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To: Red Badger

A car is a weapon in this kid used as it as such. Deadly force was the response to deadly force. I don’t see what he did wrong. And there was some excellent shooting as the passenger was not hit.


11 posted on 10/07/2022 7:42:29 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: cuban leaf

> . I don’t see what he did wrong. <

Yes, the kid set things in motion by not cooperating with the officer. But the cop crossed the line when he started shooting at the car as it sped away. There could have been children in that car. There could have been innocents standing behind the car, in the line of fire.

The whole idea of opening fire is to either protect the cop’s life, or to protect the lives of innocents. The cop in this instance put more innocent lives in jeopardy. That does not excuse the kid in any way, of course.


14 posted on 10/07/2022 7:50:23 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: cuban leaf
A car is a weapon in this kid used as it as such.

Nonsense -- this kid did no such thing. He never drove it at the officer.

His first encounter with this officer is when the officer jerks his door open while he's got a hamburger in his mouth. No lights, no tap on the window, just immediately jerks his door open completely surprising the kid.

17 posted on 10/07/2022 7:52:11 AM PDT by AnglePark
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To: cuban leaf

You like that Kiwi after taste, I take it.


52 posted on 10/07/2022 1:05:23 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder. )
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To: cuban leaf

I don’t see what he did wrong

His chief did!
...thankfully

“Police Chief William McManus has determined that the actions of the probationary officer during this critical incident were in violation of departmental tactics, training, and procedures.”


58 posted on 10/08/2022 3:07:47 PM PDT by SheepWhisperer ("Stone is heavy and sand a burdern, but the provocations of a fool are heavier than both" PRO 27:3)
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