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asuds t1_j3arwcf wrote

Reply to comment by BlaXBla in There will be an anti police brutality protest at City Hall Monday Jan 9th at 3:30pm in response to the Arif Sayed Faisal shooting that occurred this week by Harmony_w

I have no evidence that they did anything wrong either, other than to say we should be able to develop a way to respond to people in crisis that does not also kill them fairly often nationwide.

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magnetmonopole t1_j3ayoy4 wrote

They did everything they possibly could. They tried talking to him, they tried non-lethal methods. He charged them with a machete. What other possible outcome was there? There is no “way to respond” that we could possibly develop that would have had a better result.

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asuds t1_j3by7j3 wrote

Better non-lethal methods seems like a place to start.

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[deleted] t1_j3mhnlm wrote

There are people who can’t even be stopped with an average tazer

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Lurking4Justice t1_j42z75g wrote

Tasers should not be used. Japanese police resolve this exact situation with poles and fucking gumption. It's fair to say we're doing something wrong with training officers in America

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Old_Travel8423 t1_j3c02kv wrote

I agree from a policy perspective, but those better less-likely-to-be-lethal methods need to be in place in officers' vehicles and they need to be trained on them before events like this. If the officers did not have anything else available to them, and the deceased was coming at them with a knife, then their reaction is understandable/justifiable. Though I agree that we should be looking for and deploying better ways, whatever they may be.

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Mobile-Strength1548 t1_j3kqk3t wrote

Yes and also I feel like one or two bullets could have put him down and not kill him. Remind you he only had a knife and there were five cops so 5 shots for charging with a knife is not justified.

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QuentonCassidy401 t1_j3p9fer wrote

You keep saying this over and over. I doubt it's as easy as you think when in a high pressure situation with a knife in your face to pull the trigger twice verses five times.

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Mobile-Strength1548 t1_j3pjz4f wrote

Shouldn't polices be trained to face situations like this? or at that point the aim should be to murder the suspect?

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