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This sort of thing clearly shows every single thing that is wrong about US gun culture, and its impacts on law enforcement. There was absolutely no attempt to

• kelipso 3y ago
  US police are literally trained to be constantly paranoid and on edge, and don't get trained to deescalate, that's the main issue I think.
  • bemusedthrow75 3y ago
    De-escalation wouldn't have helped when you get down to the root of the problem. Sorry. But I mean... they also don't get trained to shoot guns, evidently? I mean, OK, hitting the acorn would be a tall order ;-) But these two gun nut lunatic nutbar "police officers" emptied their guns into the back of a police car thinking the suspect was firing at them, and not one bullet hit. Compounding the surreal, unbelievable madness of the whole affair. It's like a blend of John C. Reilly in Magnolia and Jules and Vincent in Pulp Fiction. The whole picture here isn't just "this officer shouldn't have guns". It is "this entire police department shouldn't have badges." They will fire at the slightest provocation and not hit it. Given the number of shots fired it actually seems like one might more readily have accidentally killed the other with a stray/ricochet. The only reason this guy was shot at is that these people are incompetent and unqualified for the job they hold. It's also the only reason they didn't kill him.
  • kcplate 3y ago
    This time like pretty much every time a police officer uses their firearms or force would have played out completely differently and likely more sensibly if we didn’t give law enforcement officers qualified immunity.