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In reply to the discussion: "But she had a knife" "The police officer had no choice" [View all]Response to Calista241 (Reply #11)
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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