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I'm just glad the mother did not teach the kid to shoot a rifle, or we may have had another crazy person shooting up a grade school, after killing his mother while she slept.
This happened in my area, so I've been interested in it.
The mother called the police; Policeman A showed up, was calm, did a great job, and just talked to the kid.
Policewoman B showed up, and was calm, did a great job, and just talked to the kid.
At that point everything was fine, nobody was in danger, and the situation was on its way to being resolved.
Then... policeman C showed up, and within 70 seconds of his arrival, the kid was shot and an EMS was on its way. He ordered the other two officers to taze the kid, and was quoted as saying, "I don't have time for this," before he shot the kid.
According to the mother, when policeman C fired his weapon, it almost hit the other two officers, who were subduing the kid at the time. One of the officers checked his own abdomen to see if he'd been shot.
It sounds to me like you're jumping to conclusions as well, defending the police because you assume they acted properly.
If this is actually the way the incident went down, policeman C should be fired and face charges.
You know "Mentally ill man shot dead while attacking police with a screw driver" sells a whole lot less paper than "Cop guns down 18 year old mentally ill kid with a screw driver."
You know "Mentally ill man shot dead while attacking police with a screw driver" sells a whole lot less paper than "Cop guns down 18 year old mentally ill kid with a screw driver."
I love how the usual suspects have jumped in to defend their boys in blue. I really wonder what it would take for you to see the light. A cop could walk in to a day care, open fire and kill a dozen children, and you would be here saying "Well, the three year olds must have been a threat.... He was just doing his job and the next time you're in trouble I'll bet you can't wait to call a cop...".
Incorrect. Police has no duty to do anything, be it investigating the crime or protecting any individual.
Police service is provided as a courtesy, meaning you get what you get and be thankful for what you get.
It's not a courtesy. Taxpayers fund it. If police were all unpaid volunteers, then yes, that would be a courtesy.
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