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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Black 02 SS: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by John91coupe: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by SSF_5.0_WARRIOR: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Black 02 SS: [qb] Think of it like this: You're sound asleep, your family in the home (kids and all) and someone breaks into your home. You have a loaded gun and a bat next to your bed. You don't know who the guy is, whether he is armed or not, but the MF'er had the audacity to break into your home. Are you going to wield your bat and ask the guy politely to get out or on the ground, knowing that your family depends on you to protect them? Now if you're a cop and are entrusted to protect the public, and a person isn't yielding to your commands but threatens you in anyway you're damn right he's going to protect himself. I don't care who you are, don't disregard an officer's commands when he is pointing a gun at you. [/qb][/QUOTE]Not sure how your statements are relevant to this situation. Cops are cops, not a sleeping citizen caught off guard by some random lunatic. They had the guy out numbered. If he was holding a knife fine. Taze his ass once, twice, how many times it takes. If he dies from that then too bad.. He asked for it.. But being shot multiple times in close range for acting stupid in public yielding a knife is a bit extreme in my opinion. By no means do I hate cops or think they're all pigs like others refer to them. I think the issue is there are a lot of cops out there that shouldn't be cops to begin with. Soft guys that did good in school and managed their way through the academy. These cops should of been brave enough to defuse the situation without having to shoot the guy. Taze his ass, pepper spray him, muscle his ass down, beat em with batons until he is subdued. I'm not a cop nor understand what it is to be one but I think it's common sense that this guy didn't NEED to be killed. This is happening all too often in our communities now in days to ignore the fact there is an issue with our law enforcement process. .02 Cents :patriot: [/qb][/QUOTE]IMHO, this guy makes the most sense here. The police were holding all the cards in this video. Is there more to the video that isn't shown? This guy was backing away the whole time in the video. Did he ever charge them in an aggressive way? I didn't see it, but maybe there is more to this situation then just this video. The police here seemed to be taking the path of least resistance. Pull the gun, shoot. If the guy was holding a gun, different story. If he had some woman or child in a chock hold with a knife the their neck, different story. The guy seemed more scared then anything, in this video anyway. Seems to me there is a bit too much of this going on lately. [/qb][/QUOTE]This was more so my point. I never said they were justified in killing the poor guy who at the time his worst crime may have been to be a drunkard on the streets. It was disheartening to see how they handled the situation and seeing a man lose his life but I'm no cop so I can't say 100% either way with certainty. My point was everyone jumping down and calling the officers worthless pieces of this and that. I agree with muscling the drunk guy down, beat down, or use of pepper sprat. A gun should be the last plan of action IMO. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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