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> One cop (white shirt, maybe security, it’s not clear) begins spraying him with a fire extinguisher, the cop with gun drawn remains stationary. White shirt yel
by Qem 3y ago
> One cop (white shirt, maybe security, it’s not clear) begins spraying him with a fire extinguisher, the cop with gun drawn remains stationary. White shirt yells “I don’t need guns, I need fire extinguishers!” More cops arrive, as do EMTs. 3 fire extinguishes are used.
It seems there was some police negligence. Why to draw a weapon on someone self-immolating, instead of helping put out the flames?
This reminds me of the 'burning monk' from the Vietnam war. Impressive. RIP: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4...
- reaperman 3y agoNot sure if that's "negligence" on the part of the officer. Non-facetiously, I'd expect that police officers are trained to draw their weapons on people who absolutely will not comply with police orders / commands. I believe we've stopped using "reasonable man" standards for police officers a long time ago, so it's not relevant what a reasonable person would believe was egregiously negligent. Idiocy on the part of the officer, perhaps. Negligence on the part of the department training, perhaps. But I do believe it's customary and normal for police to draw weapons on non-compliant citizens, regardless of threat level.
- enterprise_cog 3y agoI read the guy with the gun drawn was Israeli embassy security and not DC police. So not surprising.
- hackerlight 3y agoPsychologically primed to do that in a crisis situation due to training + panic in the moment, probably