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Old 04-10-2018, 05:20 AM
 
Location: Swiftwater, PA
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Originally Posted by ditchoc View Post
How bout "Man Attacks Police with Screwdriver and is Shot for his Stupidity"
If you have one, let alone three or more police officers with guns drawn, shouting at you to drop the screwdriver or weapon and you decide to charge; then maybe you have lived far too long. The shank of most screwdrivers is long enough to kill and there is no way for our police to determine if anybody has sharpened the blade - even unsharpened blades would still be lethal.

Our police are there because we hired them to be there protecting the public. They also have the right to protect themselves. It is not only foolish to second guess them; it is suicidal to not abide by the verbal commands of the responding officers.
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Old 04-10-2018, 06:27 AM
 
Location: Just over the horizon
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In this case they may be able to claim self defense. Being a cop has nothing to do with it.

I was just making the point that the hundreds of white police shooting victims every year get very little coverage compared to black victims because it doesn't fit the media narrative--i.e. Stephon Clark vs. Daniel Shaver--and white people refuse to stand up for the white victims like BLM does with black victims.


White people don't "stand up for white people" just because they're white.

Maybe BLM and the Left wing media should take notes.
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Old 04-10-2018, 06:33 AM
 
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Originally Posted by boneyard1962 View Post
Screw driver can be a weapon. Idiot charged the police officer. Good shoot.
Pretty much sums it up.

The OP has an agenda, so he or she purposely left out key information and wrote a misleading thread title.



The facts:

The man was asked by police multiple times to drop the screwdriver, he did not comply.

They then tasered him several times, which did not work.

Then, the man actually lunged at them with the screwdriver, leaving police with no choice but to use deadly force to protect their own lives.


Great job by the police officers, seems like they handled the situation by the book.
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Old 04-10-2018, 06:40 AM
 
Location: Just over the horizon
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Originally Posted by ATG5 View Post
I’m sorry, what?
Your pic means nothing with context.

They could all be going to a Luau.....

If that is some type of protest for a white criminal being shot by police, it was :

1. Pretty peaceful looking.....not exactly a riot.

2. Not covered sufficiently by the media for me to recognize when and where it happened or who it was for.
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Old 04-10-2018, 07:31 AM
 
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Your pic means nothing with context.

They could all be going to a Luau.....

If that is some type of protest for a white criminal being shot by police, it was :

1. Pretty peaceful looking.....not exactly a riot.

2. Not covered sufficiently by the media for me to recognize when and where it happened or who it was for.
I just laughed out loud, like for real laughed.
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Old 04-10-2018, 08:00 AM
 
Location: Just over the horizon
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I just laughed out loud, like for real laughed.


The pic means nothing to me, without context, it's just a bunch of people with Tiki torches.
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Old 04-10-2018, 03:37 PM
 
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  • Once again... There is media coverage - else nobody would know about it.
  • Why isn't there more coverage... because YOU don't care enough.
  • And once again... for some reason, white people "choose" not to protest when their own are killed by cops. I guess they think it's no problem. As for riots. They are always rare.
"Once again... There is media coverage - else nobody would know about it."

Local ONLY.

Have you seen it on any of the alphabet NATIONAL TV stations?

Why DON'T ANY of these stories make the alphabet TV coverage?

https://www.americanrifleman.org/the-armed-citizen
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Old 04-10-2018, 06:36 PM
 
Location: SC
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Originally Posted by Quick Enough View Post
"Once again... There is media coverage - else nobody would know about it."

Local ONLY.

Have you seen it on any of the alphabet NATIONAL TV stations?

Why DON'T ANY of these stories make the alphabet TV coverage?

https://www.americanrifleman.org/the-armed-citizen
Answered and Asked.
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Old 04-10-2018, 06:59 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by NeutralParty View Post
Pretty much sums it up.

The OP has an agenda, so he or she purposely left out key information and wrote a misleading thread title.



The facts:

The man was asked by police multiple times to drop the screwdriver, he did not comply.

They then tasered him several times, which did not work.

Then, the man actually lunged at them with the screwdriver, leaving police with no choice but to use deadly force to protect their own lives.


Great job by the police officers, seems like they handled the situation by the book.
A great job in my book is when the situation is de-escalated and no one dies.
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Old 04-11-2018, 04:57 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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A great job in my book is when the situation is de-escalated and no one dies.


This would have been dealt with differently in many countries.

Some US Police Departments are very quick to just shoot people who often have mental health issues.

In this case it was clealy a screwdriver, and there were numerous officers, so why didn't they just use their batons and spray or confine him using shields which is what they do in most countries.

Prison Officers and those who work in secure Psychiatric environments reguarly take down very disturbed people who often have improvised or home made weapons such as shanks.

In most European Countries the killing of a man with a srewdriver in such circumstances would be deemed an unlawful killing and would contravene Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights - 'The Right to Life'.

UK Police use of force - College of Policing APP

Why do American cops kill so many compared to European cops? - The Conversation
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