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(52,441 posts)10. yeah because as usualy, killing the black guy is really the only option.
it's very, very difficult to see that video, and, even filling in what we can't see with the most cop-friendly interpretation, conclude that a dead black guy is the inevitable outcome and anything else would just not be right.
the existence of a potential danger does not automatically mean you get shoot someone. a legitimate police officer doesn't control a scene by shooting anyone who doesn't follow his script. a legitimate police officer is careful to position himself safely, observe his surroundings, and keep his options open and act so as to ensure the safety of himself and those around him.
in this case the officer could have backed up or gotten in back in the car. there appears to have been *zero* effort to even consider anything non-lethal.
this is not policing.
this is hunting.
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and Deadly force WASNT needed in this case...deadly force should ONLY be used
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2014
#63
Many departments don't issue tazers of only issue tazers to supervisors or select officers
Michigander_Life
Aug 2014
#65
In order for a taser to be effective, it has to be in the cop's hand instead of a pistol.
arcane1
Aug 2014
#67
Exactly!!!!!! They are here to protect the mentally ill. Those cops were terrible. Could have
zonkers
Aug 2014
#78
He didn't have his knife hand raised, as the police claimed, assuming there was a knife.
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#97
Why bulletS? Why wasn't the first bullet (or two) plenty to make this man not a threat?
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#99
This is simple, if the man is white and wearing dockers and Gucci on a street in
BaggersRDumb
Aug 2014
#60
if someone says 'shoot me', does it not indicate that this person is in the middle of a
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2014
#13
in any situation, shooting a man without attempting to really de-escalate the situation
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2014
#19
walking. yeah, that pretty much leaves no option. no way the officer could out-walk him.
unblock
Aug 2014
#21
So you're of the opinion that walking toward police and saying "shoot me" is rational behavior?
Erose999
Aug 2014
#43
Why was it necessary to escalate force though? Who in that video was in any immediate danger?
Erose999
Aug 2014
#45
He wasn't "swinging" the knife. And he was no threat at all after the first gun shot.
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#98
I don't wear glasses, but his arm doesn't appear to me to be moving from side to side at all. nt.
polly7
Aug 2014
#35
Shooting to wound is inconsistent with proper police training and procedure
Michigander_Life
Aug 2014
#31
Neither is shooting more bullets than you need to. He wasn't armed with a gun so he wasn't
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#101
Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger, Annie Oakley, even Tonto could shoot the weapon...
immoderate
Aug 2014
#70
This is army training. He's not the enemy. Why pump multiple bullets into him after
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#103
No, that isn't proper police procedure for reasons listed in this thread.
Michigander_Life
Aug 2014
#51
... center mass is military lingo... I'm seeing all kinds of wrongs with this thinking
uponit7771
Aug 2014
#56
Actually you can hear them asking him to drop the knife as he is approaching them
JJChambers
Aug 2014
#94