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guffguy89 08/29/20 1:12:06 AM #327:	ugh, I'm not sure why the nba chose this guy to make a statement on. Jacob Blake was not a good person. Please read the following article if you are unfamiliar with why the police were called to the scene in the first place. https://nypost.com/2020/08/28/this-is-why-jacob-blake-had-a-warrant-out-for-his-arrest/ Of course, even if you're a scumbag, it doesn't mean you should just get shot. So what happened? Well things started to go wrong when the man walked off to his car, with police telling him to stop. Now, no one is saying that being defiant to police makes you worthy of being shot, but it is important to note a few things. A police officer on a scene, especially a potentially dangerous situation like a violated restraining order, needs to have control of as many variables as possible. When Blake defiantly walked away from them and opened his car door, it broke that control. Does he have a gun in the car? He had already admitted to having a knife on him. A police officer must then respond in a split second to what the potential/perceived threat factor is at that moment. Did the police officer NEED to shoot Blake? I don't think so personally. I think he could have possibly handled it differently, but he had to make a gamble of if he had a gun in the car or not. If I try to pull him down and wrestle him to the ground, the known knife might come in to play. I could definitely see why he did it, even if I think he didn't have to. But one thing is certain is that if Blake wasn't defiant to the police's commands, none of this would've happened. Once again, that's not me saying that defiance justifies the shooting. It's me saying that often in these situations, its that defiance that is the first step down the path that eventually results in a fatal incident, often because control has been lost, and the threat level has risen. I just think we need to look at these incidents on a case by case basis and not jump to conclusions based off of headlines. --- Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest. <cite>guffguy89 posted [p:943954873] in NBA restar... [t:78882161]...</cite> <quote>ugh, I'm not sure why the nba chose this guy to make a statement on. Jacob Blake was not a good person. Please read the following article if you are unfamiliar with why the police were called to the scene in the first place. https://nypost.com/2020/08/28/this-is-why-jacob-blake-had-a-warrant-out-for-his-arrest/ Of course, even if you're a scumbag, it doesn't mean you should just get shot. So what happened? Well things started to go wrong when the man walked off to his car, with police telling him to stop. Now, no one is saying that being defiant to police makes you worthy of being shot, but it is important to note a few things. A police officer on a scene, especially a potentially dangerous situation like a violated restraining order, needs to have control of as many variables as possible. When Blake defiantly walked away from them and opened his car door, it broke that control. Does he have a gun in the car? He had already admitted to having a knife on him. A police officer must then respond in a split second to what the potential/perceived threat factor is at that moment. Did the police officer NEED to shoot Blake? I don't think so personally. I think he could have possibly handled it differently, but he had to make a gamble of if he had a gun in the car or not. If I try to pull him down and wrestle him to the ground, the known knife might come in to play. I could definitely see why he did it, even if I think he didn't have to. But one thing is certain is that if Blake wasn't defiant to the police's commands, none of this would've happened. Once again, that's not me saying that defiance justifies the shooting. It's me saying that often in these situations, its that defiance that is the first step down the path that eventually results in a fatal incident, often because control has been lost, and the threat level has risen. I just think we need to look at these incidents on a case by case basis and not jump to conclusions based off of headlines. --- Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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