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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Resisting arrest should not come with a death sentence.
Running away from police should not come with a death sentence.
Having a warrant for your arrest, being high, forging cheques... none of these things should come with a death sentence, that’s cut and dry.
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This is copy/paste from Facebook in response to a similar statement. Full disclosure, this comment is from a policeman, but the points are valid and good perspective.
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"Part of the job of a police officer's job to de-escalate the situation."
Have you ever tried to talk reason into a drunk? Someone high? Someone so emotionally overwhelmed that they literally have no grasp of logic? Sometimes, there is no way to de-escalate. Contrary to what you think, police are sometimes responsible to escalate to resolve a situation. Police rarely have the ability to just walk away from someone and hope they calm down.
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This officer would have known from dispatch the type of person he was dealing with beforehand. He was armed with a knife, reportedly was not even supposed to be with his children, reportedly put one of the cops in a headlock, and stated he was going to grab a gun from his vehicle and then made a very swift movement towards the vehicle.
What would you do as a cop in that situation? There are so many things this guy did that lead to what happened.
There is no defending the officer in the George Floyd incident, but this one to me, is different.