juicy@lemmy.today to News@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoCalifornia officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening toolwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square384fedilinkarrow-up1797arrow-down128
arrow-up1769arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening toolwww.theguardian.comjuicy@lemmy.today to News@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square384fedilink
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·8 months agoGotcha. It is “cowardice” to take effective steps to stop an attacker from jamming a garden hoe in your neck. Understood.
minus-squarebraxy29@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoit is cowardice to conclude lethal force is the only option here.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoSo there are no possible effective steps that could have been taken without murdering the boy? Amazing cops aren’t murdered constantly in Europe.
Gotcha.
It is “cowardice” to take effective steps to stop an attacker from jamming a garden hoe in your neck.
Understood.
it is cowardice to conclude lethal force is the only option here.
So there are no possible effective steps that could have been taken without murdering the boy?
Amazing cops aren’t murdered constantly in Europe.