im all about law and order but a broomstick?...really?
>>> im all about law and order but a broomstick?...really? <<<
Ask a veteran about bayonet drill sometime.
“./.a broomstick? Really?”
I once knocked a fellow soldier flat on his arse with a broomstick. I’m a lot older, and less active now, but would you care to stand up to me if I came at you with a broomstick?
The story I saw said it happened at night.
If correct, a broomstick could look like a gun, a sawed off shotgun or a rifle depending on how long it was.
So until the facts are known....
It was nighttime and the kid was beating on someone with it. Probably looked like a metal bar or piece of pipe.
I think I'll save my outrage for a more deserving incident.
....Mohamed was 17 years old on Feb. 27, 2017 [should read 2016], when police spotted him beating a man with a metal broom handle. When Mohamed did not immediately respond to commands to stop, officers shot him.
One officer later admitted to believing the metal handle was a sword. A review board has since cleared the two officers of any wrongdoing in the case.
According to charging documents, Mohamed, then 17, was beating a man who had asked to buy a marijuana cigarette from him for $1.10. Mohamed told the man he was selling meth, and became angry when the man handed him the broomstick, according to court documents. ...—— Abdi Mohamed, shot by Salt Lake City police in 2016, accepts plea deal in juvenile court case
By Gephardt Daily Staff- June 23, 2017