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In reply to the discussion: "But she had a knife" "The police officer had no choice" [View all]Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)54. I am not confusing luck with skill.
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.
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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
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
It was a very chaotic scene. The cop really didn't have much time to decide whether the girl
ratchiweenie
Apr 2021
#17
If it was a white cop saving a white teenage girl by shooting a black girl
DontBelieveEastisEas
Apr 2021
#42
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