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So to those on the left and idiots on the right like Pat...What’s the answer? Because “defund the police” (which doesn’t help with the much needed training) has now escalated to “abolish” the police” and get rid of prisons. Does anyone see a happy ending with that scenario?
Evidently you are one of the lucky ones who didn't have to bury that child or any loved one gunned down by a cop.
Most of us have trained our teenagers not to carry illegal weapons, not to run from the police, and most importantly, respect the law and law enforcement to minimize police interactions. I wouldn't call that "lucky".
Adam wasn't just gunned down. He had a gun in his hand, stopped, and turned towards police officers while dropping the firearm. The officer didn't have the benefit of rewatching edited body cam videos on the news. In a split second, the officer has to make the decision to respond with deadly force. A highly trained officer would probably have able to resist discharging his weapon until the last possible moment.
But this is a blue city where its citizens shoot one another on the daily. And blue cities want to defund and disarm the police, not train them.
Location: Free State of Florida, Support our police
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'We failed Adam': Body camera videos appear to show 13-year-old Adam Toledo put hands up before fatal police shooting
The mayor appealed for calm Thursday as the city released body-camera videos of last month's fatal shooting of Adam Toledo, 13, by a Chicago police officer – an incident that appears to show his hands in the air as he was shot.
According to one officer's body-cam video, the officer pulls up in a car, gets out, pushes past another man and runs down an alley shouting "stop" toward Adam, who is dressed in jeans, a sweatshirt and white baseball cap. Adam runs away from the officer but then slows down and pauses near a fence.
Adam can be seen tossing a gun behind the fence as he slows down, according to surveillance video shot from across a parking lot looking at the backside of the fence. Here it is in real speed. If you were a cop what would you do? https://citizenfreepress.com/breakin...do-you-decide/
That's when the officer shouts, according to his body-cam video, "Show me your f***ing hands," and then either "stop it" or "drop it." Adam turns toward the officer and appears to put his hands up. He does not appear to have a gun in either hand. That's when the officer shoots – less than a second after Adam begins turning around to face the officer with his hands clearly raised.
I watched the whole video. It happened in a blink of an eye. What do you want to do? The cop had zero choice. That kid made a stupid decision. He put the cop in the position. Watch the video in real speed. The cop had no choice. No jury in a million years will ever convict him of anything. 2 am a 13 year old with a gun. Here it is in real speed. https://citizenfreepress.com/breakin...do-you-decide/
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oh, right.
when you lose an old codger that the left hated with ever fiber of their being up until 8 minutes ago, who virtually no one listens to anymore..
.. surely it must be over.
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When you lose Pat Robertson ... It's over (??)
