[ThinBlueLine]

Rochester Police Shoot and Kill Man - YNN, Your News Now

"Police told him to drop the gun a bunch of times. He didn't do it, he lifted the gun, and that's when the police opened fire"
I'm glad the only person hurt or killed was the bad guy.

 

[guygus3516]

Do what they say and you live.

 

[Sweet98]

If I am to believe what I am reading, I don't care how "slow" someone is... if someone of authority tells you to put something down, you do it.

If they were that "slow" there would not have been a chance for them to even get a gun in their hands... BB gun or not. Perhaps orange tipping them isn't enough... maybe they should be entirely orange?

 

[ECU Pirates]

If I am to believe what I am reading, I don't care how "slow" someone is... if someone of authority tells you to put something down, you do it.

If they were that "slow" there would not have been a chance for them to even get a gun in their hands... BB gun or not. Perhaps orange tipping them isn't enough... maybe they should be entirely orange?

If that was the case a smart criminal would paint a rifle all orange!

 

[Darthgamer138]

That "coloring the BB/airsoft gun A redicioulous color" nonsense never ceases to amaze me. "Hey guys, let's make it so when you reach into your coat when a cop tells you to freeze it's ok because you have a colored gun so there won't be any confusion. What could go wrong?"

 

[Sweet98]

yea, didn't think about that, lol

BUT in this case, if the guy truly was "slow" and not a criminal, perhaps this could have a different outcome?

 

[NirvanaFan]

One of the witnesses said that he was a good kid and got into trouble in his "younger years." He was only 20 years old. He was still on probation, so it wasn't that long ago. He couldn't have been that good of a kid.

 

[Culvercreek Hunt Club]

yea, didn't think about that, lol

BUT in this case, if the guy truly was "slow" and not a criminal, perhaps this could have a different outcome?

He was an stinking probation. why do we need a different outcome. bad guy no more.

 

[RayKnobs]

He was an stinking probation.

???

 

[ThinBlueLine]

If that was the case a smart criminal would paint a rifle all orange!

you can make real guns look fake. criminals do it.

 

[meketrefe]

Typical suicide by police. It is sad when you see this happened but that is the way it is right now when you lift your gun like that.
They should have an instant tranquilizer dart or something else they can use with mentally disturbed people whether they want to be killed or not and might not even have all the wits to realize that is the only possible outcome to the situation.

 

[Culvercreek Hunt Club]

???

the previous post I quoted said he was slow and not a criminal. They don't put people on probatino for being slow but they do for being a criminal

 

[meketrefe]

Mentally disturbed people they also end up in the prison system because there is no other alternative.
This is a big problem well known and documented everywhere.

 

[Culvercreek Hunt Club]

It is happening more since we have shut down many of our hospitals for them.

 

[meketrefe]

VEry true. It is a mess right now.

 

[burnsmoney]

"He took the gun off of his shoulder and went like this, and had it like that. He didn't shoot it. He didn't point it at no police officers. He didn't put it to his chin as other people say, or any of that. They shot him down innocently," said Dianne Diaz, witness.

I'm sure he didn't do anything wrong and was just the perfect little angel. Wait. Why was he out in the street with a gun and refusing police orders?

 

[OnPatrol]

More info from RPD press conference today:

Rochester Police Shoot and Kill Man - YNN, Your News Now

The cops apparently atempted to use a Taser but it was not effective. The guy fired a slug at officers and they returned fire, killing the suspect.

 

[Sweet98]

Jesus! A slug is definitely not a BB gun!

 

[GuyMontag]

"Friends say the man who was shot was celebrating his 20th birthday today."

Helluva birthday bash gone wrong.

Stabs his mom, grabs a gun, refuses to disarm when confronted by the cops.

Little surprise he got shot, he left the cops with only one option.

 

[Culvercreek Hunt Club]

wow that story change.