>>>
>>>I'm thinking he pulled out his phone to record the cop, the
>>>cop thought it was a gun (because the police are afraid of
>>>black people and are cowards) stumbled and shot dude. And
>>>let's assume the kid did have a gun, the police aren't
>>trained
>>>to use non-lethal force? they can arrest white domestic
>>>terrorists who shoot up schools and movie theaters, but a
>>>black kid who (allegedly) had a gun and didnt even squeeze
>>off
>>>any shots has to be put down? OK.
>>
>>IF the "kid" really pointed a gun at the cop then the cop
>was
>>definely justified in shooting him. That's called "suicide
>by
>>cop".
>>
>>You don't meet lethal force with non-lethal force.
>>
>>Is the cop supposed to wait until they pull the trigger
>before
>>they can shoot back?
>
>IF he pulled a gun, then the cop was justified in shooting
>him, but we don't know that he did.
>
>Which also raises the healthy and much needed dialogue about
>how other civilians with weapons, that have shot these weapons
>at other civilians AND at cops are still able to be
>apprehended alive. Were these cops better trained/equipped to
>diffuse these type situations? Or were those people perceived
>as less threatening? Even when suspects HAVE weapons and have
>used them it is still possible to apprehend them alive (and
>have seen that) thus lethal force shouldn't be the default.
>Changes need to be made.