• @Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I can crack your skull with a single swing of a gardening hoe. It’s hilariously unreasonable to expect police not to treat this as a lethal weapon. Look at the video; they’re telling him to stop or they’ll shoot and even turn around and start running away in order to avoid doing that.

    Also the “kid” is a 15 year old adult sized man.

      • @ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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        69 months ago

        A cop could trip on the sidewalk walking up to the door and crack his head open. This is such a stupid argument. These people are supposedly paid to deal with dangerous situations. Cop lovers always talk about how “they’re putting their lives on the line” yet in reality, we see they’re really putting everyone else’s life on the line in every situation because apparently your life is worth more than everyone else’s once you take a 6-week course at a local community college and put on a badge.

      • @Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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        Shooting violent people that attack others with bladed long weapons is a justified use of force. No doubt there are better and worse ways of handling situations like this but if it’s racist police murdering innocent people you’re looking for then this isn’t it.

        • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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          109 months ago

          If you watch the video it’s reaching shears. Don’t make this out like it’s a sword. And he’s holding it a hand on either end so he has no leverage to swing it. You could easily tackle him and render them useless.

          Absolutely a fucked up panic shoot that will get swept under the rug with the rest. Cowards shouldn’t have badges and they should face charges for playing judge dredd.

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            Near impossible to tell from the video but definitely looks more like a hoe to me. Also, the cop had around 4 seconds to figure out what to do and he’s literally running away from the guy chasing and about to swing at him with it the moment they opened fire at him. It doesn’t get much more legitimate from that.

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              Okay and still, what leverage does he have with his hands like that?

              This officer also created the situation by not waiting just a couple seconds for his buddy. Instead we have two guys acting individually with just pistols.

              There’s certainly no other outcome expected from a couple guys panicking with guns

              • @MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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                Either you’ve never been swung on in your life, or you were incapable of absorbing any learnings from it.

                  • @MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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                    28 months ago

                    I’m just saying I’ve had the shit beat out of me a few times, and based on my experience ain’t no way I’m gonna analyze somebody’s arm angle, stance, gait, wind speed, and other atmospheric conditions like I’m some fucking shonen anime fighting savant in 4 seconds.

                    Hell I don’t think I could’ve gotten off a shot in 4 seconds, I’d be laid out by this kid and he’d be wailing on me.

                    Maybe you’ve had amazing training on this front and could make such a calculus, but most people don’t, and cops aren’t much better trained than regular people.

        • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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          109 months ago

          So yes. You think you have a license to shoot anyone. Great. I really don’t look forward to your future headline.

    • @braxy29@lemmy.world
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      89 months ago

      you know, educators and mental health workers are expected to manage situations like this without shooting students/patients/clients.

    • @Moneo@lemmy.world
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      28 months ago

      Also the “kid” is a 15 year old adult sized man

      Weird how you only hear this type of stuff when describing black kids. 🤔

      • @Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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        08 months ago

        I don’t understand why you all care so much about someone’s skin color. If you disagree with something I’ve said then tell me what it is. These ad-hominem attacks aren’t doing much.

        • @Moneo@lemmy.world
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          18 months ago

          Because black children being described as and treated like adults is a pattern that has been repeatedly used to justify violence against them.