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I would have added that the WH was grateful exboyfil Apr 2021 #1
It wasn't just Ma'Khia who attacked the girls. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2021 #101
I am appalled Jilly_in_VA Apr 2021 #2
Child was armed with a knife and tried to stab another child. LisaL Apr 2021 #4
And Jilly_in_VA Apr 2021 #5
You are kidding, right? In the 9 seconds before she stabbed the other girl? caber09 Apr 2021 #6
Dylan Roof: still alive LearnedHand Apr 2021 #7
They weren't apprehended in the process of doing something. LisaL Apr 2021 #8
Rittenhouse was a travesty agreed... caber09 Apr 2021 #9
I have trouble with zero or execution LearnedHand Apr 2021 #10
So do I Jilly_in_VA Apr 2021 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author caber09 Apr 2021 #13
Are you serious? Had he ran the other girl would've been stabbed caber09 Apr 2021 #15
Seems to me Jilly_in_VA Apr 2021 #18
You seem awfully willing to sacrifice the other girl to try to make a point.. caber09 Apr 2021 #19
I am saying Jilly_in_VA Apr 2021 #66
FFS you would've let him stab the other girl wtf is wrong with you caber09 Apr 2021 #72
.... MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #129
That clip appears to be pretty definitive. Calista241 Apr 2021 #30
... MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #33
No. Jilly_in_VA Apr 2021 #67
You should apologize for being ill informed in this case and wrong.. caber09 Apr 2021 #69
I'm curious about that answer as well.... Chakaconcarne Apr 2021 #85
+1000 caber09 Apr 2021 #86
Peyton Ham. 16. Dead. . . . Journeyman Apr 2021 #21
+1 caber09 Apr 2021 #24
Never mentioned she was armed Watchfoxheadexplodes Apr 2021 #3
In my post about police, you started splitting hairs AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #32
And you don't seem to care that this child was a split second away from MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #35
So you shoot a child. Gotcha! I'll remember that in my classroom. AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #36
Like I care. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #37
Okay there, Cowboy AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #39
Ooooh, how original, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #40
I think I am done with you. I refuse to get into with someone who thinks they are John Wayne AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #41
Again, how original, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #42
That child was much larger than the girl in pink, and was poised with a knife to stab her. pnwmom Apr 2021 #61
A 200 pound child committing murder. NT cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #70
A paring knife is not a gun. Did not need to end this way. Cops used to intervene and disarm/ defuse Evolve Dammit Apr 2021 #11
So if you were in that situation you want the cop not to save you? That's very odd caber09 Apr 2021 #17
They are plenty of ways lethal use of force could have been avoided. Evolve Dammit Apr 2021 #73
Not in this situation. In the time it took to type this..the girl would be stabbed at that point caber09 Apr 2021 #77
A paring knife can be lethal if you know where to hit Warpy Apr 2021 #20
+1 caber09 Apr 2021 #22
My hands can be lethal too, so anyone with hands on a police call has potentially lethal weapons AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #34
That's what they're trained to do if there is a weapon present Warpy Apr 2021 #45
Taser could work too, but we have a society where everyone wants to John Wayne or John McClane AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #47
There wasn't 2 seconds available to take a look hack89 Apr 2021 #68
A 2 second pause would have resulted in the murder of an innocent black girl protecting a puppy. NT cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #71
She might have gotten cut Warpy Apr 2021 #89
A knife stab in the neck is usually fatal, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #91
Kids that age think they're solid, like potatoes Warpy Apr 2021 #94
Would you be willing to take the risk that the carotid artery won't be severed or nicked? MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #95
Going in with gun blasting was 100% sure to kill a kid. Warpy Apr 2021 #96
I made my point, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #97
