RIP George Floyd

[frshstunna]

Maybe he had his gun out based on the information that was relayed to him?

A teenage girl with a knife means you gotta have a gun out as a trained policeman ?

 

[frshstunna]

At the end of the day, police needs to be trained better. Reaching for the gun, cannot be the solution to all.

This really all that needs to be said, shouldn’t be hard to understand or support this

 

[ksteezy]

You not answering my question tho, was letting off gun shots the only way to stop her? ...Did he have to arrive on the scene with the gun out without even assessing the situation ? If the answer is yes to these questions the they can really shoot **** up whenever they want then, which they already do

He didn’t arrive with his gun drawn, he drew it after the first girl hit the ground, thats on video, he approached the girl in pink asking what was going on so he was trying to assess the situation, from the time the 16 year old lunged at the first girl till she’s was about to stab the one in the pink, neither of which were threats when the officer arrived, it was literally like 5 seconds, what other method would have ensured that shorty in pink wasn’t left on the floor with multiple stab wounds? So yes, with pepper spray, a baton, a taser and a gun, the gun was the best chance the girl in pink had at not getting stabbed.

 

[geno90221]

A teenage girl with a knife means you gotta have a gun out as a trained policeman ?

Cops don’t take age into account it’s either
Black Male or Female that’s all that matters and it’s sad it’s that way, but we know that cops ain’t coming to ask questions and be mediators.
If these were girls in they 20s would it be any better? Would his actions be more acceptable?

 

[Grine]

This really all that needs to be said, shouldn’t be hard to understand or support this

The choice of excessive force is just ridiculous. Like the Black military man in his truck with his hands out the window - get pepper sprayed?

 

[ksteezy]

This really all that needs to be said, shouldn’t be hard to understand or support this

ya can’t pin this up with all the other clear acts of police over reaction or brutality, regardless of how bad ya want to, this is not the same, this is honestly a cop doing his job, as bad as it sounds, girl in pink is breathing because of him....he neutralized the aggressor and potentially saved her Life....if I had someone lunging at me to stab me, this is the type of scenario where I would hope a cop is around to “protect” me....not sure why this is so hard to accept

 

[MVP]

This is one of the main problems with policing the lack of training on descaltion tactics and the whole shoot first and ask questions later. There's a protocol for how to do stuff, I've seen the handbook. A lot of these officers are just trigger happy no matter what.

 

[Mark Antony]

I get that emotions are on edge, but logically speaking the cop had no other choice. We can sit here and say that the cop should have shot her in the arm or leg or wherever but given the circumstances that was a split second decision. If he didn't shoot and the girl got stabbed what would the outcome have been?

Absolutely nothing could have been done, it had to go that way, and it does every time. Cop is an hero.

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Rochester man arrested, accused of headbutting officer, threatening police with knife

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A Rochester man was arrested Tuesday night, after investigators say he threatened police with a knife and headbutted an officer, sending him to the hospital. According to t…

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Man arrested in downtown Spokane after threatening strangers with knife, police say

Spokane police said they used a flash bomb and rubber bullets on man to apprehend him after he refused to give up knife.

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Man, 36, arrested after allegedly assaulting 2 with knife in downtown Honolulu

Honolulu police arrested a 36-year-old homeless man on Saturday after he allegedly assaulted two men with a knife in an unprovoked attack in downtown Honolulu.

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Knife-wielding Belvidere man arrested after standoff with police

37-year-old Martin Campero was arrested Sunday after police say he attacked residents with a knife and then barricaded himself in his home.

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Violent White Folks Who Were Taken Into Custody With Loving Care By Police

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France: Man wielding knife arrested outside Jewish school

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Man arrested after allegedly threatening staff with knife at Johnson City bar

Officials with the Johnson City Police Department said a man was arrested after he allegedly threatened the staff at a bar.

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Man wielding large knife by Kiwanis Park arrested by police

The man was armed with a large knife at a park near the 600 block of Spadina Crescent East.

