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| Topic | Police show up to black man's house, he excercises his legal rights and get shot |
| hockeybub89 08/04/21 1:09:03 PM #408: | Pogo_Marimo posted... The cops didn't react with lethal force until he pulled out his gun. And yes, of course police are allowed to do things that other people aren't. They're allowed to detain you. They're allowed to arrest you. And they're allowed to use a reasonable amount of force if you resist or pose a threat. They do not have an obligation to retreat. And they do not have to get off someone's lawn if their is justification to arrest them, which there was here when the suspect began making overt visual and verbal threats. Him being at his own house doesn't mean jack shit at that point.Well how is that fair? Civilians are only human. You can't expect them to be rational robots. Cops can be scary and people might freak out. Please have some understanding. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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