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Originally Posted by kane
Just so I make sure I understand you clearly. You think a guy smashing a window out of a cop car like that guy was is just a guy breaking windows? Also, we didn't see what happened when the guy comes around to the driver's side. So if that glass you hear breaking is the cops driver's side door window he should have calmly gotten out of the car and wrestled the bat away from this guy?
A lot of people say he should have tazed him. Great, but we don't even know if he had a tazer and if the guy is about to smash my head in with a bat I'm not going to risk my life on the idea that my tazer works because if it doesn't work properly, I might be dead.
You say he was protecting himself, but how would you have rather he handled it?
It is a tragedy that this kid died, but in the split second this guy had to decide what to do and it looked to me like this kid was in no mood to talk.
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It was reported he smashed windows.
Point is, he didn't shoot to protect others, but to protect himself. He could drive forward and no one had to be killed.
I don't think the officer should be charged unless he killed intentionally. He was first at the scene and obviously not trained good enough to handle that situation. He needs better training or they have to let him go. Kill should always be the last resort for skilled officers.