Armed man shot dead by police in Inglewood had schizophrenia, family says
www.nbclosangeles.com
Police in Inglewood shot dead a man who they say was wielding a stick with a knife on one end. His family says the man had schizophrenia.

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He had a knife… on a stick.

I’ll need to see the video on this one, officers, but for now, mark me as damned skeptical that this killing was self-defense.

      • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.mlEnglish
        314·
        1 year ago

        Do you know they didn’t try the tazer?

        And no, I’m not taking on someone armed with a knife with a baton, what the hell is wrong with you?

        • WarmSoda@lemm.eeEnglish
          102·
          1 year ago

          My favorite thing about you making dumbass comments all over the place in this post is you obviously haven’t even read the article lmao.

          You don’t even know if what your saying has anything to do with the situation. You have no idea what even happened.

          • magnetosphere@kbin.social
            3·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, that’s why I was careful when writing my own. The article only gives a vague description of what happened. Even then, most of those descriptions come from people who need their actions to look justified, so they don’t lose their jobs or face charges.

            • Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              32·
              1 year ago

              Yeah, that’s the truth. We don’t know the truth, except that someone’s dead. Won’t know the truth until the cops share the video, if they do.

          • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.mlEnglish
            24·
            1 year ago

            He said officers tried to calm Mora down before twice using a Taser on him. They then fired beanbag rounds before ultimately killing him, the man said.

            Would you look at that, turns out they did.

    • WarmSoda@lemm.eeEnglish
      122·
      1 year ago

      There are more choices in any given situation than just “do nothing” or “extreme”

    • iamtrashman1312@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      Yeah. Can and have, plenty of times, armed with nothing and fully expected not to damage the people living in the facility.

      I can’t say I’ve never gotten bumps or bruises and it isn’t a job for everybody, but I’d argue that statement then goes double for someone who’s expected to respond to this sort of thing in a less controlled environment.