Gustaf
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« on: September 19, 2017, 03:19:11 AM » |
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I saw the video of this. This isn't the worst case of police abuse in the US, but generally it's obvious to me that there is a severe problem with US cops being way too trigger-happy. This person didn't actually seem very dangerous in the clip, more disturbed and I'm pretty sure the situation could have been de-escalated. As has already been noted, Nordic police forces act a lot less aggressively and it seems to work fine (I'm pretty sure shooting at legs is the Swedish policy as well).
Also, yes, I'd probably be scared and shoot someone in the face if they came at me with a knife. I'm not a trained police officer. They should be trained to deal better with those situations rather than shoot first, ask questions later.
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