maybe not deserved, but after Columbine, anyone stupid enough to bring a weapon to school knows bad shit'll happen if they get caught out, just like this kid. not the cops fault
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again... why didn't the police try using NON-leathal force??? perhaps tazers would of brought the kid down? or shooting gas grenades?? Or wounding the kid?
He was probably so scared of the police with guns that he didn't think to give up..
Any kind of weapon, at least one that fires projectiles. And even if it was mocked up to look as real as possible, that still means they though it was a real gun. It makes no difference.
Let's stop making excuses because he was a kid. He wouldn't have used non-lethal means, anything he did would have quite possibly and likely have been lethal. He had a gun and the Police, not wanting to die, acted correctly.
It's unfortunate, but is there a way of INSTANT (literally) incapacitation that doesn't involve killing?
Yes... tazers, high powered one will drop you easily for 5mins...
and the bean bag shot guns would drop you long enough for the police to act... Concidering he was cornered.. Without a hostage... and the only damage he could do was to himself... Don't you think at least trying to stun him would of been better then shooting him???
Killing anyone should be avoided.. Most people in that situation are desperate.. And with a airgun, whats he gonner do??? he was probably in a state of shock...
Exactly my point. Glad someone else saw it. And to you that are spouting off "If the kid brought a gun to school he deserved it!" in such a quick and easy way, I wonder if your opinion would be the same if this had been a family member of yours? I think not.
And Snoops I was just returning the favor you've paid me many a time yourself.
It's very unfortunate what happened to the kid but what were the cops supposed to do? It's all very well suggesting alternatives after the moment, but IN it I'm pretty sure they didn't want to do a practical test on whether the gun was real or not.
"Nation said Ralph Penley was "angry" because he had spoken to police before his son was shot and told them Christopher did not have a real gun. Christopher's younger brother told school officials the same thing, Nation said. "
Cops were told he didn't have a real gun... Cops have body armor and riot shields... I think they could of aforded to take the chance..
Or should the police open fire when ever they "feel" like there in danger?
Do you wait for people to stab you before you run or do you run if you think you're about to be stabbed? Because if you just FEEL you might be stabbed, why run right?
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Jan 14th, 2006 03:57 PM
By Barker
