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Topic	Riots in Philadelphia starting after a police officer shot a black man
The_Scarecrow 10/27/20 12:17:04 PM #177:	The_Korey posted... Yeah no. There are 8 officers in that vid, 0 bystanders, and the knife guy had nowhere to even run. The hell were 2 guys with guns supposed to do in the middle of the road with bystanders everywhere? Wait half an hour for the shield men to show up an hope no one gets attacked in the mean time? The UK cops figured out how to deal with situations like these without resorting to killing a mentally unstable man. Why can't American cops do the same? If I call the police fearing for my son's life because he's mentally unstable and is experiencing an episode, I expect the police to respond appropriately and not kill him. That's not why I, or anyone else, called them. We call for the person to be helped. We don't call for them to be killed. The idea behind the core values of the police force is to "Protect and Serve". Even the mentally unstable deserve to be helped. Their life is just as valuable. This man in the UK wielding the machete kept his life and hopefully got help. Walter Wallace Jr. didn't receive that even though he deserved it just as much as any other human being experiencing some sort of mental episode. If non-American police forces can figure this shit out, then the American police can, too. There are no excuses for what happened to Walter. The United States needs to do better. Nobody can say this is "fair" or "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" or anything of that foolishness. If you genuinely believe that, please open a window on your computer and educate yourself regarding mental health. A man who needed help just lost his life. The conversation shouldn't be about "the officers were justified" because that gives them a pass which leads to this same situation happening over and over again. The conversation should be about what our officers need to do in order obtain a better outcome whether it be better de escalation training or learning how to properly address a situation involving mentally ill people or coming up with alternate methods to neutralize an aggressor without killing them. Use this tragedy to prevent further tragedies. --- Batman's greatest villain. <cite>The_Scarecrow posted [p:946365271] in Riots in P... [t:79066269]...</cite> <quote>The_Korey posted... </cite> <quote>Yeah no. There are 8 officers in that vid, 0 bystanders, and the knife guy had nowhere to even run. The hell were 2 guys with guns supposed to do in the middle of the road with bystanders everywhere? Wait half an hour for the shield men to show up an hope no one gets attacked in the mean time?</quote> The UK cops figured out how to deal with situations like these without resorting to killing a mentally unstable man. Why can't American cops do the same? If I call the police fearing for my son's life because he's mentally unstable and is experiencing an episode, I expect the police to respond appropriately and not kill him. That's not why I, or anyone else, called them. We call for the person to be helped. We don't call for them to be killed. The idea behind the core values of the police force is to "Protect and Serve". Even the mentally unstable deserve to be helped. Their life is just as valuable. This man in the UK wielding the machete kept his life and hopefully got help. Walter Wallace Jr. didn't receive that even though he deserved it just as much as any other human being experiencing some sort of mental episode. If non-American police forces can figure this shit out, then the American police can, too. There are no excuses for what happened to Walter. The United States needs to do better. Nobody can say this is "fair" or "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" or anything of that foolishness. If you genuinely believe that, please open a window on your computer and educate yourself regarding mental health. A man who needed help just lost his life. The conversation shouldn't be about "the officers were justified" because that gives them a pass which leads to this same situation happening over and over again. The conversation should be about what our officers need to do in order obtain a better outcome whether it be better de escalation training or learning how to properly address a situation involving mentally ill people or coming up with alternate methods to neutralize an aggressor without killing them. Use this tragedy to prevent further tragedies. --- Batman's greatest villain.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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