Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ...
by PragmaticPulp on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:03PM
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> but do we actually need a squadron of people to show up with guns in these situations?
They received a call about a violent crime in progress. When they arrived, the man exited the house with a gun in hand, thinking he would need to defend himself from intruders.
Are you really suggesting that the police should have sent one or two unarmed individuals to a report of an active gun crime in progress?
By all accounts, the police appear to have acted appropriately and managed to both control and de-escalate the situation after the man exited the house holding a gun. Why are we trying to make the local police out to be the bad guys for following up on a report of armed violence and de-escalating the situation without shots fired? It doesn’t make sense.
They received a call about a violent crime in progress. When they arrived, the man exited the house with a gun in hand, thinking he would need to defend himself from intruders.
Are you really suggesting that the police should have sent one or two unarmed individuals to a report of an active gun crime in progress?
By all accounts, the police appear to have acted appropriately and managed to both control and de-escalate the situation after the man exited the house holding a gun. Why are we trying to make the local police out to be the bad guys for following up on a report of armed violence and de-escalating the situation without shots fired? It doesn’t make sense.