juicy@lemmy.today to News@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoCalifornia officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening toolwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square378fedilinkarrow-up1788arrow-down129
arrow-up1759arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening toolwww.theguardian.comjuicy@lemmy.today to News@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square378fedilink
minus-squaresugarfree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·4 months agoIt was and will be ruled so when the investigation is complete. No one wants to see a 15 year old die, but it was clearly justified.
minus-squareeskimofry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoSays the person who would have shot grandma for holding on to garden shears as she walks towards you slowly.
minus-squaresugarfree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·4 months agoThat’s a different scenario. If someone is slowly advancing, non lethal tools can be used. When someone is charging full speed, they can’t.
It was and will be ruled so when the investigation is complete. No one wants to see a 15 year old die, but it was clearly justified.
Says the person who would have shot grandma for holding on to garden shears as she walks towards you slowly.
That’s a different scenario. If someone is slowly advancing, non lethal tools can be used. When someone is charging full speed, they can’t.