@bazzacollins Er… yes. Is this one of the things we took for granted so long we forgot it?
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@adambanksdotcom You're effectively asking them to wait until they're shot at. Entirely unreasonable. -
@bazzacollins I’m saying if there was no gun you have a problem and you damn well *ought* to have a problem. Even US cops accept that. -
@adambanksdotcom There was a gun. He threw it out of the taxi just before they shot him. Pretty reasonable grounds to suspect he was armed. -
@bazzacollins Question that needs answering is what was he meant to do? How could outcome have been improved? -
@adambanksdotcom Outcome could have been improved if he didn't carry a gun. Jury clearly not buying the eyewitness account. -
@bazzacollins You’re saying is once police knew he had a gun they went expecting to have to kill him whatever happened. That’s execution. -
@adambanksdotcom No, I'm arguing that police shouldn't have to put their own lives at risk before shooting an armed suspect. - 4 more replies
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@bazzacollins Yes. I often fail to draw a gun.@JuliaBall -
@Cybermental@JuliaBall If you often carry a gun, that's the risk you run. -
@bazzacollins@JuliaBall The evidence showed that he was not in posession of a firearm when he was shot. Can you actually read? -
@Cybermental@JuliaBall Yes, as can the jury, who found he threw a firearm out of the car just before he was shot. -
@bazzacollins@JuliaBall So he was unarmed when he was killed. Surrounded by police officers who could made an arrest.
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@bazzacollins had he shot someone, the police would have been slated for not doing enough -
@richcreedy Indeed. Literally a no-win situation.
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@OHwinsAgain@graemeburton Then they should train as armed response units, and I'll send flowers to their funeral.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@bazzacollins that was a no-win scenario today. Hatred filled rhetoric screamed over every statement -
@Sweder People's expectations of the police are way off the scale. -
@bazzacollins some of these *gangsters* should try their luck in the Southern USA.
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