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Originally Posted by Azure
No, Oling is saying they should have gotten out and started shooting people.
The situation was obviously deteriorating very quickly. You sure can see it build and explode. So, we'd all like to know how the cops should have responded where you and pal would have deemed it acceptable.
So far we've heard that shooting people is acceptable, but running over them isn't. Any other options that would be acceptable?
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I mean if you ignore all other options presented, then targeting the perceived threats is at least better than indiscriminately driving over a bunch of teens. We could be looking at multiple deaths. But you ignore everything else. They could...
Do nothing and wait for it to de-escalate. Easy.
Do nothing and if it escalates let your dozens of other officers not surrounded by the crowd figure it out.
Try to disperse the crowd with warnings, honkings, sirens, speakers, then slowly move back towards the other officers, or forward slowly.
Start arresting those who are vandalized. Maybe move onto those not dispersing.
Then finally, shoot the people who make you fear for your life if that's the actual case. That is, afterall, the reason they drove over innocent people. If you believe their BS. Which also means they ran away from their fellow officers leaving them to deal with an active shooter. Could you imagine if any other police officer actually believed that? Lol. It's clear they didn't.
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Originally Posted by Azure
Just trying to sort things out and expose the obvious bias that is going on here. Some people simply won't ever admit that cops are put into impossible situations where their only option is a bad one.
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It's funny how half the time "I'm biased for the police" and half "I'm biased against them" depending on the actual situation. It's almost like I look at the situation and facts before making my decision. The facts is this idiot put a bunch of teens in danger cause some jerk had the audacity to sit on his car.
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Originally Posted by Azure
What about the protesters? Did they have better options? Maybe could have handled things differently? Oh right, they were 'peaceful' and not a 'threat.'
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You used quotations as though you don't mean to say they were peaceful and not a threat, but they were peaceful and not a threat. There was no gun, the videos clearly show everyone who hit was either standing and chanting, walking, or one guy was sitting on the hood.