Not sure how I feel about this, except to say that the cops were too quick to shoot. Yet this time the gun looked realistic enough that they understandably perceived a threat. After all, that was a 12-year-old who shot up that school in Nevada. And the PDRK just passed a ban on open carry of long guns, so the stop was within the law, bad as these laws are. In the end, I just don't know enough about this to judge these two. And that's not to say that there aren't abuses under color of law; there are plenty of those. It's why I generally distrust cops.
Not sure how I feel about this, except to say that the cops were too quick to shoot. Yet this time the gun looked realistic enough that they understandably perceived a threat. After all, that was a 12-year-old who shot up that school in Nevada. And the PDRK just passed a ban on open carry of long guns, so the stop was within the law, bad as these laws are. In the end, I just don't know enough about this to judge these two. And that's not to say that there aren't abuses under color of law; there are plenty of those. It's why I generally distrust cops.
ReplyDeleteAs reported, the deputies saw the kid at -10 seconds. At -7 they called for backup. By 0 the kid was down with two lethal shots in his side.
ReplyDeleteTen seconds from noticing the kid to killing him, and you're "not sure"? You usually do better than this.
Yeah, I am rethinking this.
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