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Tych2  Title: Obama Appointed Outpost Czar
Posts: 2,511
Registered: 2005-3-1 06:56:47
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Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun |
 IMHO omg too goddamn funny!!
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ineenia  Posts: 373
Registered: 2005-11-1 04:48:33
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Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun |
(I didn't read past a couple post on the second page)I am about as vocal about police abuse and corruption as you can get but this doesn't sound like either.Cops have the right to defend themselves and that sometime requires split second decisions.It is unreasonable to ask them to identify a gun before shooting in a split second decision to the point that it is silly.Guns are potentially deadly,you point one at someone cop or not you are responsible for what ever they do in response...in other words this was a suicide not a murder.
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Tipztoe Posts: 1,775
Registered: 2004-3-1 17:53:43
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Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun |
sweeny_comodore posted:
eodoll posted:
The whole point of the baton, bean bag, megaphone, tazer, tear gas, etc... Is to give police non/less than lethal options to bring someone down.
They are not there to give police non ethal options for parking tickets, they are there for these situations.
wow you couldn't be more wrong about that.
You don't bring anything to a gun fight but a gun.
ffs
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Tipztoe Posts: 1,775
Registered: 2004-3-1 17:53:43
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Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun |
Friarspam posted:
sweeny_comodore posted:
i havent met one
and ive met a ton of cops on both sides of the fence.
If you've met "from both sides of the fence" that would suggest good and bad. I would wonder what the "good" cops did to earn the title of "good" if they weren't professionals who had the rights of the citizen at the front of their mind.
I will tell you from personal experience that there ARE cops out there that are mean, vindictive and unprofessional. There are also a lot of good cops.
That being said, a person who obeys the law and doesn't act like cops are left overs from the Gestapo usually don't have such negative experiences with them.
Maybe you just don't like the idea of having to follow rules or something?
ironic the cop he decides is decent is the one who didn't do his job and arrest his stupid ass like he should have.
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Sea_of_inK Posts: 488
Registered: 2004-10-18 12:57:37
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1/1/00 12:06am
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Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun |
It wasn't a gun fight until they shot him in the head.
hth
I'm having a hard time imagining a situation where an 8th grader with no criminal record gets chased down by cops screaming 'drop the weapon', instead decides turn around and point what he knew to be a pellet gun directly at the armed and ready police in defiance. Even the most misbehaved kids I know would be scared shitless.
This story does not add up and with only the shooters side of the story that isn't much of a surprise. If I were to guess, I'd say the police probably could have done a better job. Calling them murders and suggesting they should be fired or jailed is dumb with only the evidence we have.
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Tipztoe Posts: 1,775
Registered: 2004-3-1 17:53:43
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Sea_of_inK posted:
It wasn't a gun fight until they shot him in the head.
more dumb
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Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun |
Tipztoe posted:
Friarspam posted:
sweeny_comodore posted:
i havent met one
and ive met a ton of cops on both sides of the fence.
If you've met "from both sides of the fence" that would suggest good and bad. I would wonder what the "good" cops did to earn the title of "good" if they weren't professionals who had the rights of the citizen at the front of their mind.
I will tell you from personal experience that there ARE cops out there that are mean, vindictive and unprofessional. There are also a lot of good cops.
That being said, a person who obeys the law and doesn't act like cops are left overs from the Gestapo usually don't have such negative experiences with them.
Maybe you just don't like the idea of having to follow rules or something?
ironic the cop he decides is decent is the one who didn't do his job and arrest his stupid ass like he should have.
i used to know a guy like you.
he was an ex navy seal.
every so often he would apply to be a cop and get shot down as soon as he started asking about their guns and when he gets one.
some people just dont understand justice.
this is america, not nazi germany.
there is no iron rule of law here. we rule with compassion and equality for all.
its people like you who shouldnt be allowed to vote. you should be rounded up and treated the way you expect cops to treat other people.
seriously.
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Grymlo Posts: 415
Registered: 2002-4-30 05:51:06
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:06am
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Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun |
sweeny_comodore posted:
Grymlo posted:
Lets assume this had been a real gun and the kid ended up putting a bullet into someone there. Then you idiots saying the cops were wrong would be bitching about why the cops didnt put this kid down the minute he pointed the gun at the cops. 
lets assume it had been your kid shot while holding a pellet gun
lets assume it wasnt a kid at all but a 500lb gorilla with a ninja sword. then they could have wheeled in a tank and it would have been justifiable to smash in the front wall of the school.
we can "assume" and "what if" a justification for any rash actions.
while back here in reality the cops had 20 mins to shoot the kid multiple times with beanbags, tazers, mace, etc before they pumped him full of lead, dirty harry style.
im willing to bet the kid couldnt imagine being taken seriously because he knew it was only a pellet gun and would have probably shat his pants had they blasted him with a bean bag or two before filling him with lead.
then they could have taken him to jail and handed him a death sentence in the electric chair and let him die properly
Thanks for making my point. This whole thread all you have been doing is assuming. You keep saying pellet gun like the cops knew it was a pellet gun this kid was pointing at them. you keep assuming the cops could have done everything else except this.
How about we put you in the line of fire once and see what decision you make when you have someone pointing a gun at you that you obviously dont know is a pellet gun and see what you do.
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NuEM Posts: 1,007
Registered: 2004-3-2 09:08:11
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:06am
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Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun |
reesescups posted:
In a middle school hallway in the middle of the day
What does that have to do with anything? Seriously, just step back for a moment and think about what you wrote.
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reesescups Title: //Captain America
Posts: 2,537
Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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Date Posted:
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Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun |
NuEM posted:
reesescups posted:
In a middle school hallway in the middle of the day
What does that have to do with anything? Seriously, just step back for a moment and think about what you wrote.
What, do schools scare you, do you consider them life threatening? Do you think you have a higher chance of being shot in the face in a middle school or at 2am in a dark ally known locally as dead crack whore lane?
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