Posted on 04/22/2021 6:59:49 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Edited on 04/22/2021 7:01:44 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
You can tell, whatever Valerie Jarrett or any of these other people say, this girl gets it, but for the quick action by the officer, she might not be here, you can almost hear the weightiness of the thought in her head as she tells the officer. She knows the first officer saved her....
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
The "girl" in pink does not sound like a girl; she sounds like a woman. She walks like a woman. She seemed to have the confidence of a woman.
This doesn't mean she isn't close in age to her would-be murderer, but to me she sounds and carries herself as if she is a good decade older.
I have not heard her age confirmed. But if she is older, chances are better than if she were younger that she is self-possessed enough to make a statement about the incident in the next few days when she is ready and has had a chance to run her ideas past someone she trusts as a sounding board.
The way she walked and got in the police car indicates to me she has no issue with the police and was willing to and ready to be taken downtown to give her witness statement because she had some definite things she wanted to say about the incident and what lead up to it.
She also has an accent, as did the cop. I’m thinking these folks are Somali.
“One reporter wondered why the cop couldn’t have just shot Bryant in the leg? He apparently didn’t understand the concept of center mass and the importance of not missing in the context of that life and death situation. “
In this case wouldn’t “center of mass” indicate a gluteus maximus shot?
That would be great and would go some way to restoring my faith in that community. But, I’ll believe it when I see it. I suspect the pressure for her to toe the community line will likely be overwhelming. As I said, I really hope my skepticism turns out to be unwarranted.
She did sound as if she originally came from elsewhere, but I don’t know about Somali.
I’m wondering if she wasn’t one of the group home staff or friend or relative of one or neighbor.
It will all come out.
I bet there is an interesting story on how the dog factors in.
Nice houses and nice cars - these people are not economically oppressed or poverty stricken.
After watching the videos and hearing bits and pieces of the unfolding story, I am beginning to believe there is far more to the story prior to the fight.
1. The girl was in foster care. Many foster care homes have multiple children in their care, many of which come from very trauma filled lives prior to going into foster care. Foster homes are sometimes worse than the homes the kids came from.
2. The girl in black may have been the victim of bullying and abuse from other kids in the foster home, the neighborhood and school. She was already involved in a fight with multiple people when the police arrived. Maybe she was defending herself from her tormentors. Maybe this was a daily occurrence for her.
3. Perhaps she just finally snapped after suffering from so much abuse and torment. After all, she was rather large and a prime target from her peers for abuse.
None of us know yet what transpired but I believe the officer did the right thing, but I will wait for all the facts before coming to a conclusion. Maybe the girl was nuts or maybe she just had enough of the bullying.
We just had a birthday party for a 12 year old girl go toxic in a (formerly) ‘nice’ neighborhood.
9 youth were shot. None fatally (at least so far.). Initially count was six shot.
Supposed to be an argument between two young ‘men’. One pulled a gun and started shooting. The other pulled his gun and shot back. Apparently their aim sucked.
I supposed that is better than the previous incident.
An illegal immigrant went into the bedroom with his girlfriend. He game out His sister was visiting. And there were two teenage children from each side. Reportedly he can put with a devil mask and a machete.
He started stabbing.
Two were killed and two severely wounded (but saved by deputies).
He chased one of the young girls down the street and hacked her to death.
A neighbor opened their door, and he tried to force his way in but was denied.
Scary times we live in.
Center of ass?
Multiple stories have her as 16 also.
“Scary times we live in.”
Indeed we do. It’s dystopian.
According to another story the stabber was a slob and the one in pink told her to clean up after herself because the mom didn’t like a messy house.
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Knives laying all over the place....
Yeah, maybe she’s the victim, idjit thinking
It doesn't really matter what happened prior to the cop showing up. In an argument, good guy or bad guy, it really don't matter. If a cop sees one of them attempting to stab the other, they're going to get shot.
Having a difficult life does not justify trying to stab someone.
I had a very difficult life and I never tried to kill anyone. Plenty of people have hellish lives and don’t try to kill or stab people.
Per my comment: “I believe the officer did the right thing.”
My comment was regarding what transpired prior to the shooting. I’m interested in understanding why the girl went ballistic and tried to stab the other girl.
That would be “center of ass”.
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See my #19.
GMTA
Jinks, buy me a coke!
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