue but leaving me ignorant to the seemingly ongoing debate over my character potential PK was unfair, especially considering when the PK did eventually go through I was left totally unaware until I got onto the game and found out myself. To conclude, the actual PK aside the time it took and lack of genuine communication around my characters death was very disappointing.

If possible please provide video evidence or photo evidence if PK does not follow the guidelines:

https://medal.tv/games/garrys-mod/clips/kHrjXBg8bYPl9FzUs?invite=cr-MSxOYkksMzE0MjA0Mzg

[JJ_]

Hello,

Unfortunately I was the one that administrated the PK on your character.

To begin with, I would like to apologise for this PK being a little delayed. I understand that you were told by two different admins that you wont be getting PK'd as a result of this situation and getting killed from it 2 days later can be frustrating. So for that I apologise.

Now to get to the whole point of this appeal. The reason why your character was PK'd was due to it being deemed that the chances of you accidentally pulling out your weapon whilst your friend/factionmate is getting arrested is highly unlikely, more probable that you had intentions on shooting this officer in defense of your friend.

[KingJewMonaclu]

This falls under quite a niche spot in the rules, as a result many staff members were confused given the validity of the PK. You were pk'ed following this rule:

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■ Breaking Fear RP while being detained by Police. If the police are detaining you for a crime and you break FEAR rp by pulling a weapon on them the NYPD are still within their right to react in self defense. This can and will be considered initiating a violent confrontation with police EVEN if you never managed to fire the weapon.

Which can have possibly caused some misconnections or confusions. We know in this situation you did not initiate violence on the officer (You never attempted to shoot), you were not under fear RP nor were you being detained, as well as having put the gun away. While the cop is not faulted for having shot you, it should not have been a PK. We apologize for the inconvenience, that being said you need to be mindful when pulling a weapon out.

 

Your appeal has been reviewed and accepted.

Your character has been reinstated and can be used again.