Comment by gaahrdner
> I think you can shoot someone if you have reason to believe that somebody has a gun
I need you to read this and really think about the words.
> I think you can shoot someone if you have reason to believe that somebody has a gun
I need you to read this and really think about the words.
You should not carry a gun to a protest, not engage physically with an officer nor resist when they start arresting you after that.
You should watch the video. While seem to be an accident, a way to avoid it would have just been not bring a gun in the first place nor engage physically with law enforcement.
These actions in general to restrict law enforcement to do their job isn't helping either. Protest in front of government buildings, not follow police around.
You should watch the video, the police are the ones who engaged physically: pushed Pretti, pepper sprayed him, dragged him on to the street, hit him on the head repeatedly, and then got scared and shot. You can protest wherever you like that's legal. If police cannot handle that (start fights and then get scared and shoot) they shouldn't be police. Also, it is absolutely legal to follow police around. It doesn't make sense to make something legal while justifying getting shot for it (unless you want to make it illegal eventually).
Should one wait to be get shot first until you are allowed to shoot back?