• JohnDClay
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    3 days ago

    Police violence is still Police violence even when it’s against insurrectionists. I don’t know the exact details here, but if it’s like previous police shootings, there was probably a less violent solution.

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      3 days ago

      Very probably, but you need to also remember that the guy who was killed was almost certainly a big proponent of police violence. He was certainly a big proponent of violence overall.

      As the saying goes: live by the sword, die by the sword.

      I’m not going to praise the cops, but I don’t have any sympathy for this terrorist.

    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 days ago

      I don’t know the exact details here, but if it’s like previous police shootings, there was probably a less violent solution.

      Armed man resisting arrest? Maybe, but presuming “just let him go” doesn’t count all of them are going to be considerably more dangerous for the officer and any bystanders.