‘Sir, why did you shoot me?’

[Baler]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjAantupsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q-k-uN73Gk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EWKphU0c5Q

Wave your hands in the air like you don't care
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Got to realize that you're acting like fools

(I do feel bad for the guy who got shot. The cop should be sent to trial for cruel and unusual punishment aswell as assaulting an unarmed citizen. If everything in that 'news' article is true.
That wont happen though because we all know what happens to cops in real jail.
It didn't make the man who was shot sound like a gang banger who was giving the cop attitude or making janky movements. Just a guy who was told to lay on his back with his hands in the air. For a period of time that was far too long.
This is often a tactic used in shock camps where a person or group is forced to hold something over their head for a long time. Not something a free citizen should be doing.)

[Raev]

Originally Posted by Pokesan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

BLACK MAN SHOT BY POLICE WHILE LYING ON GROUND WITH HANDS UP

I'm excited to hear the latest garbage nonsense about why this was OK and somehow justified. I wonder if the cop will face any punishment?

Fortunately no one was killed or permanently injured, so the police officer should simply be fired. Santa's video is a great example of how these situations can be damn tough, but this one seems like a relative softball. With one of the men already complying, the police officer could have taken cover, called for backup, and proceeded cautiously. Instead he panicked and sent an innocent man to the hospital. I suspect he feels terrible about the whole business, but, to quote Dalton, he doesn't have the temperament for the trade.

The real villains here are the people stirring up race hatred with misleading headlines. The police officer was shooting at the autist (no doubt an avid tracker with multiple vulak loots) who was holding what he thought was a gun, not the caretaker on the ground. Since he was shot by accident, his race is irrelevant, and there is an 80% chance that the shooter is Hispanic or Black. Instead the average Liberal will read this article, apply confirmation bias, and incorrectly increase his confidence in the 'racist police are out to kill black people' narrative.

[Jarnauga]

why did they even have their weapons out ? i don't know the us police process in that kind of situation, but it doesn't seem like there was any threat that would require the use of any weapons..

i guess there's gonna be an investigation, wait for the conclusions before shouting fool.

Hoping the investigation is not gonna be:

Judge "why did you shoot him ?"
Police guy "i felt threatened"
Judge "ok you're out"

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by Jarnauga [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

why did they even have their weapons out ? i don't know the us police process in that kind of situation, but it doesn't seem like there was any threat that would require the use of any weapons..

i guess there's gonna be an investigation, wait for the conclusions before shouting fool.

Hoping the investigation is not gonna be:

Judge "why did you shoot him ?"
Police guy "i felt threatened"
Judge "ok you're out"

Good post! ^^

[Tecmos Deception]

They were responding to a call saying there was a gun, right? Then they get there and hear someone saying "dudes crazy autistic!!!!!" and, quite possibly not seeing the difference between a small toy truck and a gun from an unknown distance (thanks article, very thorough write-up... lol)... they had guns out.

Good police work? Maybe not. But it's not exactly a stretch that it could played out this way. Only goes really bad when the cops end up shooting when it does seem likely it wasnt necessary.

But again, we don't know the whole story and we aren't cops and we don't know a a lot of shit that probably contributed here. Which is why anyone who is getting fired up and making big conclusions here is dumb.

[Alarti0001]

Originally Posted by Jarnauga [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

why did they even have their weapons out ? i don't know the us police process in that kind of situation, but it doesn't seem like there was any threat that would require the use of any weapons..

i guess there's gonna be an investigation, wait for the conclusions before shouting fool.

Hoping the investigation is not gonna be:

Judge "why did you shoot him ?"
Police guy "i felt threatened"
Judge "ok you're out"

It's going that route. https://twitter.com/ChuckRabin/statu...05074548924417

[Sage Truthbearer]

Originally Posted by Alarti0001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's going that route. https://twitter.com/ChuckRabin/statu...05074548924417

So his defense is "Not only am I incapable of identifying an actual threat or controlling my fire but I can't hit a stationary target with a rifle." Really happy this guy gets to carry a lethal weapon to work.

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Nihilist_santa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Its not justified but it has not been indicated to have malicious intent or to have been on purpose. You are jumping to conclusions. Cops have accidental discharges it happens when you're nervous and holding a gun. Thats why they have investigations instead of turning it over to a lynch mob.

Any cop that happens to should not be a cop then.

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by Sage Truthbearer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So his defense is "Not only am I incapable of identifying an actual threat or controlling my fire but I can't hit a stationary target with a rifle." Really happy this guy gets to carry a lethal weapon to work.

Was it an assault rifle? Because 3x burst accidental discharge makes sense in that case. The missed shots and unintentional target hit also makes sense then.

[Saludeen]

Originally Posted by Sage Truthbearer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So his defense is "Not only am I incapable of identifying an actual threat or controlling my fire but I can't hit a stationary target with a rifle." Really happy this guy gets to carry a lethal weapon to work.

Just remember that the craziest people you meet on the internet are potential police officers, and why the argument of "only the feds should have guns" is null.