Knock it off, he saved the other girls life...enough of this "oh the cut wouldve been ok bs" caber09 Apr 2021 #99
+100. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #100
To downplay this weapon as a "paring knife" is dishonest in the extreme LongtimeAZDem Apr 2021 #153
I'll bow to your superior eyesight Warpy Apr 2021 #154
Like you, I come from a time before teenage girls having knife-fights in the street was a problem LongtimeAZDem Apr 2021 #155
It happened rarely where I was Warpy Apr 2021 #158
taser? pepper spray? tackle her and take the knife away? shoot in leg as very last resort? 15. Evolve Dammit Apr 2021 #76
The girl in pink is DEAD with any of these choices, there were literally seconds to react, come on caber09 Apr 2021 #79
Glad you're not in uniform Evolve Dammit Apr 2021 #80
No you arent, the girl would be dead, and you would look like a fool caber09 Apr 2021 #84
Post removed Post removed Apr 2021 #87
Many jurisdictions have laws regarding shooting to wound. discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2021 #88
It looks like he was too far away when it was about to happen. NH Ethylene Apr 2021 #27
What about those less-than-lethal options: rubber bullets, beanbags, and so on? catrose Apr 2021 #31
there are plenty of ways. Trained military kill. Evolve Dammit Apr 2021 #74
Suggestions that would make practical sense? NH Ethylene Apr 2021 #75
Wait I thought we are supposed to be against militarized police? Given what we see, it was justified caber09 Apr 2021 #78
This news conference shows the footage in real time and in slow motion. NH Ethylene Apr 2021 #14
If he had his taser in hand instead of his gun a better ending might have happened. honest.abe Apr 2021 #81
Does a taser shoot from that distance? NH Ethylene Apr 2021 #137
35 feet according to wikipedia honest.abe Apr 2021 #138
Does it say how effective they are from 35 ft? we have seen close shots have no effect on people caber09 Apr 2021 #139
Feel free to read it. I sent the link. honest.abe Apr 2021 #140
That video looks very heavily edited Withywindle Apr 2021 #136
All that cop could do was... jcgoldie Apr 2021 #16
I hope the While House does not revisit this incident again. cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #23
Agreed...do we know if WH saw the video before commenting? caber09 Apr 2021 #25
If they didn't, should they be commenting? LisaL Apr 2021 #26
No, they shouldn't but I'm not sure I was just asking, do we know? caber09 Apr 2021 #28
I agree. Biden should not be commenting on each of these cases. NH Ethylene Apr 2021 #29
Nope, not gonna fault the cop this time NickB79 Apr 2021 #38
Something is wrong when people in a society have no issues and justify child killing AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #43
I have a lot of issues with killing children NickB79 Apr 2021 #44
So using a Taser wasn't an option? De-escalation? Secret Service put themselves between AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #46
To start NickB79 Apr 2021 #48
What most don't realize is that MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #50
+1 thank you for trying to talk sense into some of these posters.. caber09 Apr 2021 #52
Thank you. nt MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #54
He did have a taser. honest.abe Apr 2021 #82
You've never been a cop have you? MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #49
I don't see how de-escalation was possible at that range and with the knife already swinging ripcord Apr 2021 #51
Non lethal shot. This is a child. AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #53
You would've let the girl in pink die..that's on you caber09 Apr 2021 #55
Awesome isn't it. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #56
I'm against children being killed. Period. AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #57
But you would have allowed the girl in pink to be knifed in the neck because MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #58
You can't sayyou are against children getting killed bec you would've gotten the girl in pink killed caber09 Apr 2021 #59
But on the video we saw that the girl with the knife had ALREADY succeeded pnwmom Apr 2021 #64
The person being threatened with the knife was a child, too. The person already stabbed pnwmom Apr 2021 #63
Another issue, that "child" pfitz59 Apr 2021 #135
The stabber had already stabbed another girl and was poised to stab again. pnwmom Apr 2021 #62
