Kid ran towards the officer with an axe, don't run towards someone with an axe if they have a gun.
It was a hoe. Capital punishment for an episode in the garden is probably a bad take
It's not a punishment. The cop was defending his own life from a legitimate threat. He could have done things better but this isn't the unjustifiable killing that people here are trying to make it be.
Lol what? A child having a mental health crisis holding anything short of a gun isn't a reason to shot. It's argue unless the child has fired that gun at someone still isn't a good reason to shoot.
You seem to be making an assumption that the cop was not in any significant danger here. I don't understand how you can read the article, watch the video and still reach that conclusion. Look at the pictures. The dude was an absolute stud.
I watched the body cam. The cop was retreating, wasn't cornered, and had size and age on the victim. I work in child care (as a camp counselor) and if I shot a kid every time one became violent (yes even with a "weapon" ) I would be shooting a kid every month. Time and time again it's been shown that police misjudge the age of minority children by over 5 years. Meaning, I saw a child having a mental health crisis, while this police officer saw a grown man attacking them. That doesn't mean the kid deserves to die and the police are exonerated. Are you saying every kid that swings a weapon at someone deserves to die? Because that's were we are headed.
I haven't claimed that shooting him was an optimal response. This is exactly what happens when the police don't have proper training. This situation would have been handled totally differently where I live. My point is that self-defence was, in my view, justified in this case. There are many people here in this thread implying that this is a perfect example of a racist cop murdering an innocent person. That is not a fair assesment of the situation in my mind.
Are you saying every kid that swings a weapon at someone deserves to die?
I hope this isn't a serious question.
You saw everyone else getting downvoted to hell for this bad take, and decided you wanted some too huh? Much obliged.
Kid ran towards the officer with an axe, don't run towards someone with an axe if they have a gun.
It was a hoe. Capital punishment for an episode in the garden is probably a bad take
It's not a punishment. The cop was defending his own life from a legitimate threat. He could have done things better but this isn't the unjustifiable killing that people here are trying to make it be.
Lol what? A child having a mental health crisis holding anything short of a gun isn't a reason to shot. It's argue unless the child has fired that gun at someone still isn't a good reason to shoot.
You seem to be making an assumption that the cop was not in any significant danger here. I don't understand how you can read the article, watch the video and still reach that conclusion. Look at the pictures. The dude was an absolute stud.
I watched the body cam. The cop was retreating, wasn't cornered, and had size and age on the victim. I work in child care (as a camp counselor) and if I shot a kid every time one became violent (yes even with a "weapon" ) I would be shooting a kid every month. Time and time again it's been shown that police misjudge the age of minority children by over 5 years. Meaning, I saw a child having a mental health crisis, while this police officer saw a grown man attacking them. That doesn't mean the kid deserves to die and the police are exonerated. Are you saying every kid that swings a weapon at someone deserves to die? Because that's were we are headed.
I haven't claimed that shooting him was an optimal response. This is exactly what happens when the police don't have proper training. This situation would have been handled totally differently where I live. My point is that self-defence was, in my view, justified in this case. There are many people here in this thread implying that this is a perfect example of a racist cop murdering an innocent person. That is not a fair assesment of the situation in my mind.
I hope this isn't a serious question.
You saw everyone else getting downvoted to hell for this bad take, and decided you wanted some too huh? Much obliged.