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Originally Posted by fleury
In the States there is always racial tension and that stuff, but I've watched a lot of Cops and for some pretty serious situations where there are armed individuals, I've seen numerous times where some really good officers have told the suspects in a calm but firm manner, "put down the gun, son", without riling up the suspect. With adrenaline going it calms down all individuals and makes them think that what they've done is probably wrong. Idiots like this officer used escalating mannerisms and it cost the kid his life, when it wasn't necessary. Pretty sad.
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Actually the kid cost his own life when he started waving a knife around and hijacked a streetcar , then on top of that refused to drop it when prompted to numerous times by the officers.
Did the cop go overboard and overreact, resulting in a death that didn't need to happen? It certainly looks like it and he should be reprimanded accordingly.
It's a sad situation all around but let's stop pretending this was some innocent victim doing nothing wrong. This kid's own actions is ultimately the cause of this unfortunate incident.