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As one who has intervened in situations actually as dangerous as this appeared and more so, all I can say is that your take is patently ridiculous. I hope those cops get fired. Or sent to jail. Or both.
I disagree. The cop was protecting a buttload of potential child victims.
Having said that I do respect your position. A friend of mine is an ER nurse and another is a correctional nurse. The stories they have told are...... telling.
The county in which Brownsville is located is about 85% Hispanic, so I'm not sure that there would be such an angle.Did the story lead to a racial angle? I don't understand the Hispanic reference.
Another clue would have been his name: Jamie González
it's a sad thing when kids end up dying from bad judgment like that...
most common way it happens around here...?
a sample fill-in-the-blanks news release:
"(first name) (surname, usually a long-established local family), (age between 17 and 21), was killed in a one-car accident in the early morning hours last (Saturday/Sunday). Police report that (surname) apparently failed to negotiate a curve on (state-road number of a rural two-lane highway), left the highway, hit a (culvert, tree, other immovable object) and was thrown from the vehicle. (surname), who wasn't wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. Police, while awaiting toxicology results, suspect alcohol was a factor in the accident."
Were you there?*bump*Then how about the police officers removing themselves from the pointed gun?
The kid was in the hallway, and all the students were locked in their classes. Evacuate the students through the windows while waiting out the kid in the hallway - for as long as it takes.
What's the hurry, officers?
Since the kid was trapped in the hallway, what was the hurry?
No one has answered yet.
Did you have the gun pointed at you?
No?
So who are you to second guess?
(Hint: Nobody)
The county in which Brownsville is located is about 85% Hispanic, so I'm not sure that there would be such an angle.Did the story lead to a racial angle? I don't understand the Hispanic reference.
The county in which Brownsville is located is about 85% Hispanic, so I'm not sure that there would be such an angle.
Another clue would have been his name: Jamie González
The question was because the poster, in my opinion, tried to drop a race-card as a means of smearing the cops.
I don't care how old or small you are. If you are pointing what appears to be a loaded gun in my direction I am going to drop you and ask questions at your funeral. Unless there is more to this story, the cop was only doing his job. He'll also likely feel like shit the rest of his life.
Were you there?*bump*
Since the kid was trapped in the hallway, what was the hurry?
No one has answered yet.
Did you have the gun pointed at you?
No?
So who are you to second guess?
(Hint: Nobody)
We could very well ask you the same question, who are you to second guess? Were you there?
Were you there?
Did you have the gun pointed at you?
No?
So who are you to second guess?
(Hint: Nobody)
We could very well ask you the same question, who are you to second guess? Were you there?
He has as much right as you to deem the intervention appropriate or not.
Pointing anything that appears to be a gun at a policeman is a very good way to get yourself shot - dead. The police did exactly what they should have done. Trying to put the blame on the police for this very stupid kids death is doing the police force a very big injustice. Why would a person take a pellet gun, or any other kind of gun, to school in the first place? Sorry.
Then how about the police officers removing themselves from the pointed gun?
The kid was in the hallway, and all the students were locked in their classes. Evacuate the students through the windows while waiting out the kid in the hallway - for as long as it takes.
What's the hurry, officers?
*bump*
Since the kid was trapped in the hallway, what was the hurry?
No one has answered yet.
We could very well ask you the same question, who are you to second guess? Were you there?
He has as much right as you to deem the intervention appropriate or not.
That's true, but none of us are repeatedly demanding a response.
He has as much right as you to deem the intervention appropriate or not.
That's true, but none of us are repeatedly demanding a response.
As usual mod staff has to cruise in and shore up the losing side.
That is as predictable as rain in Kentucky in the spring.
Then how about the police officers removing themselves from the pointed gun?
The kid was in the hallway, and all the students were locked in their classes. Evacuate the students through the windows while waiting out the kid in the hallway - for as long as it takes.
What's the hurry, officers?
*bump*
Since the kid was trapped in the hallway, what was the hurry?
No one has answered yet.
It takes a tenth of a second for a gunman to pull a trigger and maybe another half second for a mortally wounded cop to fall to the floor. It seems to me that there was plenty of reason to hurry, unless you don't think the police have a right to go home to their families.
And another one got carried out of his school in a body bag.There are just too many Quick Draw McGraws in the world. And many of them are on this thread!
And another one got carried out of his school in a body bag.There are just too many Quick Draw McGraws in the world. And many of them are on this thread!
One has to remember that "choice"s have consequences.
Look Sunshine! They tried to talk the kid down for 20 minutes and had no luck reasoning with him. A transcript of those 20 minutes would probably reveal an escalation despite the officer's attempts to diffuse the situation without deadly force.
While most LEO's do have a cursory training in dealing with this type of situation, they are not psychiatric nurses or or hostage negotiates like you see on TV. They are COPS. They are trained to see signs of threat and react immediately.
The kid held a gun towards police officers for 20 minutes. The question is why, at that moment, did an officer fire his weapon? Did the kid make some move, or say something at that moment that indicated he was about to shoot?
That seems a lot more likely than the cop simply was bored with the situation and was overdue for coffee break.
I love you, lady, but you are wrong here. The cop was 100% justified.