(July 21, 2016 at 4:20 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(July 21, 2016 at 3:30 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: You obviously have lower standards for pointing a deadly weapon at someone than I do. If the standard for threat of deadly force is "some guy called 911", then I submit that the standard is far too low.
In addition the shooting occurred *after* the officer had arrived on scene and had reasonable time to assess the situation and stand down.
"Accident" doesn't do it justice, this appears to be negligence, possibly criminal - at least if it were anyone other than a cop.
As I said before, I don't agree, with pointing a gun at someone, that you are not intending to shoot (so I agree, that it shouldn't have happened). I do think that they should be ready in such cases as a 911 call, and where there is a potential issue for safety. I would also say , that they should remain ready and alert, until the situation is resolved one way or the other (under control). If one person says they have a gun, the one in question says that they don't, I do not think that you just stand down. It is unfortunate, and I imagine, that the kid's autism didn't help in assessing a possibly dangerous situation (it seemed like they where quite a ways back).
I would submit that there's a vast difference between "being ready" and having weapons drawn (not to mention weapons pointed down range with finger on trigger). This is a situation that could only happen with egregious violations of safe firearm handling. What the fuck is such an unsafe cop doing with a military weapon?
Come to think of it, why are we putting military weapons in the hands of patrol cops to begin with?
