Posted on 03/13/2024 11:38:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
On Saturday, a San Bernardino sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 15-year-old. According to BLM and the media, the deputy slaughtered an autistic black teenager in cold blood. According to known facts, 15-year-old Ryan Gainer’s family called the sheriff because the allegedly autistic teen was terrorizing them. Gainer attacked the deputy, who fired in self-defense.
A story from Britain’s Guardian tips you off to how the piece will be covered: “California officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool.” Imagine a peaceful child raking the lawn when a sheriff drives by and fires. However, even The Guardian explains that the family called 911 because they were afraid and that Gainer charged the deputy:
On the call, a woman reported that her brother was attacking one of their sisters and trying to break a window and door. The audio captured yelling in the background, and the woman told the dispatcher: “They gotta take him in.”
During the roughly five-minute call, the woman said the other relatives were trying to keep their distance from him. At one point, she said: “He’s talking to my dad right now. He said he’s going to run away and then he came back to the house.” She also said he had a piece of glass.
The department released two roughly 15-second body-camera clips, but both clips end before the shooting. Footage from one deputy showed him arriving at the home, where the front door was open. A man inside could be heard saying: “He’s got a stick in his hand.” Gainer then appeared and started quickly walking out of the home toward the deputy, who pointed his gun toward the boy and shouted: “Get back, get back, or you’re going to get shot.”
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
First off, it wasn’t his chest. It was his arm... the same arm that failed to tase him.
Second, all lives matter.
In the comments to the article (below a few ads), there is a knowledgeable answer to your question. What I gathered is this: tabernacle depends on a secure contact with the person being tased, so clothing and other factors can make a difference to effectiveness.
And in many places, police can not be holding both a gun and a taser — one or the other must be holsters.
In this scenario, had the officer tried to tase the boy and failed, the boy could easily have killed him before he got his pistol.
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The problem with dealing with people who are mentally ill is that they tend to behave very erratically and in ways we would not expect. We have general ideas of how things will go, but a person with serious mental illness generally does not have that type of understanding. Unfortunately, that makes them more dangerous.
So you’re grossly ignorant of how often tasers don’t work?
Got it.
In the illustrious tradition of FR, I didn’t click on the article and read. I stand corrected..... Saint Sling Blade was loco and appeared to be at a full run toward the officer while said officer was back-peddling. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Too bad noone in his immediate family didn’t knock his fool azz out prior. Maybe get the help he needed. NVM.... the medical establishment has been corrupted as well.
Unfortunately, SSB will prolly be anointed sainthood like Mr. “I Can’t Breathe” by our worthless commie media. Feel for the cop having to shoot some cray-cray who just so happened to be black then getting further reamed by local, state, and fed. cucks. So much for law and order.
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