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Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2015, 01:11 AM

Jun 2015

Grabbed a flagpole? What kind of a flagpole was a match for a gun?

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Officer fatally shoots man swinging flag pole in Louisville [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2015 OP

Please make it stop! marym625 Jun 2015 #1

"How does this keep happening." Lets review then. cstanleytech Jun 2015 #2

Yeah, that's it. has absolutely nothing to do with cops pulling marym625 Jun 2015 #3

And the UK & Germany dont have NEAR the same number of whackjobs as the US 7962 Jun 2015 #16

There's already eye witness testimony marym625 Jun 2015 #17

According to post #15, video shows the guy whacking the cop. 7962 Jun 2015 #20

I want to see the video before I excuse the cop for using deadly force marym625 Jun 2015 #21

Just to clarify, police in Germany normally carry a sidearm. NutmegYankee Jun 2015 #23

Thanks for the clarification marym625 Jun 2015 #24

I think it was Denmark or Norway. NutmegYankee Jun 2015 #27

I just watched the video marym625 Jun 2015 #29

I don't doubt it. NutmegYankee Jun 2015 #31

The guy was so drunk he was stumbling marym625 Jun 2015 #32

NutmegYankee Diclotican Jun 2015 #33

Well, there's this. Unknown Beatle Jun 2015 #6

There is very clear video of the person Crabby Appleton Jun 2015 #15

found the link marym625 Jun 2015 #25

Any sane person can tell that was by no means a life-threatening situation for the cop. Period. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #41

i don't believe a word of this - and even if true - no justification for shooting twice - samsingh Jun 2015 #18

The cops claim to have it on video Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #35

That was a flimsy, hollow 2 piece pole with one end stuck into the other for length. Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #42

I feel stupid for haivng to say this, but Its not a good idea to assault a police officer. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #48

It's stupid to not have a realistic grasp of the situation. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #52

At the least, this one is more ambiguous Recursion Jun 2015 #11

Again? SoapBox Jun 2015 #4

I'm sure he went for his waistband too marym625 Jun 2015 #5

BREATHING while black is a capital offence Ken Burch Jun 2015 #7

yep. eom marym625 Jun 2015 #26

Any club-type object qualifies as lethal force. ManiacJoe Jun 2015 #8

Unless said pole has a pointed finial which then turns the pole into a potential spear. NT cstanleytech Jun 2015 #40

Club-type object? It may just as well have been a piece of bamboo, for its lethal qualities. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #43

Actually bamboo flooring is harder than alot of other regular wood flooring cstanleytech Jun 2015 #56

A weapon is a weapon and even a simple flagpole can kill you cstanleytech Jun 2015 #37

LMPD: 1 dead after officer-involved shooting in Old Louisville Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #9

LMPD: 1 dead in officer-involved shooting near 4th and Oak Streets Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #10

With so many guns in the hands Thespian2 Jun 2015 #12

"police forces who seem to believe that citizens are the enemy" < Seem to believe that mostly black jtuck004 Jun 2015 #13

Yes Thespian2 Jun 2015 #14

these are not officers they are thugs samsingh Jun 2015 #19

As we know something is wrong The Jungle 1 Jun 2015 #22

Just another day in Ammomerica. nt valerief Jun 2015 #28

Cops didn't shoot white, anti-busing rioters in Boston for doing worse with a flagpole in the '70s leveymg Jun 2015 #30

Got to agree secondvariety Jun 2015 #34

I have to agree with you on this one. Could the cop have tazed him? Maybe. A Simple Game Jun 2015 #36

Have cops become so fearful that they immediately use deadly force for everything? Doremus Jun 2015 #70

Needs a better headline SwankyXomb Jun 2015 #38

Yeah, that news report is a bunch of SHIT ... the guy never hit the cop with the pole directly ... brett_jv Jun 2015 #39

Thank you for describing the situation with absolute clarity. Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #44

lol ... you said it just fine earlier in the thread ... I was just reiterating ... brett_jv Jun 2015 #46

So true: he could have tipped him over in no time at all. The guy would have crumpled. Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #47

Always seems to be shoot first, try and cover your tracks later sakabatou Jun 2015 #45

Or in this case, it was shoot after being assaulted. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #49

POV blackhawk2415 Jun 2015 #50

Blackhawk, thank you for your post. Welcome to D.U. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #53

FFS onecaliberal Jun 2015 #51

Who would you kill if you knew you would NEVER go to jail for it? bermudat Jun 2015 #54

Somebody assaulting you with a metal pole is not unarmed. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #55

This is your 5th post on this thread upholding the cop's "right" to kill the stumbling drunk man. nt Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #57

It was my 4th. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #58

Go look at the video and think of physics, and the neighborhood where such a pole is laying around brett_jv Jun 2015 #59

So the cop should have stopped have stopped to do some physics to determing how much it would hurt Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #60

Maybe the guy shouldn't have picked up a pole and started swinging it at an armed police officer cigsandcoffee Jun 2015 #61

The question is not 'should he have done these things' brett_jv Jun 2015 #66

If a drunk assaults me madville Jun 2015 #62

God bless you. You can't be too careful, or too concerned about your own well-being. Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #63

Not religious madville Jun 2015 #64

You could give two shits? To whom, and for what reason? Odd. Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #65

Things that cannot be unseen ... brett_jv Jun 2015 #68

Community questions Kentucky officer's use of deadly force Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #67

Well, i'm less upset about this incident than some of the others Calista241 Jun 2015 #69