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The cops made a big mistake but why is there some juvenile sitting in the dark, middle of the night, lighting up fireworks the moment the police start getting c
by eBombzor 3y ago
The cops made a big mistake but why is there some juvenile sitting in the dark, middle of the night, lighting up fireworks the moment the police start getting close. That's what I don't understand. There is some weird stuff going on in this story and the article jumping to conclusions isn't helping.
- lanternfish 3y agoIf you were a juvenile, and wanted to light off fireworks, when else would you do it but at night?
- Jcowell 3y agoWhat lethal force is necessary when responding to a phenomenon that regular in mass occurs at least once a year in this country? Lightning up fire works is something I would expect a juvenile to do.
- eBombzor 3y agoI like how all 3 replies ignored the part where I put in context "the moment police were getting close", as if to assume I was asking why fireworks were ignited at night in general. I saw the body cam footage, and the cops legitimately thought someone was shooting at them, because when they got close, they heard, what literally sounded like gunshots. Should they have just blind fired? Absolutely not, terrible training by those officers, but it's not hard to see why there would be some confusion.
- ragazzina 3y ago>the cops legitimately thought someone was shooting at them But cops always "legitimately" think someone is shooting at them. Have you heard of the acorn incident?
- w0z_ 3y agoForty-seven officers were shot and killed in the line of duty in 2023. That's about 1 a week.
- magicalist 3y agoWell there's 700,000 cops in the US, so sounds like their priors are legitimately terrible.
- ragazzina 3y agoIs that a lot? More than one unarmed person per week is killed by the police in the US.
- mrguyorama 3y agoAnd way more than that die every year of automobile accidents, or fucking heart disease!
- bilbo0s 3y agowhy is there some juvenile sitting in the dark, middle of the night, lighting up fireworks Huh? Genuinely confused by that question? When does anyone light fireworks? I've never seen them any time but at night.
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