This is not the same as the George Floyd case. Beacool Apr 2021 #60
Yes, it's a shame..but kaotikross Apr 2021 #65
The officer had a good chance to taser the girl if he had his taser in hand instead of his gun. honest.abe Apr 2021 #83
And if the mucscle spasms from the taser made the knife stab the other girl in the throat? ripcord Apr 2021 #90
And what if he missed shooting the girl with the knife and hit the girl in pink?? honest.abe Apr 2021 #92
But that didn't happen. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #93
I'm just amazed ripcord Apr 2021 #102
Did you watch the entire video and see the part I was referring to?? honest.abe Apr 2021 #105
+1000 Amazing how some people think...the girl in pink would be dead if they were in charge.. caber09 Apr 2021 #107
And the scenario I was responding to didnt happen either. honest.abe Apr 2021 #103
Nope, what ACTUALLY happened is he saved her life, so knock it off caber09 Apr 2021 #98
And killed another girl in the process. honest.abe Apr 2021 #104
Again HE SAVED the girl from getting stabbed...dont wield the knife then, the cop said stand down.. caber09 Apr 2021 #106
I completely agree the girl in pink is relieved and thankful for what the officer did... honest.abe Apr 2021 #108
Knife is a deadly weapon. LisaL Apr 2021 #109
+1000 I do not understand the "what about the girl with the knife" obsession caber09 Apr 2021 #111
Yes of course.. my point is why immediately draw a gun to teens fighting in their front yard. honest.abe Apr 2021 #113
What would the taser have done from that distance? No guarantee taser wouldve stopped girl w/knife caber09 Apr 2021 #110
I guess you didnt watch the video. honest.abe Apr 2021 #112
I'd be very surprised if drawing weapon was not the move with deadly weapon wielded in front of him caber09 Apr 2021 #114
Here is a screen grab at around 9:44. honest.abe Apr 2021 #116
Maybe this Maybe that...he didnt have any weapon drawn to begin with...had he come out of the car caber09 Apr 2021 #117
Why pull out a gun on teens fighting in their front yard?? honest.abe Apr 2021 #125
He DID NOT have his gun drawn initially watch the video, jesus caber09 Apr 2021 #132
When confronting someone with a deadly weapon, who seems intent on using it, yagotme Apr 2021 #142
I hear a lot of maybe's MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #118
MCE on two different threads here at DU... caber09 Apr 2021 #122
Most here don't realize just how Tasers have a limited use and range, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #123
+1000 caber09 Apr 2021 #124
Drop them?? Even a child? honest.abe Apr 2021 #126
This teenager was a split second away from shoving a rather large knife into MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #127
Yes I wouldve dropped her too to save the life of the other girl.. caber09 Apr 2021 #133
You have 12 seconds to guess the age of a person running around, yagotme Apr 2021 #141
+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #143
Semper Fi, BTW. yagotme Apr 2021 #144
Back atcha devil dog. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #145
Unlike you, cop didn't have the luxury of viewing it in slow motion. LisaL Apr 2021 #119
+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #120
+1000 caber09 Apr 2021 #121
Yeah, clearly the situation was difficult and things moving quickly and violently. honest.abe Apr 2021 #128
Have a great afternoon. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #130
I still dont get it...had the officer come out with taser drawn, same people wouldve complained.. caber09 Apr 2021 #134
The reality is that no matter what the cops do, they're wrong. Jedi Guy Apr 2021 #150
+1 LongtimeAZDem Apr 2021 #156
To my understanding, the cops were informed, via radio, that a oasis Apr 2021 #151
The 911 calls described a desperate scene: LongtimeAZDem Apr 2021 #157
One thing that people should have learned from the last four years is Jose Garcia Apr 2021 #115
Ah the Brett Favre rule. NT cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #131
And now, this: yagotme Apr 2021 #146
Yikes! TexasTowelie Apr 2021 #147
Just read through these threads; yagotme Apr 2021 #148
Well yeah, obviously. Jedi Guy Apr 2021 #149
I understand where you're coming from. yagotme Apr 2021 #152
Childhood ends at age 12 EX500rider Apr 2021 #159
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