There’s your problem right there, then.
Family upset officers used deadly force against suicidal teen
Dig the journalistic neutrality in this one…
During the encounter, officers with the Ottawa Police Department and Franklin County Sheriff’s Office were involved in a shooting.
…which is completely accurate, if by ‘involved in a shooting’ you mean they shot an unarmed, suicidal kid sixteen times, while in absolutely no jeopardy themselves.
Jennings puffed out his chest at officers, Smith said, and made several gestures that could have looked like he was going for a gun. Smith believed she and her husband could have handled Jennings had the police let them. Instead, Smith said, officers told her husband to get back.
It’s okay, though. Everything went exactly according to plan.
Ottawa Police Chief Dennis Butler said officers did what they were trained to do.
“They reacted based upon the training that they’ve been given from the academy,” Butler said. “We were thankful that no officer was injured from protecting themselves from risk of great bodily harm.”
Seems to me like they could have protected everybody including themselves much better by staying home. But I’m sure that’s just the attitude of a cop-hater.
Problem one through forty seven is the idea of anyone calling the police – any police, ANYWHERE – in such a situation. Just what did the family expect to happen if they called the cops? That’s what everyone needs to rethink seriously. Unfortunately, this family (assuming they were the ones who called) got exactly what they asked for, whether they knew it or not. Not what they “deserved,” by any means… but what they ultimately asked for.
Once again, call the cops, call the morgue.
Clarence
Act like you’re going for a gun, don’t be surprised if people believe it. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
This is entirely separate from the question of whether it was appropriate for the family to get the laws involved in this.
The whole justification of he acted like he was going for a gun, is now,standard boilerplate excuse for killing someone. officers were trained to spot victims they could shoot and get away with it and trained to justify it.
I was wondering why I had not seen this story splashed all over the media up here then I read it and finding out it was not Ottawa Canada…
Suicide by police is never a nice thing for anybody especially the family of the victim. I used to think that the cops could handle situations like this being the “well trained” individuals that they are but I have come to the conclusion that they can’t because of the mindset.
Every time this type of situation occurs up here in the “Great White North” an investigation into the cops actions by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) takes place. Note that the SIU guys have no affiliation with the cops to the point that police officers cannot become SIU investigators. The depressing thing about the SIU is that this sort of situation is still taking place because of that police mindset.
Clarence and MamaLiberty are absolutely right that a call to the cops in these situations equals a trip to the cemetery and this is wrong. I think it’s time to take the guns away from the cops and give them tasers. If firearms are needed then there would be the Tactical Responce Unit (SWAT to you guys) to deal with it. After all if it saves one life…
Darwin strikes again. No parent with any sense calls cops on his kids, sheesh.