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by riffraff 3120 days ago
I looked at the video and I was expecting some semi-threatening move, like suddenly standing up or something. Nope, just randomly shoot the guy. This is insane.

Also, how was not the behaviour "stay on the ground, and my colleague will come and handcuff you ASAP". Where the hell are _other_ cops?
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eeZah7Ux 3120 days ago
> I was expecting some semi-threatening move

Hold on. An unarmed person standing up an even yelling or walking towards the cop it's still clearly not a serious threat and would not justify shooting in most "first" countries!

Let's not normalize the idea of "extreme self defence".

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riffraff 3119 days ago
I didn't mean to imply it'd be "justified" in a legal or moral sense to shoot someone because one feels threatened.

But I can imagine being scared shitless and pulling the trigger because of a sudden perceived threat, which is why this video felt shocking to me.

I obviously don't see why the shooter thought shooting was reasonable, but I also cannot imagine why he felt so threatened to be forced to shoot.

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aquadrop 3120 days ago
Yes, that's absolutely insane, I don't have words to describe how insane it is and all that was acquitted... And what's worse, they are all (policemen) on it. One guy shouts moronic commands, another one kills a man for nothing. They have "I'm your God and I decide what happens"-complex. That monster who shot the guy should have been disarmed and handcuffed on the spot for a murder, and get a life sentence. All that "I was afraid for my life" for anything BS should stop, cops are so afraid for their lives they're going to kill everyone for it. And everybody acts like it's normal there, and in the end it's all ok, keep going. Thank god I don't need to go to USA, because I'm afraid I can meet such moronic cops accidentally there.
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