froog wrote: » question for the people defending the cop; imagine this happened in ireland - jimmy the local drunk (a white irish guy) is drink driving around the place and falls asleep outside supermacs and someone calls the guards. for whatever reason, the armed unit shows up. they struggle, jimmy takes a taser off one of the cops and runs away with it, he waves the taser behind his back and one of the armed gardai shoots him dead immediately. are you seriously telling me you have zero problem with that?
Luxxis wrote: » You dont know his intentions, his state of mind, how said state of mind was after an altercation with the police. No one know what he might have done.
1800_Ladladlad wrote: » Sure all he wanted to do was get a burger and go home to bed.
AbusesToilets wrote: » Don't resist arrest, don't punch cops, don't take their weapons and shoot at them. Pretty simple recipe for how to avoid getting shot. The hoops folks are jumping through here to justify the actions of a pretty ****ty person are astounding.
Danzy wrote: » Pity you weren't there to explain it to them all. Tucked up in bed, given the time difference probably, if only you could reassure them the violent drunk who fought them stole a weapon wasn't pulling a gun. You are very willing to sacrifice those working class guys from the safety of your leaba.
1800_Ladladlad wrote: » and you asked another user if they were tick?:cool:
declanflynn wrote: » All he wanted to do was get a burger and go home to bed, people here think he was hell bent on going on a killing rampage
declanflynn wrote: » so he was out to kill everyone except the policemen he ran away from?
Luxxis wrote: » What about the people he might be running into?
declanflynn wrote: » A drunk man with a taser running away is zero threat to 2 armed police officers, are u thick?
froog wrote: » he was running away with a non lethal weapon. the idea that he was plotting to incapacitate two cops, steal their guns and start killing people is ridiculous.
punisher5112 wrote: » He was under arrest, they can't just let him run off with their weapon... He tried to use it against them so he was a threat.
declanflynn wrote: » no he wasn't, someone running away from the police are not a danger to those he is running away from its simple
punisher5112 wrote: » He had one of their tasers, they had already gone the tackling route and he fought and stole the weapon, he could use the taser against them..... Simple he was a major risk.
declanflynn wrote: » call for back up and follow him! Shooting shouldn't always be the answer
punisher5112 wrote: » And what if he uses the taser on another officer or breaks into a home...... Seriously he was under arrest they can't be letting people run off with their weapons.
Danzy wrote: » He left that as their only choice, you can guarantee the police wish he hadn't forced them to.
froog wrote: » other choices: 1. run after him and tackle him to the ground (there was two cops) 2. let him off and call for backup
Overheal wrote: » Or maybe there's more than simple correlation and causation for a 400 year old problem.
declanflynn wrote: » He was drunk and running away, the cops were not in any immediate danger, call for back up and follow him
punisher5112 wrote: » How do you know. He took their weapon and he used it against them, he could have then got their actual firearm if he contacted the taser right.
