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Ms. Toad

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54. I am not confusing luck with skill.
Thu Apr 22, 2021, 10:29 PM
Apr 2021

Two bodies were close together, in motion in relation to each other. His shot could easily have hit and killed the girl in pink.

And whether the taser immobilized her or merely interrupted her progress, it would have permitted time for a less lethal intervention.

Yeah, funny how that works. Jirel Apr 2021 #1
And the girl in pink had no protective garment on Watchfoxheadexplodes Apr 2021 #2
She did, he didn't. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2021 #3
And? ExciteBike66 Apr 2021 #4
I think he should have pulled a taser rather than his gun. Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #9
Bad advice. Straw Man Apr 2021 #16
I agree - only as that final second. Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #20
video don't lie DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #21
We're seeing different things Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #30
He did not draw his weapon DenaliDemocrat Apr 2021 #57
We are seeing things differently. n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #60
Uh no DenaliDemocrat Apr 2021 #73
So we're enot seeing things differently? Glad you've come around! n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #74
This message was self-deleted by its author Carlitos Brigante Apr 2021 #75
No. DenaliDemocrat Apr 2021 #76
Many people don't understand that fescuerescue Apr 2021 #45
I don't think his training calls for taser when someone is being attacked with a deadly weapon. LisaL Apr 2021 #46
Training is a significant part of the reason there are so many dead brown and black people Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #47
I guess he could have done nothing. LisaL Apr 2021 #48
A taser would have worked, Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #52
You don't know that the taser was going to immobilize her. LisaL Apr 2021 #53
I am not confusing luck with skill. Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #54
There are lots of stories on taser failures. LisaL Apr 2021 #55
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Apr 2021 #51
Police apologists will point out the life of a bystander was not being threatened, so the police sop Apr 2021 #5
What I find most disturbing is the praise that the officer "saved" the other girl. RegularJam Apr 2021 #6
... MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #7
Well, it's a win/win for them to argue that Bettie Apr 2021 #8
This is exactly right StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #26
It is a "dishonest argument." sop Apr 2021 #10
How is that disturbing? It's a fact. Calista241 Apr 2021 #11
It doesn't matter what you say misanthrope Apr 2021 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Owl Apr 2021 #78
Lol wrong Loki Liesmith Apr 2021 #15
One word: MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #19
+1 Celerity Apr 2021 #23
really? smdh Celerity Apr 2021 #22
If you have to ignore the truth to keep your narrative alive. cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #37
+10 misanthrope Apr 2021 #40
Well said. Ace Rothstein Apr 2021 #49
You're right. It's intellectual dishonesty to Nixie Apr 2021 #59
This one convinces me flotsam Apr 2021 #62
+1 Owl Apr 2021 #70
Nonsensical argument is the hypothetical DenaliDemocrat Apr 2021 #58
I don't think this is a good example of the point you're trying to make Silent3 Apr 2021 #12
What are the questions? Midnightwalk Apr 2021 #13
It was a very chaotic scene. The cop really didn't have much time to decide whether the girl ratchiweenie Apr 2021 #17
That misses my point Midnightwalk Apr 2021 #18
It seems to me both interpretations are correct Generic Brad Apr 2021 #56
Think Fast DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #25
Nonsense questions? Midnightwalk Apr 2021 #29
Good Question DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #61
Well... CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #68
You failed to make your point Loki Liesmith Apr 2021 #14
I'm thinking False Equivalency DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #24
If it was a black cop, and white teenage girl HipChick Apr 2021 #27
You don't really wonder, do you? StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #31
Exactly.. HipChick Apr 2021 #33
biased DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #41
I am sorry Sir flotsam Apr 2021 #63
I'm not a Sir. I'm a Ma'am StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #64
We have never interacted flotsam Apr 2021 #65
I mean why are you using pronouns anyway? CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #69
If BGBD Apr 2021 #77
If it was a white cop saving a white teenage girl by shooting a black girl DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #42
RIGHT !?!? uponit7771 Apr 2021 #50
Yes, I'd happily cheer the hypothetical cop in your hypothetical situation Devil Child Apr 2021 #71
Really? The girl in pink should have defended herself?? SYFROYH Apr 2021 #28
I have no doubt that if Makhia were white StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #32
I doubt tht. LizBeth Apr 2021 #35
Then you haven't been paying attention ... StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #36
Of course I have been paying attention This issue is forefront in my world and almost exclusively LizBeth Apr 2021 #38
Given that, it's very odd you'd be skeptical that the shooting of a white girl StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #39
I do not believe a white girl with a knife in her hand ...seconds away after looking at Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #43
You may not believe that StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #66
rose colored glasses DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #44
How many BGBD Apr 2021 #67
Even if we accept that as true Zeitghost Apr 2021 #72
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