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In reply to the discussion: Police officer executes Hispanic man during struggle over gun [Graphic] [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)She likely didn't know for sure if anyone was still on the bus and in danger or if he was up to something else inside the bus:
Absent that information and not sure if anyone else inside the bus was in danger her correct response was to go in and see and try to apprehend him.
I swear some people in here will twist anything and everything a cop does to be bad, no matter what. Had she stayed off and he hurt the driver or hurt himself the same people would be screaming how she should have gone in and stopped him.
I think everyone in this country needs to be give a badge and gun and sent out for a week to get some real world experience into just how fluid these situations are and how tough it is to make decisions on the fly. It's far easier to sit there in the comfort of you home watching video, knowing yeh outcome and pretend the officer on the ground should have known by magic every detail from the video angle and known how it will end like you do- and know that as soon as they get there.
Part of bridging the divide between LE and the community lies with the police- but a part lies with the community too. If your the kind of person so irrational or blind with hate that you will twist anything LE does to be bad you need to step back and get a grip on reality. If you are the kind of person calling cops using deadly force when a person ATTACKS A COP TRIES TO TAKE THIER GUN an "execution" the you are a HUGE part of the problem and idiotic claims like that do nothing more than stir the divide and fan the flames of hatred making the problem worse. And a part of me wonder if some people making such absurd statements don't know exactly what they are doing and just want to stir hatred...