Comment on Gunfire From Deputies Killed Teen Who Had Been Reported Kidnapped, Video Shows
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 months agoHow do you know which officer is giving instructions, who they are near, and who heard it?
In the video, I see at least eight officers, at least 20m away from the vehicle in all directions.
Who was the one that shot her?
Is there another source you can reference explaining the details? Because there’s no way anyone could know based on the video and article.
That said, this is about as American as a police interaction can be.
FonsNihilo@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Facts matter. I’m not in the position to defend anyone, as it’s hard to know exactly what happened, even after watching the video several times.
When you’re in a situation where bullets are flying from both the “'good” and “bad” guy, innocent victims can, and do, get killed. This happens more often than you’d think, and there isn’t a perfect way to end a situation like this. Everyone’s life is at risk when you’ve got a murderer in a car not willing to surrender.
The narrative that all those officers, except for one, wanted the KIDNAP VICTIM to be shot and killed is so deranged and incomprehensible outside an American mindset.
Let’s not lose focus here. The father who kidnapped her is ultimately the one to blame. His actions led to her death.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 months ago
This is a wild take. These cops (all of them present) are to blame for where the rounds from their firearms go.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
So it was the cops who woke up that day and said “I want to kill an innocent girl today”, rather than the guy who actually got up with the intention to kill his family?
We obviously have two different perspectives, but I could never see it that way.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
The idea that you have to have wanted something to happen to face consequences for it happening is going to set a lot of folks free from prison though.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
No, because the justice system balances the sentence based on intent. Homicide, 2nd degree murder, 1st degree murder, etc.
This is why drivers who run over pedestrians often get no jail time, while someone who plows into pedestrians on purpose goes to jail for a long time.
You could most certainly make a case that the officers could have been negligent, which caused someone to be killed.