Apparently NPR cannot see the knife the rest of the world can see.
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/98934...ohio-family-sa
Body camera footage shows an officer getting out of his patrol car as he responds to a commotion on the driveway of a home.
As he approaches a group of people standing and shouting on the driveway, he asks, "What's going on?" Seconds later Bryant and another girl begin fighting in front of the officer.
Bryant can be seen pushing the girl to the ground. She then approaches a second girl and throws her against a car parked on the driveway. The officer shouts "Get down!" three times, pulls out his gun and shoots in Bryant's direction at least four times and she falls to the ground.
As the officer approaches her, a knife can be seen close to her.
#RESIST
About a dozen (15?) years ago, when body cams first really started getting big, I was a strong advocate for them being worn at all times by officers. I got a lot of push back from officers at that time, "We're not doing anything wrong. You can't just film us constantly!" - The point I made in response was that body cams would exonerate police more often than incriminate.
We're now seeing exactly that. Rapid analysis of body cam footage and release of said footage more often exonerates officers than incriminates them. This is how you defeat a counter narrative, rapid release of video with analysis to demonstrate what actually happened.
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I genuinely think YouTube is a scourge on our planet.
You're right, of course. Having seen these events or the results, we know that the decision matrix was this: shoot right the fuck now or pink girl dies. Wait, hesitate, yell some commands, and pink girl dies and you still shoot the stabber. It's one dead or two, with no option C. I hate to see it come down to letting the victim die so your legal justification for shooting is "better", but that's the road we're on.
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
Beware of my temper, and the dog that I've found...
$10 says that Biden's AG "probes" Columbus Ohio PD.
https://apnews.com/article/george-fl...95fa1e0271f492
#RESIST
Correct. I've seen several people insisting that the police should have de-escalated, used a taser, or gone hands-on in that moment. Even when people mention that the girl in pink was about to get stabbed or police have no obligation to get stabbed, these idiots still insist on holding that position. The worst part are the Christians I see posting along these lines, who should believe in the sanctity of life, but apparently that only applies to the person attacking others with lethal weapons.
Thank goodness that bodycam technology is proliferating everywhere in the country. Win-win for all parties.
Gaming will get you killed in the streets. Dueling will get you killed in the fields.
-Alexander Hamilton