the Kajieme Powell shooting video

oats · 08-21-2014, 10:21 PM

if he allegedly had a knife, why were they closing in on him? first, you aren't supposed to hop out a van and aim a gun AT someone - it's supposed to be pointed downwards unless someone visibly has a weapon and/or becomes a threat. more importantly, guns shoot from a distance - they could have stayed a reasonable distance from him to stay safe from a knife (unless dude was the desperado knife thrower) and still apply the pressure for him to sit down and put his hands up. instead they came out the van guns directed at him and when he made a step that was ARGUABLY a little bit aggressive, they shot him several times.

this is the police militarization problem I mentioned earlier - they have the mentality of anti-terrorist units in the middle east, but they aren't. serve and protect, right? not seek and destroy.

08-21-2014, 10:21 PM	#11
oats Steel Cut Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 5,084 Battle Record: 19-10 Accomplishments - OM HOF (2x) Champed - Fight Night LXXXIV - Art of Writing League Rep Power: 79005428	if he allegedly had a knife, why were they closing in on him? first, you aren't supposed to hop out a van and aim a gun AT someone - it's supposed to be pointed downwards unless someone visibly has a weapon and/or becomes a threat. more importantly, guns shoot from a distance - they could have stayed a reasonable distance from him to stay safe from a knife (unless dude was the desperado knife thrower) and still apply the pressure for him to sit down and put his hands up. instead they came out the van guns directed at him and when he made a step that was ARGUABLY a little bit aggressive, they shot him several times. this is the police militarization problem I mentioned earlier - they have the mentality of anti-terrorist units in the middle east, but they aren't. serve and protect, right? not seek and destroy. __________________ You should be water