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The perception of threat by a random police officer shouldn't equate to judge+jury+executioner. However, due to the lack of consistent repercussions, it's much
by mildbow 10y ago
The perception of threat by a random police officer shouldn't equate to judge+jury+executioner.
However, due to the lack of consistent repercussions, it's much better for a cop to shoot first and ask questions later.
Ergo, if you aren't a cop and support this situation, maybe you need to think again.
- DanBC 10y agoIndeed, an officer who manages to subdue a suspect without shooting them faces repercussions. Police officer sacked for not shooting black man holding an unloaded gun: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/police-officer-sacked-not-shooting-black-man-virginia-stephen-mader-ronald-williams-a7245681.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/police-officer-sacked-not-... > “I told him, ‘Put down the gun,’ and he’s like, ‘Just shoot me.’ And I told him, ‘I’m not going to shoot you brother.’ Then he starts flicking his wrist to get me to react to it,” he said. > “I thought I was going to be able to talk to him and de-escalate it. I knew it was a 'suicide-by-cop' situation.” I'd be interested to know if that's common, or if it's a one off.
- Digit-Al 10y agoI don't have the source to hand, but I seem to recall reading that it is becoming more and more common. People who are suicidal know that all they have to do is wave a weapon (even an unloaded one) in the vicinity of a cop and they'll be shot dead. Here's a Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_by_cop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_by_cop