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killerbee2319 t1_j9sl2lz wrote

You are either a cop or want to be... that is the dumbest take on this I've ever seen.

You mean like he was violently sitting in his car talking to the officer, who repeatedly made contact, and already had his hand on his gun, and the grabbed him for taking a pill, and threw him on the ground, and then proceeded to get violent with someone who was not at all acting violently, who unsurprisingly reacted when he was flung from his car onto the ground.

Then he shot him because hims was toos a'scairt of going two on one with a man after he initiated the violence.

He shouldn't be getting a medal when he started the fight. He should be rotting in jail, awaiting his trial on first degree murder charges.

Cops need to be taught how to deescelate situations, not immediately go to full Rambo mode. Cops need to stop being mollycoddled when they shoot unarmed citizens. Cops need to stop acting like the whole world is out to get them. It sets them into kill or be killed mode in every encounter, no matter the situation.

But I guess I shouldn't worry. Three of his buddies investigated it real good, and they agreed that their friend and coworker did absolutely nothing wrong.

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AgencyDelicious1933 t1_j9skkt9 wrote

Maybe someone already commented something similar, but:

> "The man then took an entire display of chips and put them into his car. While walking with the display, several bags of chips fell to the ground, police said, noting the clerk had followed the man out of the store."

  • AND THEN when police showed up AFTER THE FACT, they noticed a homeless man munching on chips like: "🤷‍♀️" ... So, they decided they needed to arrest SOMEONE 🙄

🤔

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Drablit OP t1_j9sj8vt wrote

Cop sees man swallow a pill

Somehow, his fetid cop brain interprets this as a threat

Cop grabs man from car, throws man to ground, jumps on top of man, screams at man

Man wiggles legs and flails in fear

Heroic cop helps man cool down by blasting extra ventilation holes in man’s chest

Rude ass man doesn’t even say THANK YOU HERO COP

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KingRobotPrince t1_j9sgae8 wrote

>Looks reasonably accurate to me.

Perhaps you have some sort of mental impairment, or English is a second language to you, but when you say someone is "non-violent", but there is a video showing him being violent, people are going to start questioning your claims.

>At what point did he warrant two rounds to the chest?

I suppose at some point during the fight the police officer felt his life was in danger. Apparently he went for his gun.

It sounds like the man was somewhat disturbed, based on his reported behaviour prior to police arriving. He certainly failed to do what was asked of him and fought with the police when they tried to remove him from the car.

You can't change what actually happened simply by saying things you would like to be true.

It's unfortunate, but these things happen.

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