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Originally Posted by eweissenbach
Just a minor correction, there were three other uniformed armed officers surrounding him, not just the skinny butt dude, who appeared to be able to handle himself pretty well. Not saying the officer intentionally killed him, but with four armed police officers around him, it seems to me that it could or even should have been handled with a bit more finesse, and we would have one more human alive and one less cop facing consequences. IMHO incidents like this should prompt police departments to train officers in how to negotiate and diffuse incidents rather than overreacting and possibly causing more harm. Now if the perp attacks or pulls a weapon - fair game.
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I saw how many folks were there, Ed. You would have thought Mr. Garner would have been more compliant.
Let me ask you this. If you were in charge and you had to get handcuffs on the guy, what exactly would you have done? I think I would use a stun gun.
This isn't a baby game. It is the law officer's job to ...keep the law, do their job. They can't act like Dr. Phil.
Imagine for a moment that you were in charge of a high school team and you had a big guy who wanted to do it his way. Would you let him, or throw him off the team after thirty run in's with him?
I do NOT believe anyone meant to kill that man.