• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    I see. And what training, instruction, or other expertise do you have to support your assertion that this was a “non lethal situation”?

    I believe that I could cause a permanently disfiguring, debilitating, or lethal injury with any of the long-handled tools in my shed. I believe if a racist teenager swung one of these tools at a black man, you, too, would consider it to have been a use of lethal force.

    I think a reasonable person facing a 15-year-old attempting to strike them with any of my gardening equipment would reasonably fear a threat of death or grievous bodily harm.

    I reject your characterization of this as a “non lethal situation”.

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      4 months ago

      I don’t know about him but I was an Infantryman who invaded Iraq. And no. You’re wrong. You don’t just shoot kids clearly having a mental health episode. Especially with multiple cops present. You only need one designated shooter while everyone else works the problem.

      Also, pain compliance is to neutralize threats. If there is no threat then you’re just torturing them. Where I’m from that’s called a war crime.

      Surely we’re holding our police to a higher standard than a 19 year old scared shitless in a warzone? Right?