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.
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.