Man Points Vaping Device At Police

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  1. tumbling.dice

    tumbling.dice Visitor

    A guy in California was shot dead by police after disobeying commands and pulling a vaping pen from his pocket. Sounds like 'suicide by cop'; what does a reasonable person expect will happen if someone pulls an unidentified object on a police officer and takes a 'shooting stance'? I'm not really sure there was anything else the cops could have done in this case...now the town of El Cajon will endure days of riots, aka 'peaceful protests'.

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/us/california-police-shooting/index.html
     
  2. GeorgeJetStoned

    GeorgeJetStoned Odd Member

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    I what universe are cops NOT dicks? With this in mind, why on earth would anyone think it's a good idea to fuck with them? I wouldn't even point a finger at a cop, why give them the excuse?

    And that's really the question I want to ask in so many of these cases, "why, why give the cops an excuse to beat you or kill you?"
     
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  3. NoxiousGas

    NoxiousGas Old Fart

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    and of course it's gonna get blown up into some ridiculous racial stupidity..*sigh*
     
  4. thefutureawaits

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    the point is they shouldn't be shooting to kill on a call for distress mentally unstable man
     
  5. pensfan13

    pensfan13 Senior Member

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    So cops shouldn't be scared of mentally unstable people?
     
  6. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    They should be wary of them but not scared. They might be the wrong person for the job if they are.
     
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  7. pensfan13

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    I agree. I wouldn't say they should sit around and have a pow-wow with fellow officers to decide if that thing pointing at them is a vape cig or a lighter or a pen or a gun though.
     
  8. Asmodean

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    There are of course some options between shooting and having a pow wow ;)
     
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    could easy make a zip gun from a vap pen.
     
  10. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz19-z7ERe0
     
  11. pensfan13

    pensfan13 Senior Member

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    If it is a gun there isn't time for anything in between.
     
  12. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    But seriously.

    If you were a cop,someone at close range....doesn't even have to actually pull out anything, just reach down their pants, in their pocket, behind their back..And you as the cop know really you've got under a second to react.
    Seriously what would you do? Not that I bothered reading the article yet, as to whether it was close range, but that that even matters

    Most cops are just average joes, paying off the mortgage, maybe a couple of kids, they are dicks? They are supposed to risk all that becuase some moron thinks they are supposed to be able to read his mind?


    Ridiculous anyone thinking they are supposed to go around giving every angry twit the benefit of the doubt
     
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  13. Tyrsonswood

    Tyrsonswood Senior Moment Lifetime Supporter

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    Guy was just offering the cop a hit off his vape pen....
     
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  14. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    Ok, read the article now.

    This stuff gives me the shits, and its not even my country

    Sister calls 911 says he's mentally ill, so they know that going in.
    He's walking around with his hands in his pockets, then goes into a shooting stance

    Oh, the cops should have just stood there let him have target practice if he had had a fun.

    Ridiculous
     
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  15. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    You know how dumb that sounds?
     
  16. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    Instead of saying "fuck the police" how about you stop breaking the fucken law. :)
     
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  17. Meliai

    Meliai Banned

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    Why is it dumb to expect police to be trained to work with and keep their cool around the mentally ill?

    Not making a commentary on this particular situation, dude should have kept his hands where the cop could see them.

    But in general, handling the mentally ill should be a core part of a cop's training. Also working with the deaf, blind, any kind of handicap.
     
  18. Vanilla Gorilla

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    What magical training to you think there is that stops them not shitting themselves if someone acting strange suddenly adopts what looks like a shooting stance and pulls out something that may or may not be a gun.

    Again, to you, Asmo, anyone else, what would YOU do if it was YOU in that situation. Go for the tazer, hope that works before he has a chance to get out a round of two.

    I call BS.

    I know what I would do, probably the whole cartridge in the widest body mass, then scream like a little girl
     
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  19. Meliai

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    Well like i said i'm not talking about this specific situation.

    But there have been situations where police respond with force and it turns out the "perpetrator" is deaf and didnt hear their instructions, or autistic and didnt understand.
     
  20. thefutureawaits

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    The police are chicken to black people and 1st instinct is to blow them away
     

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