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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Yes, I will agree. I would say anyone who disagrees with that is incredibly stupid.
There is, I've mentioned a couple of the individuals who didn't deserve their fates due to the actions of certain police officers. And to be clear, in no way or shape do I believe that the man with the screwdriver deserved to die. My argument falls on self-defense of the police. They had every right to live, a screwdriver is a deadly weapon to any man or woman who wants it to be. I believe they had right to protect themselves from such a fate, and as such were justified in using deadly force to prevent potential harm and potentially their own deaths.
I wouldn't necessarily disagree, but it's hard to judge any type of training when we don't know the specifics of theirs and without an alternative.
With respect to the screwdriver incident, I don't see why we should consider this a racial issue. They were called to the house, they went.
That's fair.
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I didn't mean to get the screwdriver case and race tangled together - I understand they're separate issues. The screwdriver spoke more to the lack of ability for police to effectively contain that situation and unfortunately many others like it. Mentally ill people being gunned down or vicously beaten by police is nothing new either.
A group of officers should be able to subdue that man. If they were unable to, then see to it that future officers have the tools to do so.
As for race riots. America needs a big hug. Everyone in that country needs to look at the person across from them and say 'I don't want you to die'. Build from there.