Current Affairs The " another shooting in America " thread

[LinekersLegs]

Yet again, non-compliance. Everything was calm and orderly, and he decided to wrestle free, get back in the car and make a run for it. Not much sympathy.

I hope others have more empathy if you ever make anything less than a perfect decision in your life and I most certainly hope you are never shot over it.

 

[Huyton Layne]

America folks...

 

[TN Toffee]

School shooting in Knoxville

Yep. Probably not 15 minutes from my house. From what I can gather, a police officer sustained non-life threatening injuries, and the only fatality was the shooter.

This will probably result in locals calling for more guns in schools (arming teachers) and maybe some thoughts and prayers.

 

[Wizard]

America folks...

 

[TN Toffee]

A little more context...seems as though the officer may have been serving a warrant on the student and things escalated from there.

 

[Prevenger17]

Absolutely.

But, it goes both ways.

Police dashcam shows fatal shooting of Officer Darian Jarrott | Daily Mail Online

Police dashcam footage shows the fatal shooting of New Mexico police officer Darian Jarrott during a traffic stop on Omar Felix Cueva.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A 20 year old man died because of a traffic violation and the police have admitted they messed up. And what you took from it is the black man deserved to die. Get in the bin you absolute gobshite

 

[grandjoeblue]

Surely would be extremely difficult to get rid of the guns even if they did go down that route, isn't there more guns than people in USA?

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

A little more context...seems as though the officer may have been serving a warrant on the student and things escalated from there.

Different..... but not really

 

[TN Toffee]

Different..... but not really

It doesn't seem to be the type of school shooting that fits into the traditional narrative where a pissed off kid shows up at school with a gun to get revenge on his classmates. The school is actually in a pretty rough part of town where there can be a lot of gang/drug related violence. I think this is actually the forth or fifth time in the past year that a student has been shot and killed in the immediate vicinity of the school, just the first time it happened inside the school itself.

 

[Lapeno77]

Just seen that video of the army Lieutenant being pepper sprayed by a cop in his car, with his hands up in full army uniform. Cops are crazy man.

Think the bit in that I find really unnerving is the police response...

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Yet again, non-compliance. Everything was calm and orderly, and he decided to wrestle free, get back in the car and make a run for it. Not much sympathy.

You’re deplorable

 

[Tubey]

You’re deplorable

He's not entirely wrong though. You can't just dismiss personal responsibility. If he doesn't attempt to flee arrest it doesn't happen.

The video makes it clear the officer made one hell of a stupid mistake, but it's just a fact that it's a mistake that doesn't happen if the idiot complies.

And yes, tragic death or not, he was an idiot.

 

[Tubey]

I hope others have more empathy if you ever make anything less than a perfect decision in your life and I most certainly hope you are never shot over it.

This is true too. He didn't deserve to die, obviously.

 

[Prevenger17]

He's not entirely wrong though. You can't just dismiss personal responsibility. If he doesn't attempt to flee arrest it doesn't happen.

I am of the opinion that a young, unarmed man shouldn't be shot dead at a traffic stop by police, and that the weight of personal responsibility leans heavily on the law enforcement officer with a gun

 

[Tubey]

I am of the opinion thata young, unarmed man shouldn't be shot dead at a traffic stop

So am I, but I'm also of the opinion that a member of the public shouldn't resist arrest and attempt to flee in a car.

It's two stupid mistakes, yet the narrative is to not talk about the first stupid mistake that led to the second.