Police shoot student armed with scissors.

[Fieren]

I'm glad they stopped the kid, and that he now has two nice scars to keep him in place. But the method they stopped him wasn't that smart. They could have easily tazered and piledrived him, or disarm him with a SWAT shield and nightstick.

[Ramstien]

God I hope when I wake up tomorrow, the USA simply ceases to exist.

[Neil]

That's what I call justice, the officer handled the situation perfectly.

What did you want him to do? Go call backup? Come on, I doubt you would if you were in that situation.

[Uskae]

Bet he was black.

[twilightkite]

I could imagin it now...

Cop: Wait?! Whats he doing! HE'S GOT SCISSORS HOLY SHIT! What do i do?! Waaaiiit, my hand gun!

wow, that sounds like the thing i wanted to say... dammit T.T

[Croix]

ONOEZ! Scissors!

I feel so much better knowing that the Police Force knows how to handle criminals like this.

[NekoAdz]

Couldve just shot in the kneecap or in the side tbf

[Uskae]

tbf

I will never stay on top of this internet lingo.

[alimobeer]

It could have been handled a lot better.
First, there didn't seem to be a rush or anything. It doesn't say about him holding someone hostage and having the scissor up against their neck.
Had that been the case, then theres nothing wrong with the cop's actions. But it doesn't seem so.

Second, TWO shots? One shot is more than enough to stun most people, and this was a kid at that. The person is stunned, you then RUSH him. Simple as that.
Second, they could have gone for the arm, shoulder, or something like that. Something a lot less vital than the chest.

Theres also pepper spray which I could have used myself on a kid with a scissor. Then theres the tazer which I'm quite sure all cop units carry

Yes, being a cop is a tough job. Thats why not every one is a cop. If you are not prepared for tough times that come with the job, then don't ****ing take the job.
It's really that simple.

On the contrary, where i live, being a cop is.. Easy as ****. All they do is look for public intoxication and drugs. They're never any dangerous situations for them. In a big city, hell yes it's gonna be rough. If you live in a smaller city like me though, the cops are fat, lazy, stupid, pigs.

[Deimos]

That's what I call justice, the officer handled the situation perfectly.

What did you want him to do? Go call backup? Come on, I doubt you would if you were in that situation.

would you expect to be shot in the chest and stomach if you went into school armed with scissors and said you were going to hurt someone?

[hobosexual]

If some crazy kid was running around my school threatening people with anything I would want the cops to blow his damn brains out.

[Deimos]

If some crazy kid was running around my school threatening people with anything I would want the cops to blow his damn brains out.

yeah its all well and good until it gets turned on you.

[†Ð£MØц]

This is what should of happened:

Cops: Omgwtfbbq ima shoot!

Kid: RAWRRRR

Cop: *shoots kid*

Cop: BOOM HEADSHOT!!!

[Breakdown]

"When an officer draws his weapon, he is trained to shoot to kill. There is none of this shooting in the leg or in the arm or wound him in the wrist, that doesn't work in the real world, that's TV shows, ... There was an individual with a weapon, a pair of scissors, and he was out of control."
- Robert Bernardi , prosecutor

Although it may not seem right, but the officer felt threatened when the kid made a "aggressive move" towards him and did what he was trained to do. Sure 2 shots may seem excessive, but you really don't know what happened. The man who shot him was a 19-yr veteran. From what I heard, the kid was like 6'3 and 2xx pds and had a history of this behavior. If I saw someone coming at me with a pair of scissors, I'd shoot too.

[TheRequiem]

****ing american law enforcement. Today I feel like shit because I am an American.

Oh please.

I've seen some people do crazy things with scissors before. Not even a SWAT shield could stop that mad man. I mean...the least they could do was kill him.

Same goes for people wielding a stapler.

[Uskae]

If I saw someone coming at me with a pair of scissors, I'd shoot too.

Amen. Say what you want about excessive force, but I'd do whatever was possible to keep myself safe from a madman with scissors. What if the cop shot the guy in the leg and his crazy ass just charged with the scissors?

