Deacon923
Scooter Banks
My analysis of this is pretty simple. Three trained geared up kevlared cops vs. a 100 pound kid. They knew he was mentally ill and had been called to subdue him and get him help.
There is almost no possible scenario in that interaction that could have justified shooting that kid. He is not a serious threat to those three officers unless he has a gun. No way, no how.
The justification now being put forward is that the kid was "making a stabbing motion toward an exposed area". Ok. Cops are paid to take risks. They know when they go to work they may get into physical altercations with crazy people. When they sign up and put on the badge they take the risk that someone might make a threatening "motion toward an exposed area". If that is justification for shooting someone, holy crap.
Maybe I could see it if the kid was trying to get a gun from one of the officers - that might present a serious enough danger that one of the other two needs to open fire. But that was not alleged here. Just a "stabbing motion".
There is almost no possible scenario in that interaction that could have justified shooting that kid. He is not a serious threat to those three officers unless he has a gun. No way, no how.
The justification now being put forward is that the kid was "making a stabbing motion toward an exposed area". Ok. Cops are paid to take risks. They know when they go to work they may get into physical altercations with crazy people. When they sign up and put on the badge they take the risk that someone might make a threatening "motion toward an exposed area". If that is justification for shooting someone, holy crap.
Maybe I could see it if the kid was trying to get a gun from one of the officers - that might present a serious enough danger that one of the other two needs to open fire. But that was not alleged here. Just a "stabbing motion".