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Bangor man arrested after threatening police with knife

A Bangor man was arrested this morning after threatening police officers with a knife in a parking lot.

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Knife-Wielding Man Charged with Terrorizing at Williston Albertsons

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[Grine]

Cops don’t take age into account it’s either
Black Male or Female that’s all that matters and it’s sad it’s that way, but we know that cops ain’t coming to ask questions and be mediators.
If these were girls in they 20s would it be any better? Would his actions be more acceptable?

On the audio - did he shout freeze or stop?

 

[DLF]

Watch the show Hasan Minhaj Patriot Act episode on police. It’s very very interesting and super relevant to this thread. On Netflix

 

[ksteezy]

The choice of excessive force is just ridiculous. Like the Black military man in his truck with his hands out the window - get pepper sprayed?

Once again, NOT the same thing, that army lieutenant posed no threat to anyone, clearly the cops overstepped their boundaries and violated his rights, what right did this cop violate?

 

[frshstunna]

Cops don’t take age into account it’s either
Black Male or Female that’s all that matters and it’s sad it’s that way, but we know that cops ain’t coming to ask questions and be mediators.
If these were girls in they 20s would it be any better? Would his actions be more acceptable?

Nope, don’t matter who they were...The 1st action being shoot is unacceptable to me in this situation, just my opinion

 

[DLF]

Absolutely nothing could have been done, it had to go that way, and it does every time. Cop is an hero.

Knife-wielding man arrested after 4-hour police standoff

Witnesses told dispatchers the armed man was behaving in an “agitated” manner and rambling about wanting to be shot by officers, a police spokesman said.

fox5sandiego.com

Rochester man arrested, accused of headbutting officer, threatening police with knife

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A Rochester man was arrested Tuesday night, after investigators say he threatened police with a knife and headbutted an officer, sending him to the hospital. According to t…

www.rochesterfirst.com

Man arrested in downtown Spokane after threatening strangers with knife, police say

Spokane police said they used a flash bomb and rubber bullets on man to apprehend him after he refused to give up knife.

www.krem.com

Man, 36, arrested after allegedly assaulting 2 with knife in downtown Honolulu

Honolulu police arrested a 36-year-old homeless man on Saturday after he allegedly assaulted two men with a knife in an unprovoked attack in downtown Honolulu.

www.staradvertiser.com

Knife-wielding Belvidere man arrested after standoff with police

37-year-old Martin Campero was arrested Sunday after police say he attacked residents with a knife and then barricaded himself in his home.

www.mystateline.com

Violent White Folks Who Were Taken Into Custody With Loving Care By Police

Only in America can police respond to separate calls for the same thing and have two different results depending on the race of the suspect.

newsone.com

France: Man wielding knife arrested outside Jewish school

Police officers cordon off the area after a man visibly brandished a knife outside a Jewish school and a kosher market in Marseille, southern France, Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

newschannel20.com

Man arrested after allegedly threatening staff with knife at Johnson City bar

Officials with the Johnson City Police Department said a man was arrested after he allegedly threatened the staff at a bar.

www.wvlt.tv

Man wielding large knife by Kiwanis Park arrested by police

The man was armed with a large knife at a park near the 600 block of Spadina Crescent East.

thestarphoenix.com

Bangor man arrested after threatening police with knife

A Bangor man was arrested this morning after threatening police officers with a knife in a parking lot.

www.wabi.tv

Knife-Wielding Man Charged with Terrorizing at Williston Albertsons

Williston, ND (KEYZ) No less than half a dozen police officers responded to reports of a man wielding a knife and threatening violence Saturday during a

www.keyzradio.com

Knife wielding man arrested vs girl with knife ACTIVELY stabbing or close to stabbing other girl...like actively

 

[ksteezy]

On the audio - did he shout freeze or stop?

he yelled multiple times “put it down” or”get down”

 

[picasso swerve]

One thing for sure is yall gotta STOP WITH THE AIM FOR THE LEGS NONSENSE. Its one thing to debate whether he should have used his gun at all but we are NOT debating something so dumb as “well he shoudda aimed for the leg, arm, ankle, knee”.

