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WestyHokie

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You miss the point


The core of the debate in shootings of unarmed people is that cops are trained to go straight to deadly force. No negotiating, not less deadly force, not the old TV "wing 'em in the shoulder" move. And cops have said sorry, that's how we are trained.

So now we have a case where that training would come in handy, the same training people have complained about and that cops have steadfastly defended, and it doesn't happen.

That's irony.

I have two cops in my family, and we have been debating the training issue literally since the mid 90s, when local cops shot dead an old lady with a knife in her yard.



[Post edited by WestyHokie at 02/27/2018 09:30AM]

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Posted: 02/27/2018 at 09:26AM



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