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In response to "The police shooting of the teen girl is tough to watch. You're seeing someone die. But... -- (link)" by Mop

that whole video is a mess of what not to do as a cop.

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Jan 29 '15, 09:40

they had her pinned on the chain, then he tackled her on the floor, and then she got up, then she got shot.

wtf?

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I know there are mental issues at play but people please, in a heated situation with the police do NOTHING. - Ultron Jan 29, 09:42 13
- go limp! -- nm - Max Jan 29, 09:53
- agreed. your job in these situations, unless it's amazingly out of control, is to remain as calm as possible. Not always easy or even the moral - Mel Profit Jan 29, 09:50
- this is totally just me saying this, but it looks to me like the one cop - groiny Jan 29, 09:44 10
  - I'm going to give the cop here a generous read and say that it could be that he tried to defuse the situation by restraining her/talking her down/ - TWuG Jan 29, 09:59
  - The description says she had a butcher knife, and "I have a gun" was written on her hand... -- nm - Ender Jan 29, 09:53 1
    - I am just saying that she was held down on the chair, she was tackled. - groiny Jan 29, 09:55
  - That's an insightful perspective. Initially, all I'm seeing is a man in a trenchcoat grabbing a woman. - Mop Jan 29, 09:47 6
    - Or, he's just unable to hold her still long enough to cuff her and waiting for backup to arrive. -- nm - Ender Jan 29, 09:50 4
      - a grown man holding down a teenage girl, he should have had plenty of opportunity to cuff her. - groiny Jan 29, 09:51 3
        
        Was she still holding the butcher knife? -- nm - Ender Jan 29, 09:54 2
        
        either way, if you knew she had it, and you tackled her, you lay on her and hold her down til help comes. - groiny Jan 29, 09:55 1
        
        That's real easy to say when you're not being attacked with a butcher knife and think she might have a gun. -- nm - Ender Jan 29, 09:57
    - no matter what, I fully expect a big lawsuit out of this one. - groiny Jan 29, 09:49

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that whole video is a mess of what not to do as a cop.

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