• Coreidan@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Probably, but if you think fighting the cops is a good idea then you have a tough life ahead of you.

      What’s your plan? Out running them? They live for the moment to chase you down with helicopters so they can pull out all their fun toys.

      All you’re doing is giving them ammunition to fuck your life up even harder.

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          8 months ago

          Totally.

          Except the victim did something wrong. Instead of glossing it over and ignoring it, maybe you should learn something from it.

          Fighting with the cops for seven minutes is literally the exact opposite of “not life threatening”.

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            People are going to do the wrong thing. They will be tired, or impaired, or disabled in some way. They might not speak the same language as the cop, or be panicking for some unrelated reason.

            Are you going to train everybody how to do the “right” thing? No, that’s impossible. Train the cops. They didn’t need to detain this guy when he didn’t comply with the pain compliance. They could have backed off, followed him, and figured out a better solution.

            You might say, they have better things to do. I say, because they didn’t a man is dead, fuck you.

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              8 months ago

              Back off and follow him?

              Did you even read the article? You sound clueless. Read the article ffs.

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                I did, there was zero impetus for the police to use lethal force. He was refusing to answer their questions. The people from the domestic violence incident had left, and if he matched the description of those people it would have been mentioned.

                They didn’t have a basis for detaining him, and they didn’t have a crime they were investigating. If they thought they had either of these things it’s because they didn’t do their job.

                This is another instance of police officers deciding to restrict the lawful activities of citizens.