Risking your own life to do as little harm to some guy trying to stab/snip people for no reason isn't exactly rational. The guy got incapacitated, he isn't dead, he definitely learned not to **** with po-po and the people were saved.

Mission accomplished.

[nzrock]

how bout a pencil?

[FabianN]

I suggest you all shut your mouths and take a seat. Why? What that officer did was fully within the limits of the law, and was advocated and encouraged in his training, as it is with all officers. Here's why:

Federal constitutional standards permit law enforcement officers to use
deadly force to apprehend criminal suspects when there is "probable cause to
believe that the suspect poses a threat of serious physical harm...to the
officer or to others..." and if deadly force "is necessary" to effect the
apprehension.

And the law is not at all always right.
There are way too many ****ing stupid laws.
may I first note how ****ing stupid that is for those that pose a threat to themselves.
A few months ago, not too far from my house there was this kid that was manic-depressive. Not sure on the details, but he started to threaten to kill himself. He had a knife up to his neck, saying that he was going to kill himself, ect ect.
The parents, unable to do anything and freaking out, did what I think was quite a logical thing to do, call the cops because this is one of the reasons they are here for.
The cops come, and what do they do? They take their guns out, point it at the kid, telling him to drop the knife. First off, that move was real smart. Kid wants to kill himself, you then threaten him with something that can kill him.
"scary"
The kid then started to walk away, into the house. The cop shot him in the head.

GG on doing his job.


Yes, the cops should use what ever force is needed to get the job done, but there is also over-kill. This was one of those situations.
It's a kid with a scissor. SCISSORS! Not even a real knife. They arn't very sharp in the first place, and considering this was a school, they were probably dull as ****.

"When an officer draws his weapon, he is trained to shoot to kill. There is none of this shooting in the leg or in the arm or wound him in the wrist, that doesn't work in the real world, that's TV shows, ... There was an individual with a weapon, a pair of scissors, and he was out of control."
- Robert Bernardi , prosecutor

Although it may not seem right, but the officer felt threatened when the kid made a "aggressive move" towards him and did what he was trained to do. Sure 2 shots may seem excessive, but you really don't know what happened. The man who shot him was a 19-yr veteran. From what I heard, the kid was like 6'3 and 2xx pds and had a history of this behavior. If I saw someone coming at me with a pair of scissors, I'd shoot too.

It's not true that it doesn't work. That actully depends on the person. If it's some hulking person, real tough and has taken lots of pain already and can stand it, ok. Leg shoot would only slow you down.
But considering this is a kid, I bet a leg shot would have him on the floor in no time.
And if not, second shot anyone?
He had time to take a second one, so there must have not been any problem in that.

The kid had it coming. He was a mentally unstable out of control kid holding scissors, and the cops acted out of training and instinct.

Had it coming? He was a special needs kid. Thats like when a blind person walks out into the middle of the street when it's red and gets hit by a car, and you say he had it coming.

Poor you. If you get upset because the law enforcement is DOING their job, I can only simply imagine what you would feel like if they WERENT doing their job.

Last time I heard, their job is to protect. Now, this kid, as you said, was special needs. He was unstable. Any idiot should know that those people are not always in control and do shit that is very much against their normal behavior. It's not their fault.
Now, yes, threatening people is not right, but you don't have to nearly kill someone over some scissors.

I would've done the seem thing... You all say this but if you were that cop you would have shot him even if it wasn't in the chest. A kid goes around threatning people you don't wack him with a nightstick you shoot his ass.

Love it when people use this argument. Thing is, if you can't handle the job, then don't ****ing take it.
If I go to a PC repair place, I expect the people there to know how to fix computers. They can't just say "sorry, I don't know". It's their job.
I have no plan to ever become a cop because I know that I could not handle the job.
The problem is that thanks to shows like COPS and such, some people got the completely wrong idea about what being a cop is most of the time. They go there with this idea of what it's like, and while it's completely wrong, they don't quit. They just continue like it's how they imagined it.



Oh, and lol at Icy for completely missing the joke. Come on, pick up on those things ;-)