juicytoNews@lemmy.world·7 months agoedit-25 months agoCalifornia officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool(www.theguardian.com)external-linkarrow-up1808arrow-down129message-square384fedilink
arrow-up1779arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool(www.theguardian.com)juicytoNews@lemmy.world·7 months agoedit-25 months agomessage-square384fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squidarrow-up10arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilink Remember: each and every blow the kid lands with that weapon has the possibility of permanently maiming, disfiguring, or killing the officer. That’s the risk of being in a job that isn’t even in the top 20 most dangerous jobs in America. As you were told elsewhere, soldiers in war zones wouldn’t act this way and their job is far more dangerous. You’re just encouraging police cowardice. Not that it needs to be encouraged.
minus-squaredrmeanfeelarrow-up3arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkYou always know you’re going to hear some pig fellating boot sucking shit take when someone calls oinkers “officer”.
minus-squareRivalarrivalarrow-up2arrow-down8·7 months agolinkfedilinkGotcha. It is “cowardice” to take effective steps to stop an attacker from jamming a garden hoe in your neck. Understood.
minus-squarebraxy29arrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months agolinkfedilinkit is cowardice to conclude lethal force is the only option here.
minus-squareFlying Squidarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agolinkfedilinkSo there are no possible effective steps that could have been taken without murdering the boy? Amazing cops aren’t murdered constantly in Europe.
That’s the risk of being in a job that isn’t even in the top 20 most dangerous jobs in America.
As you were told elsewhere, soldiers in war zones wouldn’t act this way and their job is far more dangerous.
You’re just encouraging police cowardice. Not that it needs to be encouraged.
You always know you’re going to hear some pig fellating boot sucking shit take when someone calls oinkers “officer”.
Gotcha.
It is “cowardice” to take effective steps to stop an attacker from jamming a garden hoe in your neck.
Understood.
it is cowardice to conclude lethal force is the only option here.
So there are no possible effective steps that could have been taken without murdering the boy?
Amazing cops aren’t murdered constantly in Europe.