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fordag t1_j2zx89x wrote

Reply to comment by Mountain_Resolve1407 in CPD shooting by unclechuqule

When someone with a machete turns on you, after your taser fails to stop them, I wonder what you would feel compelled to do, and in this scenario you can not let the person wander off with a deadly weapon, it is your sworn duty to prevent that so others are not harmed.

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Mountain_Resolve1407 t1_j2zxeha wrote

No I agree with you if that is the situation. My point is questioning whether that is the situation in the first place

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fordag t1_j2zxtoy wrote

In today's age of video cameras being everywhere, whether the police are wearing body cameras or not, they have to believe someone is shooting video of them.

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Mountain_Resolve1407 t1_j2zy6oo wrote

Nah after George Floyd + lots of other examples before and since, I’m skeptical of these reports

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fordag t1_j2zzdxy wrote

When anything happens now first thing people do is whip out their cell phones. Especially in Cambridge.

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Mountain_Resolve1407 t1_j2zzsm4 wrote

Do you acknowledge cops fudge things even in the 21st century?

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fordag t1_j301xm0 wrote

Yes of course.

My point is that there are too many cameras out there now and it's getting more and more risky for cops to do stupid crap like that.

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Mountain_Resolve1407 t1_j302e88 wrote

I guess, but it hasn’t stopped them before so I still think it’s fair to be skeptical.

And for the record when it comes down to it I really do believe this is what happened. But im not gonna take the cops word for it

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WTaggart t1_j32qtix wrote

It's not their sworn duty to prevent anything.

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