11-29-2014, 02:15 PM
(11-29-2014, 11:32 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: I have reason to question why an assessment wasn't made before fatal shots were fired in this case -- I've watched the video and it happened very quickly -- in under 2 seconds.
Eggsactly. The speed in which this happened is mind boggling as is the fact that they practically ran the kid over as opposed to parking the car in such a way that they could give their instructions to "drop the weapon" with slightly more clarity. It would take me longer than 2 seconds to process the request and drop my fucking purse if a cop demanded I do that. The kid was probably briefly paralyzed/shocked to have a cop car almost on top of him--2 seconds is not enough time to think clearly under those circumstances.
The whole thing was fucked up.
There seems to be a false belief that more and more officers are getting killed in the line of duty every year to justify this hyper vigilance on the part of the police. That is not the case:
http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fata.../year.html
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