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[–] Cosmonauticus 191 points 9 months ago (4 children)

So where's the NRA? Armed in her own home and shot by government tyrants exercising her right to protect herself with a firearm.

Who am I kidding...

[–] FlyingSquid 125 points 9 months ago

Same place the NRA was when Philando Castile and Breonna Taylor were shot.

And since this woman is apparently queer, I'm guessing the NRA will have the same level of sympathy.

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[–] ThunderWhiskers 134 points 9 months ago (32 children)

https://youtu.be/eAz9_iApfRI?t=1m50s

I'm just going to leave a time-stamped link to the unedited video because there are a couple apologists in here that are absolutely ridiculous.

The officers identify themselves exactly once at 2:07, a car alarm starts going off at 2:18 and noticeably startles the officer wearing the cam, at 2:23 one of the officers says "someone's coming", and at 2:26 the syllable "Dro-" is interrupted by both officers completely unloading their magazines into the door/window.

It actually doesn't even look like the door was open and maybe the victim was trying to peek out the window?

So how exactly should she have handled this situation to have avoided someone trying to randomly murder her in her own home?

[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

completely unloading their magazines into the door/window.

You're not exaggerating here. It takes about 8 seconds for the one officer to reload the weapon once the mag's been emptied by spasmodic panic-shooting, and while we can deduct time used to talk on the radio, it didn't stop what looked like 40-50 rounds being pumped into the general vicinity of a person.

I have cops in the family, and I get a good idea of the day-to-day grind their soul endures in my country's best-trained and worst-paid police force, and I'll be among hte first to review something critically. There's nothing mitigating about this; it's objectively horrific.

Edit: ho-oleee shit, she survived.

Pouncy, a friend of the woman who lived in the apartment, sustained a total of five gunshot wounds to the leg and torso, according to her attorney, Ben Crump, who reacted to the release of the video on Monday, calling it "evidence of the unnecessary and excessive force."

None of Pouncy’s vital organs were struck by bullets, but the long-term effects of her injuries are yet to be determined, according to Crump. He told ABC News that Pouncy is traumatized by the incident.

I hope she can live and sue the cops so hard it'll change their training, and these two will split between telling their story of idiocy and parking enforcement for the rest of their careers.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

They shoot people for no reason and you hope they get parking duty?

How about they go to prison for their crime of attempted murder.

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[–] ChunkMcHorkle 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[–] FlyingSquid 115 points 9 months ago (66 children)

Holy fuck. I don't usually watch these videos because I am pretty squeamish, but I did for some reason, and you don't actually see the woman get shot.

What you do see is two cops immediately empty their weapons' entire clips the second they think they see a gun.

Cowards. The lot of them.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Jesus lmao. What the fuck is that shit?

DROP THE

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG

GUN!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago

It's like a joke almost. Like the cops from Cyberpunk. The fuck.

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[–] AeonFelis 56 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Yes, but look at that plant they were shooting at. How could they reasonably be sure there weren't any acorns growing on it?

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[–] Candelestine 43 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Assuming those officers are following their training, we need to change officer training. That behavior is more military than police.

[–] [email protected] 106 points 9 months ago (25 children)

The military have much stricter rules of engagement and punishment for not following them.

Police behavior is more similar to that of a street gang.

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[–] cosmicrookie 43 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Military would not mess up this bad!

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[–] cosmicrookie 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

WTH they empty whole clips on her! WHILE asking her to drop the gun!

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