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Autistic boy, 15, is shot dead by California cops after running towards them with a bladed gardening tool
Daily Mail UK ^ | March 11, 2024 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo

Posted on 03/13/2024 8:10:16 PM PDT by Morgana

An autistic boy was shot dead by police in California after he ran towards them with a bladed gardening tool, according to officials.

Harrowing bodycam footage shows the moment Ryan Gainer, 15, runs out of his Apple Valley in San Bernardino county on Saturday and towards the deputies.

A deputy is heard saying, 'Hey get back! Get back or you're gonna get shot,' before opening fire.

Police showed up at his home after receiving a 911 call reporting the teen was assaulting family members and damaging property, as reported by KTLA.

According to an official report, Gainer charged at the officers with the five-foot-long gardening tool as soon as they arrived.

A deputy said he tried to get away but opened fire after the teen chased after him.

'Without provocation, Gainer raised the bladed end of the tool and ran toward the deputy,' the release stated.

'The deputy retreated, and Gainer chased the deputy in an attempt to assault him with the bladed end of the tool.'

Officers provided medical aid until paramedics arrived, but the teen was later declared dead at the hospital.

No deputies were injured in the incident, which is under investigation by the police department's specialized investigations division.

During the 911 call, Gainer's sister reported that he was attacking one of their siblings and trying to break a window and door.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: autistic; banglist; california; cops; donutwatch; guns; nevercallthecops; nopolicewereinjured; police; wakandagardenclub
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To: alexander_busek
American sling blade, left, and Kaiser blade, Right


81 posted on 03/14/2024 5:00:12 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: HereInTheHeartland

You make laugh. As if the police would do anything about that. These days, I’d likely be the one who gets arrested for some reason.

I agree with the other poster. Do everything possible not to call the mercenary enforcers of the deep state regime.


82 posted on 03/14/2024 5:01:21 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy )
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To: eastforker
The kid evidently had some psychological problems,

Would you consider autism as a psychological problem?

83 posted on 03/14/2024 5:01:29 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

Just because a person is autistic doesn’t mean he couldn’t also have psychological problems.People of all ages, race,gender can be afflicted with personality disorders. Some days they can be fine and other days they can be a terror.Chasing after family members and then a cop with a sharp garden tool I think would qualify as a mental disorder.


84 posted on 03/14/2024 5:36:43 AM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: dcbryan; Morgana
After seeing the NM cop get attacked with that knife in that horrific video, I’d be shooting as soon as I saw a glimmer of steel. Tueller drill, yo.

All of these “fear of life” certitude arguments fly in the face of reality. The Mythbusters tested the “Bring a knife to a gun fight myth” and found that 90% (If I recall correctly) of the time, a trained guy with the knife WON the gun against knife fight when it started 21 feet or less away. So the distances of most in-house, or person-to-person encounters, the guy with a knife has a nine to one edge if they are at all aggressive.

85 posted on 03/14/2024 5:45:56 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigots!)
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To: Swordmaker
Yep...and now the MSM and idiot Freepers calling for shooting in the leg and "cops can go home tonight" crap can all worship Saint Sling Blade:

Cop should have had the mag empty and changing mags at this point.

86 posted on 03/14/2024 6:01:41 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: Hot Tabasco; eastforker
The kid evidently had some psychological VIOLENT PSYCHOTIC problems.

Fixed it for you. Good riddance to Saint Sling Blade.


87 posted on 03/14/2024 6:06:27 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: Drew68

One of those to the carotid or the heart would be all she wrote.

Yeah, I think I would’ve pew-pewed too.


88 posted on 03/14/2024 7:24:41 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Morgana

We had a similar shooting here just a few days ago. Mentally ill Man armed with a knife.

I wonder if the “garden tool” was a bladed instrument like a scythe.
A few years ago we passed a mentally ill man who had just been shot by a cop. Unarmed. Mistaken identity. The cop was overzealous to make a killing and is now in prison.

A friend of mine was shot a couple of years ago same way. We all blamed the cop till we talked with my friend’s wife. Now we believe it was suicide by cop.

I wonder if the 21 foot rule is still in effect.

https://www.police1.com/legal/articles/new-knife-attack-decision-court-ponders-how-far-is-close-enough-to-be-an-immediate-threat-EVKm7zBreo2oKUmm/


89 posted on 03/14/2024 7:36:18 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Drew68

Scythes were often used in ancient wars as a combat weapon.

https://ar.inspiredpencil.com/pictures-2023/medieval-war-scythe

https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/122230577378605491/


90 posted on 03/14/2024 7:42:16 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Revel

As long as we are resorting to name calling, I will call you a pervert.


91 posted on 03/14/2024 8:53:19 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: takebackaustin

Hah.

I didn’t notice the autism —> Austin auto correct.


92 posted on 03/14/2024 11:28:52 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Swordmaker
More than 21 feet.....................
93 posted on 03/15/2024 6:01:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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