Comment by AngryData

Comment by AngryData 4 days ago

17 replies

Calling this an "accident" is a pretty huge stretch I must say. They dumped rounds in the guy while he was collapsed face down on the pavement and unarmed.

kreetx 4 days ago

All of the officers didn't know he was unarmed nor whether it was his last firearm.

  • AngryData 4 days ago

    If they didn't know they shouldn't have been firing at him. Soldiers in active warzones wouldn't be given such considerations and allowed to just blast people that they don't even know are armed. There is no excuse.

    I would like to see any situation where an average citizen could kill somebody in a similar manner and be given the benefit of the doubt. Because "He may or may not have been armed, I don't really know because I couldn't see" would not fly in any US court for any other random civilian.

    • kreetx 3 days ago

      Police (and people in general) react to what appears. They can't stop time, strip-search Pretti, find nothing, then continue.

      I could also say "there is no excuse for you to not understand why ICE did what they did". No point in these judgements, they don't help your argument.

      The entire protest isn't a plain protest. They could do their whistling and marching on a public square, yet they walk and whistle along with law enforcement. (I guess the new way to rob a bank would just be to walk in there with the guards, but say that you're protesting and talk about the letters of constitution?)

      • direwolf20 3 days ago

        It's not illegal to whistle near law enforcement.

        Also they're not law enforcement.