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a pair of men were fighting in a park when one pulled out a knife. Witnesses reportedly told the station that the men appeared “startled” by the massive police response, and that the men were fired upon by “numerous officers.”
That seems like a completely normal and reasonable response 🤡
For a cop, it's completely normal, just not reasonable.
We did it! Two guys were fighting, one had a knife, and we stopped that guy from murdering this guy.
Well yeah, it's not they were on top of a building with a rifle while an ex-president is giving a speech. This was an actually dangerous situation that required a large response.
They reacted appropriately, clearly.
The cop was from Ohio but, per the article, wasn't attending. It reads like Milwaukee hired a bunch of outside help from other cities police departments to help with security. I think this cop was one of those.
Yes, the article may have been updated after you read it. It now states that to be the case.
The Dispatch added that “several dozen Columbus officers” were sent to the RNC to beef up security for the event, which has a massive perimeter with multiple security checkpoints before anyone is permitted entry.
probably.
There's a lot of manpower in providing security for something like that. And that's before the assassination attempt. soft check points need bodies. hard check points further into the event need even more bodies than the soft check points. And then there's the roving people watching the gaps. Then there's the people inside watching for anyone that slipped through somehow.
Then there's all the other people that want additional security because they're property is next to a soft check point, or vaguely adjacent and protestors/counter-protesters usually have a problem.
and I know internal dialog at the branch levels says we don't have the capacity to provide uniformed security guards if a trump rally comes here. (or Dem rally.) the last trump rally was a shitshow. They didn't have enough capacity in the venue so they set up jumbotrons outside the soft check points. Which were entrances to the skyway. All the people who didn't want to give up their firearms chilled and watched the ~~hitler~~ trump rally, and basically shat all over everyone without regard for "oh, is that private property?"
And yes. I meant that literally, because they didn't provide for sanitation.
Weird how they say "armed".
Was it just tennis balls? ;)
Acorns!
"He's got a knife, and we only have like 5 different non-fatal options available to us, shoot him quick before we remember to use them!"
Witnesses told WISN 12, a local news station, that a pair of men were fighting in a park when one pulled out a knife. Witnesses reportedly told the station that the men appeared “startled” by the massive police response, and that the men were fired upon by “numerous officers.” Other reports suggested only a single officer opened fire.
When even the guy about to get stabbed is like "woah there fellas, take it easy" 🙄
As an aside, as someone from Columbus, Ohio, we have the worst cops. They're morons. They kill so many unarmed people, and they will write you a ticket for ANYTHING you do in a car. Drive in Ohio, and you will be pulled over and ticketed for the dumbest shit imaginable. Also if you're black you'll probably be shot for holding a sandwich or something.
I think it's Ohio that has the joke about astronauts right? That Ohio has the most astronauts because everyone is dying to get as far from Ohio as possible? Lol
Go easy on them, they have to fulfill their quota of ~~slaves~~ free labour to deliver to the private prison industry just like any other honest job does. How else could they uphold their profit margins if they had to, like, pay for labour? That would not be very american, would it it?
the men were fired upon by “numerous officers.” Other reports suggested only a single officer opened fire.
Trump is gonna get murdered. There's no way his security is this stupid and is able to protect him.
They're basically inviting copycats by showing off how incompetent they are.
Basically all terrorists are members of the Repub cult, though. It's astonishing that anyone shot at Donald. Their leaders are screeching propaganda to ramp up political violence, so I don't doubt we'll see more Repub terrorism. But I'd certainly be surprised if there was a second attempt on Donald.
Gun nut kills gun nut in state where being a gun nut is more protected by law than being a cyclist
I hate the gun nuts but the guy they killed didn't even have a gun they had a knife lol, I mean lethal force was probably ok given he was trying to stab someone but even they guy stabbed was like "how much you shot him was overkill" lol. All I can imagine is that one scene from I think austin powers where they shoot a guy for a ridiculously long time as he's doing the over the top "I'm being riddled with bullets" shake
"We stopped a murder with murder! Mission accomplished." -Cops
Violence is terrible to see
The cops, however, did not agree.