s38b35M5@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoSan Antonio police kill Melissa Perez in her own home during mental health crisis - Liberation Newswww.liberationnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down110
arrow-up1293arrow-down1external-linkSan Antonio police kill Melissa Perez in her own home during mental health crisis - Liberation Newswww.liberationnews.orgs38b35M5@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareiks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoWhy they shot with deadly rounds an unarmed person instead of tasing her or shot something not lethal to stun her?
minus-squareSkaryon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-21 year agoI know it may sound crazy but cops in my country can handle situations like these without shooting or tazing or stunning anybody at all.
minus-squareHiuhokiguess@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey used to in the US but now it’s a free for all. Want to get some “legal kills”? Be a cop and start blastin…it’ll all work out fine.
minus-squareknatsch@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoThere is nothing not lethal to shoot, only less lethal.
minus-squarebmoney@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agowell why not have some less lethal shit to start?
minus-squarestopthatgirl7@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoAmerican cops are trigger happy, especially with a non-white target. And they know all they have to say is “I feared for my life” to get away with it.
Why they shot with deadly rounds an unarmed person instead of tasing her or shot something not lethal to stun her?
I know it may sound crazy but cops in my country can handle situations like these without shooting or tazing or stunning anybody at all.
Here too
They used to in the US but now it’s a free for all. Want to get some “legal kills”? Be a cop and start blastin…it’ll all work out fine.
There is nothing not lethal to shoot, only less lethal.
well why not have some less lethal shit to start?
American cops are trigger happy, especially with a non-white target. And they know all they have to say is “I feared for my life” to get away with it.