“In this case, the three hostages were not moving threateningly and held up a white flag; therefore, it was right to confirm the identification before firing,” he said.

Authorities said a confrontation took place shortly afterward when the suspect pulled out a 12-inch retractable baton and waved it around threateningly.

It’s pitched outside their single-story home, which still stands next to the encampment, but with cracks running threateningly up and down the walls.

She told Cooper about a strange man approaching her in a parking lot, while she was with her infant child, and threateningly saying, "Leave Trump alone. Forget the story."

Eventually, Martin tells Steven, threateningly, that he must sacrifice a member of his family.