Comment on California sheriff releases bodycam video of killing of boy, 15, holding gardening tool
Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoTasers are not as effective as a gun. If you are fighting for your life you take no chances.
Pull out both and position taser like flashlight?
Pull taser out immediately to reduce time drawing it if their is slight indication of violence.
I’m not sure someone running at you with a gardening tool counts as fighting for your life.
Police around the world manage not to shoot people in these situations.
It was basically a knife of a pole. It’s a long reach weapon and most gun instructors will tell you even at 21 feet a hand to hand weapon may have the advantage over a gun. Best not to have potential weapons at the ready when confronting police. This is all armchair quarterbacking at this point anyway. It was a heat of the moment reaction.
A taser would have been enough. That 15 year old kid wouldn't be able to shrug off a taser.
Tasers can fail to go off, miss, not attach, or even be dodged besides some people not being affected. If somebody has what is effevely a knife on a pole and they’re that close it’s one and done. The most effective force to use is a gun.
Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
And if this were a story about some random person defending themselves I might agree, but it’s not. It’s about a police officer who supposedly has the physical fitness and training to take the extra risk of using less than lethal options.
MxM111@kbin.social 6 months ago
They say that tasers are not reliable. Plus police also have guns, so if a person with a hoe knocks you out (because taser failed), it can get possession of the gun and can start killing others.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 6 months ago
That says they shouldn't have tasers.
"It"?
That says they shouldn't have guns.
MxM111@kbin.social 6 months ago
“It” is obviously a typo.
The police should have tasers for the case when a person is aggressive but does not have a weapon, like a haw.
In places like UK it is indeed makes sense not to have guns on police . But in US, population has lots of guns, so, it is not realistic.