• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    If you watch the video it’s reaching shears. Don’t make this out like it’s a sword. And he’s holding it a hand on either end so he has no leverage to swing it. You could easily tackle him and render them useless.

    Absolutely a fucked up panic shoot that will get swept under the rug with the rest. Cowards shouldn’t have badges and they should face charges for playing judge dredd.

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      8 months ago

      Near impossible to tell from the video but definitely looks more like a hoe to me. Also, the cop had around 4 seconds to figure out what to do and he’s literally running away from the guy chasing and about to swing at him with it the moment they opened fire at him. It doesn’t get much more legitimate from that.

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        8 months ago

        Okay and still, what leverage does he have with his hands like that?

        This officer also created the situation by not waiting just a couple seconds for his buddy. Instead we have two guys acting individually with just pistols.

        There’s certainly no other outcome expected from a couple guys panicking with guns

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          8 months ago

          Either you’ve never been swung on in your life, or you were incapable of absorbing any learnings from it.

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              8 months ago

              I’m just saying I’ve had the shit beat out of me a few times, and based on my experience ain’t no way I’m gonna analyze somebody’s arm angle, stance, gait, wind speed, and other atmospheric conditions like I’m some fucking shonen anime fighting savant in 4 seconds.

              Hell I don’t think I could’ve gotten off a shot in 4 seconds, I’d be laid out by this kid and he’d be wailing on me.

              Maybe you’ve had amazing training on this front and could make such a calculus, but most people don’t, and cops aren’t much better trained than regular people.