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Stephen Talleur's avatar

I have a brother who's retired from law enforcement and another brother who works as a full-time employee in support of law enforcement. What I don't understand is why we are so quick to pull the gun out and shoot when there was clearly a chain link fence in front of the officers. Was there no other alternative available? It's not like he had a gun. He had a knife. Were they afraid that he was a champion high jumper and was going to leap over the fence and stab them? I just don't get it and what I don't understand is the clearly vague excuse given by all parties. At the very least this is reckless endangerment on the officers part. What if this had been a 7-year-old kid? Would they have blown him away too? I just don't get it. The training of this police force should be called into question and the officers involved should be at the very least placed on administrative leave pending a thorough investigation. I feel bad for the truly dedicated and intelligent officers that do their job everyday. Who are thrown into the same bucket as a bunch of shoe first. Ask questions later. Morons.

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sean anderson's avatar

This is all very tragic.

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