Tasers can reach up to 20 feet. I hear you, if this was the only option. Mixed stories circulating right now, that the girl who was killed was residing in a foster home and was defending herself - but as new details emerge, we'll see.
George Floyd trial,could you make a case for the defendant not being guilty of the charges?
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Bells
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Given the momentum, and the fact that she came running out of that house chasing someone with a knife and tried to stab her and then turned around and tried to stab another girl .. A taser would not have done anything. This was a life and death situation for her potential victims.
If she had not been about to stab anyone, then sure, one could say a taser. But she saw the police officer there and she still turned to try to stab the girl in pink. I don't know what happened in the house that led her to chase the first girl out of the house (some are saying she had called the police as she was being attacked in her house and chased the attacker out).. She wasn't shot when she was attacking the first girl. She was shot when she then turned around and launched herself at the second girl who was holding a small dog in her arms. The gun only came out when he realised she had a knife in her hand, as the first girl went down. He didn't shoot immediately. He shot her when she was about to stab the second girl.
If she had posed no risk or threat to anyone around her, then yes, a taser would have been a better option. But that wasn't the case in this instance. She was up close and was armed and about to stab someone.
I am all for reducing use of force, particularly deadly force, but in that instance, I cannot see (from that video at least) that he acted inappropriately or used excessive force.
Seattle
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Bells, is that nuance? Are you trying impress me? This is quite a change.
Bells
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You know, I cannot say that I have ever (nor would I ever want to) put myself in a man's shoes and tried to think about how it's okay to keep kneeling on someone's neck until they die and then refuse to move for several minutes because a "crowd" of less than a dozen people (including children) are begging me to remove my knee and telling me that the man's not breathing and unconscious, not to mention not moving after my fellow police officer tells me that there's no pulse.. I can't think like a sociopath because I'm not a sociopath.
I mean, you can put yourself in his shoes. You do you.
Bells
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Nah my dude. If I wanted to impress you, I'd think like a sociopath.
This makes sense, thanks for clarifying. Interestingly, I just googled ''why do cops choose lethal force over tasers'' and the gist of it is what you're stating here - that if the situation seems to a reasonable person ''life or death'' (either of an officer or people on the scene when officers arrive) then lethal force should be used. And shooting in the leg, etc isn't how police officers are trained, when in such situations. Tasers are used to apprehend a potentially difficult suspect, but not necessarily used in life or death situations. I learned something today on the internet.
Seattle
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You mean a white supremist sociopath. I know you like me. I think you're kind of special myself.Nah my dude. If I wanted to impress you, I'd think like a sociopath.
Bells
Staff member
Tasers also have travel time.
She was in the process of stabbing someone when she was shot. She wasn't threatening her with a knife. She was in the process of stabbing her. That knife got damn close to the second girl when she was shot.
I'll put it this way, if someone was in the process of stabbing a loved one of mine and a police officer was there, I'd expect the officer to shoot to stop them.
Same. This is why we discuss, because we all see things a little differently. One thing is for certain, I wouldn't want to be a police officer and have to make such a quick decision like that. Even if using lethal force is justified, I'm sure it takes a toll on cops who have had to use it.
OK, harping on a bit more it appears the process the jury follows
establish he is guilty of the lowest charge, all elements, first - then go for the next highest
So work from the bottom up
Not from top down
Interesting, curious with case a bit more complex than this I wonder if a bottom upward or top downward approach would be quicker?
Seattle
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You know you're not good with computers...Yea, hmm.
I like your new avatar. lol When will it be my turn?
Copy mine and I'll quit using it. I like my apple better.
Seattle
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I don't thinking they are working from bottom or top necessarily. They just have to consider all of the charges and if they accept all of them then they have to read all of them.OK, harping on a bit more it appears the process the jury follows
establish he is guilty of the lowest charge, all elements, first - then go for the next highest
So work from the bottom up
Not from top down
Interesting, curious with case a bit more complex than this I wonder if a bottom upward or top downward approach would be quicker?
I'm not bad with computers, lol I copied Michael's and it didn't work. It's showing as a still pic. When you found that butterfly, did you copy the link or the pic? Anyway, I'll try again...and will complain in my site feedback thread.You know you're not good with computers...
(thank you though for the help)
Seattle
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You have to copy the picture address and not the link address.I'm not bad with computers, lol I copied Michael's and it didn't work. It's showing as a still pic. When you found that butterfly, did you copy the link or the pic? Anyway, I'll try again...and will complain in my site feedback thread.
I just right click on the pic/gif, and then 'save image' - it downloads onto my computer. But, then when I try to upload it here, it doesn't work. What is this wizardry?
Seattle
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I'll bet Bells knows how. She my new friend you know.I just right click on the pic/gif, and then 'save image' - it downloads onto my computer. But, then when I try to upload it here, it doesn't work. What is this wizardry?
I copied mine, old man typing, from my collection gifs on phone
Did same with the butterfly trying to pass to Wegs but not work as my avatar either
Will see if I can find any reason
She had commented in the site feedback thread. When you found the butterfly pic that is showing in your avatar, did you just ''save image'' and download it to your computer?