Police shoot and kill deaf man who wouldn’t fallow their commands
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Hijinx
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Well it's like this. It doesn't take a lot of smarts to approach 2 cops with guns drawn, and in a belligerent manner ,to know they aren't just holding their weapons for the fun of it.
So: The guy couldn't hear them tell him to stop and lay down the weapon. If he had a working brain he should be able to analyze what was going to happen without a word being spoken.
Cops have been getting a lot of criticism lately ,much of it deserved, but in this case they probably were justified.
So: The guy couldn't hear them tell him to stop and lay down the weapon. If he had a working brain he should be able to analyze what was going to happen without a word being spoken.
Cops have been getting a lot of criticism lately ,much of it deserved, but in this case they probably were justified.
^^^ example of said boot-licking apologist. ^^^
littlelady
God bless the USA
He was advancing toward police with a weapon. Enough said. I am sick of bleeding hearts that only bleed one way. Stop!
littlelady
God bless the USA
Well, you won't hear about that on the news. Just like the church shooting in Nashville. :crickets:
Good lord LB/rumprider/sapidum, how many MPD's are you?
I want to make sure I understand.
Officers respond to a hit and run accident.
Witnesses say that the perp went to a specific house.
Cops arrive at that house to find this person with a weapon in his hand.
They tell him to drop his weapon.
He ignores them.
They draw their guns and whip out the taser.
Guy gets off the porch and advances on the cops, still holding his weapon.
Cops shoot him.
Is that correct? Because I fail to see what him being deaf has to do with this situation. Was he blind as well? Even if you can't hear the cops telling you to drop your weapon, it should kick in when they pull out their guns.
Officers respond to a hit and run accident.
Witnesses say that the perp went to a specific house.
Cops arrive at that house to find this person with a weapon in his hand.
They tell him to drop his weapon.
He ignores them.
They draw their guns and whip out the taser.
Guy gets off the porch and advances on the cops, still holding his weapon.
Cops shoot him.
Is that correct? Because I fail to see what him being deaf has to do with this situation. Was he blind as well? Even if you can't hear the cops telling you to drop your weapon, it should kick in when they pull out their guns.
NextJen
Raisin cane
Exactly. I compare this situation to a person being in a foreign country where they don't speak the native language. If you are walking down the street, and some local law enforcement officers come upon you with their weapons drawn, yelling something that you don't understand, wouldn't the smartest thing to do be to put your hands up and stand still and not do anything that may be perceived as 'menacing' or threatening? Guns pointed at you is pretty universal language in my opinion.
Yeah, I would think that wouldn't need a whole lot of verbal command.
Base on the story, officer #1 has a taser and officer #2 has a gun. Both fire when the suspect, holding a piece of pipe, walks to within 15 feet of them. Why have the taser out at all? Officer #2 didn't allow officer #1 time to end the conflict with the taser. Sounds like another failure in training.
one guy is going to take out 2 trained professionals with a pipe ...
Many deaf people cannot speak, but that doesn't mean they are mentally deficient.
I'm guessing the guy was drunk. But being drunk doesn't mean you can attack cops with a weapon. It's not surprising the usual suspects are jumping up and down and losing their hivemind. I wish I could send drunk Mexicans with weapons over to their house to go after their families; see if they don't come away with a different perspective.
I see. So you think the cops should have waited until the guy injured or killed one of them before stopping him?
IMHO I do not think deadly force was warranted
The whole purpose of the taser is non-lethal force. Why deploy it if the other officer is immediately going to use lethal force? Why have it at all?
Would you still feel that way if someone were advancing on your daughter with a weapon?