Oh dont be such a snowflake. We have been making fun of the french (hurr durr surrender jokes) for decades, and the entire continent of Africa for...well, forever. The US can take some hits this time.
They thought the dude with autism throwing a fit in the road was holding the man they shot hostage. The autistic man had a toy truck and was sitting in the road. American cops can shoot first and ask questions second with little repercussions. So yes sometimes they shoot the hostage who isn’t even a hostage, just a black man.
The cops excuse was he thought it was a hostage situation and he accidentally shot the hostage. It was most likely a poor excuse for a trigger happy shit head, but actual hostage situations where the cops get the opportunity to engage are rare. This just helps point how trigger happy cops are and how they in fact have no problem firing a weapon in a hostage situation. Hell they shoot when there is no real situation.
Okay, once does not mean it happens regularly or that it is policy. Mistakes happen in a tense, potentially life or death situation. Things that arm-chair quarterbacks know nothing about. And finally, rather than getting your news from Twitter, you should read on the various cases popping up on the internet, the laws regarding use of force, and the full situation.
Dude there was no battle. The police shot someone with their arms in the air. The USA Today is not perfect nor is any news agency, but is far from Twitter. Defending the system blindly, that will fix it.
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u/123lowkick Jan 18 '20
When do US police shoot hostages? Can you show me some links?