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Originally Posted by DWB
It was a stupid move the kid made, but he was a KID. Kids do stupid things. That's why they can't drive until they are 16, can't join the military until 18, can't drink until 21, and so on. At no time should police be firing at a child, gun or no gun. They should be better trained and better prepared for such situations. What happened to rubber bullets, sandbag shot guns, and other non lethal weapons the police have?
Tragic. It seems there are too many trigger happy police these days. It's going to all blow up in their faces eventually. |
Sadly, many police departments are underfunded and don't have that equipment. A friend of mine is a cop and the department he works for only got the shotguns that shoot the less-lethal rounds about 4 years ago and they got tazers about 2 years ago. There are many police departments that don't have either.
This doesn't mean that they should just open fire on anyone, but I just wanted to point out that in many departments less-lethal options aren't available.