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Justified or gun happy?
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He din do nuffin'.
Well he didn't do anything except from waving a realistic airsoft gun around (apparently with the orange paint scratched off) in a playground, and then instead of obeying the cop's orders to put his hands up he reaches for the gun in his waistband. Absolutely justified, the cop had no choice.
My sympathies are with the cop, he's going to be going through hell for years to come. Both with the PTSD from shooting a child and because the usual rent-a-mob from the usual 'community' will be smashing the neighbourhood up and helping themselves to free pairs of trainers and TVs before calling for him to be dragged naked through the streets and beaten to death.
Well he didn't do anything except from waving a realistic airsoft gun around (apparently with the orange paint scratched off) in a playground, and then instead of obeying the cop's orders to put his hands up he reaches for the gun in his waistband. Absolutely justified, the cop had no choice.
My sympathies are with the cop, he's going to be going through hell for years to come. Both with the PTSD from shooting a child and because the usual rent-a-mob from the usual 'community' will be smashing the neighbourhood up and helping themselves to free pairs of trainers and TVs before calling for him to be dragged naked through the streets and beaten to death.
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I love this bit: "Police say an officer fired two shots at the boy after he failed to obey an order to raise his hands.
A caller reported the boy to police for scaring people with a gun but said that he did not know if it was real.
One of the officers was in his first year on the local force, the other had more than 10 years of experience."
I wonder which one pulled the trigger!
A caller reported the boy to police for scaring people with a gun but said that he did not know if it was real.
One of the officers was in his first year on the local force, the other had more than 10 years of experience."
I wonder which one pulled the trigger!
Sad but justified based on what I've seen and heard so far. They said on the radio this morning that a passer-by called 911 to say that this kid was scaring people with a gun, but that the gun was probably fake. The 911 operator didn't pass on the "probably fake" part to the police. Apparently fake guns should have an orange indicator to show they aren't real, however this indicator should have been removed. The police say that the kid didn't put his hands up when ordered to.
They were saying how there are now calls to better regulate the sale and ownership of fake guns. That would mean that there were more controls on buying a fake gun than a real on. Crazy place.
They were saying how there are now calls to better regulate the sale and ownership of fake guns. That would mean that there were more controls on buying a fake gun than a real on. Crazy place.
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I reckon the experienced one because he's seen it all before while the Cop in his first year poo'd his pants.
Is that what you thought?
And if the gun had been real, and the boy had shot another child whilst the police stood by and did nothing? It's tragic but unfortunately this is what happens in a gun culture.
...yeah, well. Looking at the picture hard, I think I can tell it's fake, but thats after studying it for a good minute or two, not in the heat of responding to an emergency call.
Well I've seen a few photoshops in my time and I can tell from the pixels....
...yeah, well. Looking at the picture hard, I think I can tell it's fake, but thats after studying it for a good minute or two, not in the heat of responding to an emergency call.
Not, really it could have been either for a variety of reasons I just thought it was very telling they didn't say which officer it was. They are normally quite clear on who it is.
This is a picture of the weapon.
I defy anyone to be able to judge whether that is real or a replica.
Why the hell would they sell a BB gun that looks like that?.
That's pretty much guaranteed to get you shot.