Riot for Ma'Khia Bryant
 

I hope not. Do u really think thats what this girl really wanted? She just wanted to be safe and get away from her abuser.

I bet the other people involved feel fucking terrible.

Nice video of a police officer making assumptions and killing some kide based on them.

https://i.imgur.com/JO19fC3.jpg

It's unfortunate, but there it is.

The cops are explicitly trained to shoot to kill when they see this. Especially to save a life, presumably the girl in pink.

Very unfortunate.

someone trying to knife someone else in the throat is as good a reason for the application of deadly force as any i've ever heard of.

change my mind.

Id rather the police didnt think they were super hero's and their job is to save lives.

It's to maintain order.

They are not ED-209's designed to protect us from all harm. I dont need protection from harm. I dnt need them running around shooting people to protect others from it either.

Not sure why cops even needs guns really - give them bean bag rifles, clubs, and stun guns IMO

https://i.imgur.com/g3byEAV.jpg

Seriously. Trained & experienced with firearms. I would have fucked this up.

You say this now but you are presumably a strong healthy male who can defend himself.

I was on the receiving end of violence as a child. No one defended me from the gun wielding maniac. If I had succesfully defended myself, I would have been fucked. In ways you can't imagine. This is a dumb place and time to play devils advocate.

I dropped the knife when the police got near.

That would've been nice, and in this case would've probably saved two lives.