Outrage over killing of Ryan Gainer, shot three times on Saturday, as sheriff denounced for defending deputies’ use of lethal force

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    8 months ago

    And if this were a story about some random person defending themselves I might agree, but it’s not. It’s about a police officer who supposedly has the physical fitness and training to take the extra risk of using less than lethal options.

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      8 months ago

      They say that tasers are not reliable. Plus police also have guns, so if a person with a hoe knocks you out (because taser failed), it can get possession of the gun and can start killing others.

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        8 months ago

        They say that tasers are not reliable.

        That says they shouldn’t have tasers.

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        get possession of the gun and can start killing others.

        That says they shouldn’t have guns.

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          8 months ago

          “It” is obviously a typo.

          The police should have tasers for the case when a person is aggressive but does not have a weapon, like a haw.

          In places like UK it is indeed makes sense for police not to have guns on police . But in US, population has lots of guns, so, it is not realistic.