 

[Grine]

ya can’t pin this up with all the other clear acts of police over reaction or brutality, regardless of how bad ya want to, this is not the same, this is honestly a cop doing his job, as bad as it sounds, girl in pink is breathing because of him....he neutralized the aggressor and potentially saved her Life....if I had someone lunging at me to stab me, this is the type of scenario where I would hope a cop is around to “protect” me....not sure why this is so hard to accept

Just a random question: seriously curious.

If you go out with your friends drinking, something happens where things escalate to fighting - are you staying to fight? Run for help?

 

[geno90221]

On the audio - did he shout freeze or stop?

He got out the car with his hand out asking what’s going on multiple times, somebody hits the ground and he yells for everybody to get down more than once he then sees a dangerous weapon getting ready to be used.

 

[ksteezy]

Knife wielding man arrested vs girl with knife ACTIVELY stabbing or close to stabbing other girl...like actively

I think that’s the point a lot of dudes are missing, one thing is to “wield” a knife, another is to be actively engaged in the act of stabbing....one gives room for deescalation...there was no margin for error here....any hesitation on the cops part and the girl in pink would have been stabbed....wether ya like it or not, that’s the fact

 

[marikomorose]

Those are horrible comparisons, and that’s assuming you are within their reach, this cop wasn’t close enough to where he could physically stop the victim from stabbing the other.

no one is excusing the blue lives matter chant, that was wild disrespectful and antagonizing AF and those cops should be fired before the dude that shot.

You love saying some dumb. You love being on straight bum dumb ****. His went to a protest, antagonized a protest, shout the 3 people and killed 2, and then walked towards the cops w/ a big *** AR-15. I want you to shut the **** up. He walked up to the 12 car damn near had to force them to detain him b/c the other cops was right ****ing past him, so shut the **** up. Like I'm deadass just shut your ****ing mouth. You always on some **** ****. I can't stand yo ***. The protesters shouldn't have been protesting too huh? Man, shut the **** up.

 

[picasso swerve]

From my understanding they have tasers, pepper spray, batons etc ...You need a gun to break up a knife fight? Especially the so called “training” and “skills” these fools supposed to have and brag about

The cop came onto the scene with the gun out , even before shorty was going at the other girl with the knife...his solution that day was to shoot no matter what happened...That’s not how it should be, you think it’s ok for guns to be drawn in every situation?

This is what im saying, he grabbed his gun as the tool he would use for whatever happens, and it just happens he had to use that to diffuse the situation. If he had a taser in his hand whatever he probably woudve used that.

BUT, he did grab his gun though so thats what he was gonna use.

 

[geno90221]

Just a random question: seriously curious.

If you go out with your friends drinking, something happens where things escalate to fighting - are you staying to fight? Run for help?

2 different scenarios bro
You can’t compare adults out in public to kids knocking on your door looking to fight your daughter.

 

[Mark Antony]

Knife wielding man arrested vs girl with knife ACTIVELY stabbing or close to stabbing other girl...like actively

Can't tell when you're cosplaying, but there are multiple examples, including where the cops themselves were actively stabbed (vs inactively?). Still alive. Not saying that's the correct way, but stop with the "had no other choice".

 

[ksteezy]

Just a random question: seriously curious.

If you go out with your friends drinking, something happens where things escalate to fighting - are you staying to fight? Run for help?

I’m 38 years old bro, I don’t go out anymore and when I do, I hang out with other responsible mature adults not looking to engage in any drama, those years are far behind all of us, people have families now.

back in the day, clearly I would stay and fight/get beat with my boys, thinking back I’m grateful none of those situations went further south because they could have.

 

[Grine]

2 different scenarios bro
You can’t compare adults out in public to kids knocking on your door looking to fight your daughter.

I know that, just wanted to see ksteezy stance.

 

[Mark Antony]

You love saying some dumb.

This, almost fell for it myself. Ya'll know better though. Just let him work himself up and fizzle out.