Armed man shot dead by police in Inglewood had schizophrenia, family says
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Police in Inglewood shot dead a man who they say was wielding a stick with a knife on one end. His family says the man had schizophrenia.

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He had a knife… on a stick.

I’ll need to see the video on this one, officers, but for now, mark me as damned skeptical that this killing was self-defense.

  • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.mlEnglish
    19·
    1 year ago

    What right do you have to expect someone else to do it, if you wouldn’t do so yourself?

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
      10·
      1 year ago

      Every?

      No one is forced to be a cop.

      I wouldn’t jump into a fire either, but I’d be pissed if someone chose to be a firefighter and refused to fight fire.

    • zaph@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      What right do you have to expect someone else to do it, if you wouldn’t do so yourself?

      I wouldn’t fly a plane so am I not allowed to travel via air? I wouldn’t drive a bus so I can’t send my kid off to school on the bus? I wouldn’t teach children math so I shouldn’t let my kid go to math class? Make your question make sense please. I didn’t force anyone to be a cop and as far as I know, no point in the history of the United States of America has an individual been forced to be a police officer. If you choose a dangerous job you have to be willing to face those dangers. You wouldn’t trust a surgeon who’s afraid of blood to perform open heart surgery, why should I trust a cop who is afraid of a knife to protect me from thieves?

      Edit: missed a word