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Use of gun should be the last resort. Can you imagine to shoot somebody like that?

by sandruso 9mo ago

akimbostrawman 9mo ago
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- zppln 9mo ago
  If I where the officer in front of a reving car my instinct would be to move out of the way, not pull my gun and fire at the driver.
  - akimbostrawman 9mo ago
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    - beedeebeedee 9mo ago
      You are wrong on several points. It is policy not to shoot a car like that even if it is driving at the officer (which this vehicle was not doing and can clearly be seen from multiple camera angles). Shooting the driver will not stop the car, it will just kill the driver.
      - directevolve 9mo ago
        And in this case, shooting her made the situation much more dangerous. It caused her dead foot to stomp the gas pedal, dangerously accelerating the car uncontrollably until it crashed on the side of the road.
    - mothballed 9mo ago
      An officer yes, the person you're replying to, no. Minnesota is a duty to retreat state (in public). Some animals are more equal than others.
      - akimbostrawman 9mo ago
        IANAL but I imagine that does not apply to traffic stop.
        mothballed 9mo ago
        To be clear, I was saying it applies to "an officer." But not a civilian like you or I, since MN is a rare state with duty to retreat. Presumably a traffic stop is always performed by an officer.
  - consz 9mo ago
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- bakies 9mo ago
  he didn't even limp away, far from last resort territory.
- Bridged7756 9mo ago
  The guy who was involved in an identical incident a couple of months ago? Standing in front of a car in a tense situation against all logic and procedure, again? It's surely "last resort" just as it's "last resort" for me to pull out a gun as a "last resort" in a fight I caused. Either he is severely mentally incapable or he was looking for a reason to murder someone. The good ol' shoulder bump in the dancefloor. What's crazier is that a clear swerve to drive away is being sold as an attack, and worse, it justifying 4 point blank shots to the face.
krapp 9mo ago
This is the way American law enforcement acts all the time, usually around black people. I guess it's just shocking when it happens to a white person.

Use of gun should be the last resort. Can you imagine to shoot somebody like that?

akimbostrawman 9mo ago

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zppln 9mo ago
If I where the officer in front of a reving car my instinct would be to move out of the way, not pull my gun and fire at the driver.
- akimbostrawman 9mo ago
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  - beedeebeedee 9mo ago
    You are wrong on several points. It is policy not to shoot a car like that even if it is driving at the officer (which this vehicle was not doing and can clearly be seen from multiple camera angles). Shooting the driver will not stop the car, it will just kill the driver.
    - directevolve 9mo ago
      And in this case, shooting her made the situation much more dangerous. It caused her dead foot to stomp the gas pedal, dangerously accelerating the car uncontrollably until it crashed on the side of the road.
  - mothballed 9mo ago
    An officer yes, the person you're replying to, no. Minnesota is a duty to retreat state (in public). Some animals are more equal than others.
    - akimbostrawman 9mo ago
      IANAL but I imagine that does not apply to traffic stop.
      - mothballed 9mo ago
        To be clear, I was saying it applies to "an officer." But not a civilian like you or I, since MN is a rare state with duty to retreat. Presumably a traffic stop is always performed by an officer.
- consz 9mo ago
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bakies 9mo ago
he didn't even limp away, far from last resort territory.
Bridged7756 9mo ago
The guy who was involved in an identical incident a couple of months ago? Standing in front of a car in a tense situation against all logic and procedure, again? It's surely "last resort" just as it's "last resort" for me to pull out a gun as a "last resort" in a fight I caused. Either he is severely mentally incapable or he was looking for a reason to murder someone. The good ol' shoulder bump in the dancefloor. What's crazier is that a clear swerve to drive away is being sold as an attack, and worse, it justifying 4 point blank shots to the face.

krapp 9mo ago

This is the way American law enforcement acts all the time, usually around black people. I guess it's just shocking when it happens to a white person.