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In reply to the discussion: Teenager Alerts Police That They Left Their Brights on -- 5 Minutes Later They Shoot Him Dead [View all]Captain Stern
(2,253 posts)Doesn't that pretty much just mean that there is strong evidence that someone was hit in the face? It doesn't mean that somebody's face was repeatedly struck. By my clock, the time in the video between the sound of the taser, and the sound of the first shot is just a little over 10 seconds. Normally, 10 seconds is a short period of time, but I know that in a fight a lot can happen in 10 seconds. It's very possible that the kid jumped up and beat the cop so badly in 10 seconds that the cop was about to lose consciousness.
If that's actually the case, didn't this cop really suck at his job. in this particular case? If a 17-year old kid can go from being face-down, on the ground, to almost beating a (supposedly) trained police officer into near unconsciousness in about 12 seconds, isn't it fair to infer that the officer was incompetent? I'm not a cop, but I'm assuming that at least part of their training involves some self-defense techniques that would help them avoid being pummeled to the point of unconsciousness by a high school kid.