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Lebron James black athlete says target officer who killed 15yr old with knife stabbing another girl

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SavedByGrace

SavedByGrace

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Reformed1689 said:
Right, because that is the right question.....goodness.....

Of course it isn't, why did this girl try to kill another girl? Of course that wasn't the question.

What if the stun gun did not work? Then the other girl gets killed. The force used was appropriate and necessary to save a life.
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the police was a highly trained MARKSMAN, do you know what this even means? They can shoot a dime out of your hand!
 
canadyjd

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SavedByGrace said:
the police was a highly trained MARKSMAN, do you know what this even means? They can shoot a dime out of your hand!
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That may be the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen you post........

....and there have been many, many stupid things you have said to choose from.

Peace to you
 
canadyjd

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Yeshua1 said:
Which means that they will be shooting vital places on body!
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It means they shoot center mass until the threat is gone, unless the suspect is wearing body armor, then it’s a headshot.

There is a legal difference between saying the officer “shoots to kill” or “shoots to stop the threat”.

The first presumes the justification for lethal force remains until the suspect is dead.

The second allows for the possibility that the justification for lethal force may end under certain circumstances.

Perfect example is a case from a few years ago, in Chicago I think. Young man charges a cop with a knife. It is justified lethal force.

The cop fires 3 rounds (I think) and the suspect falls to the ground. The cop then fires 12 more shots while the suspect is on the ground.

Cop charged with murder because he continued to shoot after the threat was ended. The man posed no threat to stab anyone from the ground.

peace to you
 
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SavedByGrace said:
Of the deaths in the last 10 years:

  • 141 were white
  • 13 were black
  • 10 were from other minority ethnic groups.
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Why is it you didn't quote from the article "When you compare these figures to how much of the population these groups make up (as measured by the 2011 census), black people are more than twice as likely to die in police custody"? I can't tell is you're trying to say "Our cops aren't as racist as yours" or "Cops are the same everywhere."

BTW my ancestry is mostly Irish, so y'all chaps owe me reparations.
 
SavedByGrace

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Alcott said:
Why is it you didn't quote from the article "When you compare these figures to how much of the population these groups make up (as measured by the 2011 census), black people are more than twice as likely to die in police custody"? I can't tell is you're trying to say "Our cops aren't as racist as yours" or "Cops are the same everywhere."

BTW my ancestry is mostly Irish, so y'all chaps owe me reparations.
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ah, seeing that the English were in Ireland for 100's of years, you could well be English! ;)
 
JonC

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SavedByGrace said:
WHY do the police in the US have to keep killing people?. Why not use stun guns and stoot to disable?
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Stun guns are not always effective. The officer has to take the life of a potential victim in mind over that of the welfare of the perpetrator.

Officers (like the military....even the UK militarty) are taught to shoot to stop (typically center mass). When you start trying to shoot to wound the risk is greater that you will not only miss but you will hit another unintended target.

Just imagine if the officer shot the intended victim by mistake.

But I get the differences in thought between countries. Americans are astounded at the number of stabbings and murders by other than firearms in the UK. People in the UK are amazed at gun violence in the US
 
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