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ArizonaLib

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5. Exactly

Reply to iluvtennis (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 25, 2020, 10:28 AM

Aug 2020

No matter what the 'fear' justification was, it could have been handled without shooting him up. Afraid he was going to escape in the car? - puncture the tires. Afraid he was going to pick up a weapon in the vehicle? - wait till he either does, or physically reach out and pull him back by his arms or body: don't reach instead for a gun. Also, why rubber bullets (yes they are dangerous) for riots but not other law enforcement? Feels like a race to kill civilians.

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