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<blockquote data-quote="Benben" data-source="post: 4527641" data-attributes="member: 25133">I have seen both the released videos.&nbsp; I see the small minds instantly jumped to justified, surprised the slowest among us [USER=44954]@DriveInDriveOut[/USER] hasn&#039;t cried about the poor officer yet.Here&#039;s the question that has to be answered:&nbsp; did the shooting officer know what was pointed at him was a taser and not a real gun? Before you open your gash and stick your foot in up to the knee know the background.&nbsp; The victim had already been checked for weapons AND given a sobriety test which he failed (according to the news report we got here.)If you still say it was justified you have to acknowledge that in your opinion a taser is a lethal weapon and the officer was protecting himself as the victim was running away by responding with lethal force!If not then you have to acknowledge the office used lethal force against a man who was not a current threat to the officer.If you answered yes to the first his then leads to your acknowledgment that citizens of the U.S. are subjected to lethal force by the police thousands of times a day!YES [USER=18222]@Old Man Jingles[/USER], I made up the &quot;thousands&quot; for affect.&nbsp; I could not find stats on the use of tweets in this country but that wasn&#039;t the point I was making! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group2/smartass.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smartass:" title="Smartass&nbsp; &nbsp; :smartass:" data-shortname=":smartass:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Benben, post: 4527641, member: 25133"] I have seen both the released videos. I see the small minds instantly jumped to justified, surprised the slowest among us [USER=44954]@DriveInDriveOut[/USER] hasn't cried about the poor officer yet. Here's the question that has to be answered: did the shooting officer know what was pointed at him was a taser and not a real gun? Before you open your gash and stick your foot in up to the knee know the background. The victim had already been checked for weapons AND given a sobriety test which he failed (according to the news report we got here.) If you still say it was justified you have to acknowledge that in your opinion a taser is a lethal weapon and the officer was protecting himself as the victim was running away by responding with lethal force! If not then you have to acknowledge the office used lethal force against a man who was not a current threat to the officer. If you answered yes to the first his then leads to your acknowledgment that citizens of the U.S. are subjected to lethal force by the police thousands of times a day! YES [USER=18222]@Old Man Jingles[/USER], I made up the "thousands" for affect. I could not find stats on the use of tweets in this country but that wasn't the point I was making! :smartass: [/QUOTE]

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