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> He's got stuff in both his hands and he's very clearly not trying to take their weapons away. His hands are roughly at the same height as their "weapons," yes
by sfj 6y ago
> He's got stuff in both his hands and he's very clearly not trying to take their weapons away. His hands are roughly at the same height as their "weapons," yes.
They've got a fraction of a second to decide whether someone is a threat or not. That's why there is procedure when someone runs up on them, regardless if there is “stuff” in his hands or not.
- justin66 6y ago> They've got a fraction of a second to decide whether someone is a threat or not. A fraction of a second? They weren't piloting an F-14 in Top Gun or something, there was a visibly unarmed elderly guy shuffling towards them alone on the sidewalk. It was literally the opposite of a situation that demanded split-second decision making. As with the grandparent comment, I question whether you even watched the video of the incident or if you are just repeating some stupid stuff you heard about the incident.
- sfj 6y ago> They weren't piloting an F-14 in Top Gun or something, there was a visibly unarmed elderly guy shuffling towards them alone on the sidewalk. It was literally the opposite of a situation that demanded split-second decision making. Yea, life isn't a movie, don't you know? Regardless of how old he was, or how harmless he was trying to look, he could still be a threat. > As with the grandparent comment, I question whether you even watched the video of the incident or if you are just repeating some stupid stuff you heard about the incident. Yea, I did, several times. It looked weird to me. The push wasn't enough to knock him over. I also just found out there is some evidence this was a staged event, complete with fake blood. https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/did_an_aged_activist_set_up_the_buffalo_police.html https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/did_an_aged_act...
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