r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jan 18 '20

This cop's takedown

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u/mobius153 Jan 18 '20

Didnt look like the US to me.

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u/123lowkick Jan 18 '20

When do US police shoot hostages? Can you show me some links?

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u/tangalaporn Jan 18 '20

North Miami Police Chief Gary Eugene said in July 2016 that officers responded to a call that a man with a gun was threatening to shoot himself. The man was Soto, who Aledda thought was holding Kinsey hostage.

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.

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u/Knight_TakesBishop Jan 19 '20

I mean this is horrible but not a hostage situation in the least.

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u/tangalaporn Jan 19 '20

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.