• @Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world
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    58 months ago

    I saw the body cam, that kid was charging at the cop, he wasn’t just sitting in his front lawn taking care of some flowers. The only real question I have is what was that cop doing there in the first place?

    • @smolyeet@lemmy.world
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      28 months ago

      The San Bernardino county sheriff’s department was responding to a 911 call on Saturday from a family reporting that a boy, identified as Ryan Gainer, was attacking his family at their home in Apple Valley, east of Los Angeles.

      • @Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        you don’t call the cops on your own family lightly unless you really are an asshole… People don’t call the cops on their family as a joke.

        • @smolyeet@lemmy.world
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          18 months ago

          If I’m at a point where my life is being threatened and I can’t de-escalate, you best believe I’m calling 911. Cops are called all the time and help in situations like this; this cop was just incompetent

    • @FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
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      18 months ago

      Also, why charge a cop with a weapon, though? Teenager at least had the agency to not rush a cop.

      Why there? Googled it, this is from a different article:

      "The officer-involved shooting was reported before 5 p.m. Saturday, after the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call about a domestic disturbance in Apple Valley, authorities said.

      The caller reported that 15-year-old Ryan Gainer was attacking his sister and smashing up glass and doors at the family home."

      • @juicy@lemmy.todayOP
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        -18 months ago

        He was having a mental health crisis. But instead of being helped, he was executed by a full grown man afraid of a boy with a stick

          • @juicy@lemmy.todayOP
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            -28 months ago

            Anything can be a weapon

            Well, that explains the trend of cops shooting people with random objects in their hands. And acorns.

            • @Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world
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              18 months ago

              Acorns are fucking dangerous, next thing you know you’re just walking down the street and a gang squirrels comes out and gives the run down for all your seeds and shit.